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{{Short description|American comedian (born 1982)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox comedian
| name = Hari Kondabolu
| image = Hari Kondabolu.png
| imagesize =
| caption = Kondabolu in 2016
| birth_name = Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|10|21|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| medium = [[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]], [[film]], [[podcast]]s
| active = 2006–present
| genre = {{hlist|[[Observational comedy]]|[[political satire]]}}
| subject = {{hlist|[[Politics of the United States|American politics]]|[[Culture of the United States|American culture]]|[[Culture of India|Indian culture]]|[[popular culture|pop culture]]||[[civil rights]]|[[Racism in the United States|racism]]}}
| website = {{url|http://harikondabolu.com}}
| education = {{ubl|[[Bowdoin College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[London School of Economics]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])}}
| relatives = [[Ashok Kondabolu]] (brother)
| children = 1
}}
'''Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu'''<ref name="bowdoin-magazine">{{cite news|url=https://www.bowdoin.edu/magazine/archives/2011/pdf/Bowdoin-Vol82_No.2.pdf|title=Stand Up With a Social Conscience|last=Beem|first=Edgar Allen|work=Bowdoin|publisher= [[Bowdoin College]]|location=Maine|date=Summer 2011|volume=82|issue=2|page=39|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> (born October 21, 1982)<ref name=beemp38>Beem, p. 38</ref><ref>{{Cite podcast |last1=Zaltzman |first1=Andrew |author-link1=Andy Zaltzman |last2=Kondabolu |first2=Hari |title=Hari Kondabolu Day: Bugle 4084 |website=[[The Bugle]] |date=October 19, 2018 |time=11:04 |access-date=December 8, 2020 |url=https://shows.acast.com/5e7b777ba085cbe7192b0607/episodes/5e7b77f483789b457dc3c9d2}}</ref> is an American [[stand-up comedian]] and writer. His comedy covers subjects such as race, inequity, and [[Stereotypes of South Asians|Indian stereotype]]s. He was a writer for ''[[Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell]]'' and the creator of the 2017 documentary film ''[[The Problem with Apu]]''.

==Early life and family==
Kondabolu was born October 21, 1982, in the [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]] neighborhood of the New York City borough of [[Queens]], to Uma and Ravi Kondabolu,<ref name=beemp38 /> who had immigrated from the city of [[Tenali]] in the [[Coastal Andhra]] region of [[South India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://bklynr.com/hari-kondabolu-walks-into-a-bar/|title=Bklynr {{!}} Hari Kondabolu Walks Into a Bar|website=bklynr.com|access-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/the-small-town-south-indian-boys-of-new-york/|title=The Small Town South Indian Boys Of New York|last=Sharma|first=Neha|date=April 20, 2012|website=Rolling Stone India|language=en-US|access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> His mother was previously a physician in India, and both parents became the heads of New York area medical labs. Ravi Kondabolu had immigrated to the United States in 1978.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|title=Metro People in Profile: Ravi Kumar Kondabolu, Chief Technologist, New York Flushing Hospital|last=Bertrand|first=Donald|date=October 5, 1998|newspaper=New York Daily News|page=4|quote=Then came word in 1992 that the Indian government planned to use the Wyra acreage for other purposes. "My brother and I rushed back to India and offered our own money to start the college," he said. In 1994, Kondabolu Venkaiaah Choudary Memorial began in rented quarters with only 28 students. ... Ravi, who lives in Jamaica Estates, said he works long hours as chief technologist in the cardiology department of New York Flushing Hospital in an effort to send at least $15,000 annually back to India to support the college.}}</ref>

Kondabolu attended public schools in [[Queens]]: PS 69 in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], PS 115 in [[Floral Park, New York|Floral Park]], MS 172 in Floral Park,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uft.org/noteworthy-grads/noteworthy-graduates-hari-kondabolu-comedian|title=Noteworthy graduates: Hari Kondabolu, comedian|last=Kondabolu|first=Hari|date=October 1, 2015|website=United Federation of Teachers|series=New York Teacher|language=en-US|access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/26/Q172/default.htm|title=WELCOME - Irwin Altman Middle School 172 - Q172 - New York City Department of Education|website=schools.nyc.gov|access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> and [[Townsend Harris High School]] in [[Flushing, New York|Flushing]], where he graduated in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Amrin |title=Class of 2000 alum and Netflix comedian Hari Kondabolu speaks on diversity and his career |url=https://thhsclassic.com/12247/features-spotlight/class-of-2000-alum-and-netflix-comedian-hari-kondabolu-speaks-on-diversity-and-his-career/ |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=The Classic|date=November 27, 2019 }}</ref>

Kondabolu is the older brother of [[Ashok Kondabolu]], who is a former member of the group [[Das Racist]].

