Carl Barron is an Australian stand-up comic from Queensland. He began his career as a stand-up act in the clubs of Brisbane during the early 1990s and started to gain widespread fame with his regular televised appearances in the late 90s. During the early 2000s he went on to tour major cities in Australia and later released his own DVD collection, 'Here' and 'A One Ended Stick'. In 2006, he began touring internationally, and since then has toured North America, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand. In addition to his touring and DVD releases, he has also made a number of television appearances on programs such as Thank God You're Here (2007) and All Star Squares (2008). Recently, in 2020, he released a Netflix special, 'Carl Barron: sliding doors'.