Craig Shoemaker

Craig Shoemaker has had a career in show business spanning over four decades as a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is known for his engaging, relatable standup and iconic baritone-voiced character, The LoveMaster (named “Most Popular” on XM Radio). Craig has performed comedy for four US Presidents, starred in four solo comedy TV specials (including Daditude and Unzipped), won Standup Comedian of the Year at the American Comedy Awards, appeared on Broadway, is a two-time Emmy Award winner, a WGA scribe, an award-winning TV/Film producer and bestselling author of a novel and two children’s books. Craig has been included on the IMDB “Top 100 Stand Up Comics” list and had one of the top 20 stand up specials of all time on Comedy Central.

Craig has made multiple network TV/movie appearances including Middle Man, MTV’s Awkward, Parks & Recreation, The Late Show, The View, Comic Relief, Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Scream 2. Craig wrote for season two of Fuller House, and he wrote, produced and starred in both Universal’s cult hitTotally Baked and The LoveMaster. As a voiceover artist, Craig’s dead-on impression of Don Knotts and narration was featured in the film Pleasantville. Based on his nonprofit foundation Laughter Heals, Craig has spoken all over the world, including his acclaimed TED Talk in Ojai.