=== Education ===
Kondabolu continued performing standup when he attended [[Bowdoin College]]; he called his years at Bowdoin "incredibly formative"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2015/07/leaving-the-late-show/|title=Leaving the 'Late Show'|last=O'Donnell|first=Matt|date=July 6, 2015|website=community.bowdoin.edu|publisher=Bowdoin News|access-date=August 7, 2016|archive-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021203822/http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2015/07/leaving-the-late-show/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and continues to spend part of every year in Maine.<ref name=":1">[http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/2008/10/15/interview-with-hari-kondabolu/ Hari Kondabolu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320111801/http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/2008/10/15/interview-with-hari-kondabolu/ |date=March 20, 2012 }}. SFstandup.com, October 15, 2008. By Nato Green. Retrieved December 27, 2011.</ref> He studied at [[Wesleyan University]] during his third year, focusing on identity and race, globalization, and "the impact of popular culture on society."<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|title=Interning with Senators|date=July 25, 2003|work=News India - Times|page=21}}</ref>

Although his stand-up comedy career was gaining traction in 2007, he was accepted to the Masters in Human Rights program at the [[London School of Economics]] in 2007, and thus took a hiatus year from stand-up to earn his MSc.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/2012/hari-kondabolu-2014-2015/|title=Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU {{!}} Hari Kondabolu (2014-2015)|website=www.nyu-apastudies.org|date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 1, 2007 |title=Degrees Awarded in Autumn 2008|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/aboutLSE/keyFacts/LSEDigest/pdf/LSEDigest2007-08.pdf|journal=LSE Digest|publisher=The London School of Economics and Political Science|page=76|access-date=August 5, 2016|quote=MSc in Human Rights: ... Merit ... Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Comedian Hari Kondabolu On Diversity, Race And Burger King|first=Elizabeth|last=Blair|work=[[NPR]]|date=July 18, 2013|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/07/18/203034882/comedian-hari-kondabolu-on-diversity-race-and-burger-king}}</ref>

