James Tom (he/they) is a stand-up comic, actor, and writer, gleefully providing the trans, queer, Asian American, millennial twink perspective that everyone never knew they wanted. They are a story editor on HBO Max’s OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH. James can be seen & heard in the Hulu Feature CRUSH, HBO Max’s LOVE LIFE, Adult Swim’s TUCA & BERTIE, and on Hannah Gadsby’s GENDER AGENDA, on Netflix. Their writing has been published by Reductress, Shondaland, and Condé Nast’s Them, and they wrote for the Audible/Broadway Video series HOT WHITE HEIST, produced by Alan Cumming. James has been featured in The New York Times, Vice, Ozy, Forbes, NowThis, Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2021, and were selected as a New Face at the 2021 Just For Laughs Festival.