==Stand-up comedy==
While in Seattle, Kondabolu began participating in its alternative comedy scene.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harikondabolu.com/bio/|title=Bio — Hari Kondabolu|website=www.harikondabolu.com|access-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref> His act included "a bit where I used to read the U.S. citizenship application onstage."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=305509473|title=For Comic Hari Kondabolu, Explaining The Joke IS The Joke|last=Gross|first=Terry|date=April 21, 2014|website=National Public Radio|series=Fresh Air|access-date=August 7, 2016}}</ref> In 2006, Kondabolu performed at the [[Bumbershoot]] Music and Arts Festival in Seattle, which he credits as his "big break," as a booker for [[The Comedy Festival|HBO's Comedy Festival]] saw his name on the Bumbershoot website.<ref name="americanbazaar">{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/03/04/hari-kondabolu-growing-up-id-tell-people-even-other-indians-that-i-was-telugu-and-they-would-have-no-idea-what-that-meant/|title=Growing up I'd tell people, even other Indians, that I was Telugu and they would have no idea what that meant: Hari Kondabolu|last=Chitnis|first=Deepak|date=March 4, 2014|website=The American Bazaar|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> Later, Kondabolu also filmed "Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives" in Seattle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/05/in-warn-your-relatives-hari-kondabolu-steps-into-t.html|title=In Warn Your Relatives, Hari Kondabolu Steps into the Spotlight and Nails It|work=pastemagazine.com|access-date=May 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/hari-kondabolu-gives-you-more-to-think-about-in-warn-yo-1825826194|title=Hari Kondabolu gives you more to think about in Warn Your Relatives|last=Adams|first=Erik|work=TV Club|access-date=May 9, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/warn-your-relatives-hari-kondabolus-new-special-is-bes-1825830196|title=Warn Your Relatives: Hari Kondabolu's new special is best when it's at its simplest|last=Upadhyaya|first=Kayla Kumari|work=The A.V. Club|access-date=May 9, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Hari-kondabolu-onstage 3 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Kondabolu on stage in 2017]] Kondabolu has since made numerous television appearances as a stand-up comic. His first notable television appearance was on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' in 2007, when he also began to appear in a variety of national comedy festivals, including the 2007 [[The Comedy Festival|HBO US Comedy Arts Festival]].<ref>Scanlon, T. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to a Human Rights Master's Degree", Seattle Times, July 24, 2007</ref> In October 2012, he performed stand-up on an episode of ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]'' and, in March 2014, he performed stand-up on ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]''. He has made several appearances on [[Comedy Central]], including a 2008 episode of ''[[Live at Gotham]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/live-at-gotham/episode-6-season-3/live-at-gotham/279792/|title=Live at Gotham|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref> three episodes of ''[[John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show]]'' in 2010 and 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/john-olivers-new-york-stand-up-show/episode-2-season-1/john-olivers-new-york-stand-up-show/299769/|title=John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show: Season 1, Episode 2|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/john-olivers-new-york-stand-up-show/episode-1-season-3/john-olivers-new-york-stand-up-show/299769/|title=John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show: Season 3, Episode 1|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/john-olivers-new-york-stand-up-show/episode-5-season-3/john-olivers-new-york-stand-up-show/299769/|title=John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show: Season 3, Episode 5|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=September 2, 2016}}</ref> and most prominently, his own episode of ''[[Comedy Central Presents]]'' which aired on February 11, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.sys-con.com/node/1651056|title='COMEDY CENTRAL Presents' is Back! Featuring Today's Best and Brightest Stand-Up Talent, the 15th Season Premieres Friday, January 21 at 11:00 p.m.|date=December 15, 2010|website=news.sys-con.com|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=August 5, 2016|quote=Fresh new episodes from this season will include stand-up performances from Jack Whitehall, Al Jackson, Chelsea Peretti, Chris D'Elia, Hari Kondabolu, Jay Larson, Jessi Klein, Kyle Kinane, Louis Katz, Matt Fulchiron, Mike Vecchione, Natasha Leggero, Nate Bargatze and Sheng Wang.|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810051458/http://news.sys-con.com/node/1651056|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has also appeared a number of times on British television, including on ''[[Russell Howard's Good News]]'' in 2011 and ''[[8 out of 10 Cats]]'' in 2012. In 2012, he had a recurring sketch as part of [[BBC Three]]'s ''[[Live at the Electric]]'' hosted by [[Russell Kane]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Live at the Electric: Hari Kondabolu|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s06xy/contributors/hari-kondabolu|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130422052828/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s06xy/contributors/hari-kondabolu|url-status=dead|access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> He has also performed at the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]]<ref name="spin">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/10/das-racist-cover-story-these-colors-dont-run/|title=Das Racist Cover Story: These Colors Don't Run|author=Hari Kondabolu|publisher=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=October 17, 2011|access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> and was a featured comedian for the [[US State Department]]-sponsored "Make Chai Not War" comedy showcase in [[India]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/01/04/144688443/state-department-sends-chai-comedy-tour-to-india|title=State Department Sends 'Chai' Comedy Tour To India|newspaper=NPR.org|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://photos.state.gov/libraries/kolcata/231771/PDFs/Bulletin_January%202012.pdf|title=American Center Kolkata Bulletin|date=January 2012|publisher=The US State Department|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref>

From 2012 to 2013, he was on the writing staff for the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] comedy series ''[[Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell]]'', produced by [[Chris Rock]] and hosted by [[W. Kamau Bell]], on which he often appeared as a correspondent.

His first stand-up comedy album, ''[[Waiting for 2042]]'', was released in March 2014 on [[Kill Rock Stars]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Comedy Listings for March 14–20|date=March 13, 2014|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/arts/comedy-listings-for-march-14-20.html?_r=0}}</ref>

His second comedy album, ''Mainstream American Comic'', was released on July 22, 2016, on [[Kill Rock Stars]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/hari-kondabolus-new-album-mainstream-american-comic-is-out-next-month.html|title=Hari Kondabolu's New Album 'Mainstream American Comic' Is Out Next Month|date=June 6, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=July 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/exclusive-hari-kondabolu-announces-new-record-prem-237698|title=Exclusive: Hari Kondabolu announces new record, premieres first track|author= Marah Eakin|date=June 6, 2016|publisher=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref> It debuted at #1 on the [[ITunes Store|iTunes US]] comedy charts<ref>{{cite tweet|number=756928273314148352|user=harikondabolu|title=MAINSTREAM AMERICAN COMIC is #1 on iTunes comedy. Aware my pal @JimGaffigan will take it back soon, but still proud.|accessdate=July 24, 2016|date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> and at #2 on the Billboard comedy charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822192809/http://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums|archive-date=August 22, 2016|access-date=August 22, 2016|title=Comedy Albums: Top Stand-up Comedy Chart|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>

Since 2017, Kondabolu has served as a panelist on the [[NPR]] comedy news quiz ''[[Wait Wait Don't Tell Me]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stats.wwdt.me/panelists/hari-kondabolu|title = Hari Kondabolu | Panelists | Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Stats Page}}</ref>''

In 2018, he spoke about his experience of teaching a workshop at the Columbia River Correctional Institute Comedy School in North Portland as a guest on [[Live Wire Radio|Live Wire! Radio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livewireradio.org/episode368|title="Fresh Starts" with Gary Shteyngart, Hari Kondabolu, Maxine McCormick, and Lenore {{!}} Live Wire Radio|website=www.livewireradio.org|language=en|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125115514/http://www.livewireradio.org/episode368|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Themes ===
Kondabolu's humor often centers on social issues such as poverty, racism, and a rejection of [[Indian stereotype|Indian stereotypes seen in media]]. He has spoken about the challenges of dealing with [[white fragility]] when addressing race in his comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/16/493616808/hari-kondabolu-says-his-mom-is-hilarious-and-not-because-of-her-accent?t=1570319495164|title=Hari Kondabolu Says His Mom Is Hilarious — And Not Because Of Her Accent|date=September 16, 2016|publisher=NPR}}</ref> He has also addressed a variety of other social subjects, such as the LGBT community.

=== Podcast host ===
Kondabolu and his younger brother [[Ashok Kondabolu|Ashok]] performed in a monthly, mostly improvised talk show together in [[New York City]] called ''Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Project''. Past guests have included [[Ajay Naidu]], [[Aasif Mandvi]], Bell, [[Leo Allen]], [[Victor Vazquez (musician)|Victor Vazquez]] (Kool AD of Das Racist), [[Charles Mudede]] and [[Blue Scholars]]. In January 2013, they started ''Untitled Kondabolu Brothers Podcast''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kondabolubrothers.com/|title=Kondabolu Brothers|website=www.kondabolubrothers.com|access-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref> After a hiatus from 2015 onwards, the podcast debuted again as the ''Kondabolu Brothers Podcast'' in 2018 on the [[Earwolf]] label.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=970437184074407936|user=harikondabolu|title=The Kondabolu Brothers Podcast debuts THIS THURSDAY MARCH 8TH on @earwolf.|accessdate=March 15, 2018|language=en|date=March 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/show/kondabolu-brothers/|title=Kondabolu Brothers podcast on Earwolf|website=www.earwolf.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023234/http://www.earwolf.com/show/kondabolu-brothers/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He is a co-host of the podcast ''[[Politically Re-Active]]'' with Bell, which debuted in June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/panoply/politically-reactive-with-w-kamau-bell-hari-kondabolu|title=Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu|website=www.stitcher.com|access-date=June 21, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808014704/http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/panoply/politically-reactive-with-w-kamau-bell-hari-kondabolu|archive-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> He also debuted as a rotating host on ''[[The Bugle]]'' alongside [[Andy Zaltzman]] in the fall of 2016 after the departure of [[John Oliver (comedian)|John Oliver]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=739783721121898497|user=harikondabolu|title=If you haven't heard, @iamjohnoliver has left The Bugle (@hellobuglers) & I was chosen by @ZaltzCricket to be 1 of the new hosts! HUZZAH|accessdate=June 21, 2016|date=June 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/the-bugle/vib-very-important-bugle|title=VIB - Very Important Bugle|website=Soundcloud|publisher=[[The Bugle]] podcast|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref>

== Acting and film ==
Kondabolu wrote and starred in Zia Mohajerjasbi's 2007 short film ''Manoj'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/1807851|title=MANOJ|last=Mohajerjasbi|first=Zia|date=September 24, 2008|website=Vimeo|access-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> which has played in comedy and film festivals around the world, including the [[Just for Laughs]] Festivals in [[Montreal]] and [[Chicago]], and which mocks comedians who broadly exploit their ethnic backgrounds for their material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harikondabolu.com/2010/05/manoj-krishnamurthy-is-dead/|title=MANOJ KRISHNAMURTHY IS DEAD — Hari Kondabolu|website=www.harikondabolu.com|access-date=April 22, 2016|archive-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428035159/http://www.harikondabolu.com/2010/05/manoj-krishnamurthy-is-dead/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In ''Manoj,'' Kondabolu portrays both Manoj, a fictional Indian immigrant comic who plays to white audiences by repeating their stereotypes of South Asians, and an Indian-American who is critical of Manoj's approach.

Kondabolu portrayed "Crossword Businessman" in the 2009 film ''[[All About Steve]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881891/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm|title=All About Steve - Full Cast & Crew|website=IMDb|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> a movie he mocks in ''Mainstream American Comic''.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=July 22, 2016 |title=Mainstream American Comic |medium=Comedy album |language=en |url=https://harikondabolu.bandcamp.com/album/mainstream-american-comic |section=A Special Blend of South Asian Humor |publisher=Kill Rock Stars}}</ref> He also played a supporting role in the 2016 film ''[[Five Nights in Maine]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2026273/five-nights-in-maine#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206185317/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2026273/Five-Nights-in-Maine/#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2014|title=Five Nights in Maine (2016)|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> although none of his scenes were included in the final 75-minute cut of the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infiniteguest.org/secret-skin/2015/09/hari-kondabolu-pro-wrestling/|title=Episode #31: Hari Kondabolu|last=Kruse|first=Andy|access-date=August 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/five-nights-maine-looks-grief-close--240400|title=Five Nights In Maine looks at grief close up|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=August 2, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2016}}</ref> Also in 2016, he appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in the [[Comedy Central]] [[web series]] ''White Flight''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thelaughbutton.com/television/matt-braunger-launches-new-webseries-white-flight-and-tour-dates/|title=Matt Braunger launches new webseries "White Flight" and tour dates - The Laugh Button|website=The Laugh Button|language=en-US|access-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref>

Kondabolu is the lead, creator, and executive director of ''[[The Problem with Apu]]'', a documentary about the character [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]] from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' that premiered in November 2017 on [[TruTV]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/shows/the-problem-with-apu/blog/complete-credits/complete-credits.html|title=The Problem with Apu - Credits - truTV.com|website=truTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026145933/http://www.trutv.com/shows/the-problem-with-apu/blog/complete-credits/complete-credits.html|archive-date=October 26, 2017|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.docnyc.net/film/the-problem-with-apu/|title=The Problem With Apu|work=DOC NYC|access-date=October 26, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> The film contextualizes Apu within [[Minstrel show|minstrelsy]] and other tropes in American pop culture history that have historically stereotyped minorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mainetoday.com/do-this-2/comedian-hari-kondabolu-bowdoin-college-grad-known-routines-race-politics-social-justice-will-play-port-city-music-hall-portland-friday/|title=Comedian Hari Kondabolu, a Bowdoin College grad, in Portland on Friday|last=Routhier|first=Ray|date=August 1, 2016|website=Maine Today|language=en-US|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/trutv-3-new-series-6-pilots-upfronts-1201752087/|title=TruTV Greenlights Three New Series & Six Pilots; 'Fameless', 'Hack My Life' Renewed|date=May 10, 2016|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Lisa de Moraes|access-date=May 15, 2016}}</ref>
Along with [[Megan Stalter]], Kondabolu is a co-host of Season 1 of Netflix's ''[[Snack vs. Chef]]'', a reality cooking competition series.

== Personal life ==
Kondabolu lives in [[Brooklyn]] with his wife and son, born in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weekes |first=Julia Ann |date=2023-04-26 |title=Hari Kondabolu sets the record straight on new comedy special 'Vacation Baby' |url=https://www.unionleader.com/nh/arts_and_ent/hari-kondabolu-sets-the-record-straight-on-new-comedy-special-vacation-baby/article_edfa8136-4d68-5a97-a82f-875196c1dbc1.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=UnionLeader.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==
*''[[Waiting for 2042]]'' (2014)
*''Mainstream American Comic'' (2016)
*''Hari Kondabolu's New Material Night: Volume 1'' (recorded 2012, released 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harikondabolu.bandcamp.com/album/hari-kondabolus-new-material-night-volume-1|title=Hari Kondabolu's New Material Night Volume 1, by Hari Kondabolu|website=Hari Kondabolu|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>
*''Hari Kondabolu's New Material Night: Volume 2'' (recorded 2012–2018, released 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harikondabolu.bandcamp.com/album/hari-kondabolus-new-material-night-volume-2|title=Hari Kondabolu's New Material Night Volume 2, by Hari Kondabolu|website=Hari Kondabolu|access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{official website|http://www.harikondabolu.com}}
* {{IMDb name|2825677}}
*[http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/search/hari%20kondabolu Hari Kondabolu materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)]

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[[Category:American male actors of Indian descent]]
[[Category:American comedians of Indian descent]]
[[Category:American feminist artists]]
[[Category:American male feminists]]
[[Category:Comedians from Queens, New York]]
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