Mickey Farrow is a stand-up comedian and native New Yorker whose material draws from his Italian-Jewish upbringing, his Trinidadian nanny, and the culture clash of growing up in New York City. Raised on Long Island to Italian and Jewish parents, Mickey was close growing up with his Trinidadian babysitter and his grandmother, who immigrated from Sicily, a household mix that shows up throughout his comedy.

The past 24 months have been transformational for Mickey’s career. In September 2023, he won Spin the Block’s annual comedy competition at West Side Comedy Club, and that same January, working alongside acclaimed French director Lisa Azuelos, he sold and developed the show “The Trip” with Amazon Prime, currently in development for series in both English and French. Over the past year, he’s toured the country with national headliners including Godfrey, Jeff Arcuri, Erica Rhodes, and Anthony Rodia.

Beyond stand-up, Mickey is a photographer at the world-famous Comedy Cellar in New York City, where he’s shot portraits of comedians including Andrew Schulz, Ramy Youssef, Godfrey, Dave Attell, Shane Gillis, Michael Che, Marcello Hernandez, Sam Morril, and Jessica Kirson. His photography and video work extends well beyond comedy, he’s shot campaigns for brands like Free People, Urban Outfitters, Caroline Constas, Nike x Urban, and Wilhelmina, created music videos for artists including Iann Dior and Lana Del Rey, and produced virtual reality content for Honda. He’s also produced two large-scale charity campaigns, #DanceLikeMandela (celebrating Nelson Mandela’s Centennial) and The Maya Angelou Mural Festival in South Central Los Angeles, and held two solo photography exhibitions, “Icons of Mustique” and “The Spirit of Mexico.”

A graduate of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Mickey majored in Entrepreneurship with a minor in Filmmaking. He was an active contributor to Georgetown’s independent poetry magazine Bossier and hosted the school’s Snapchat Story page, and his short film “Grey Areas” won first prize for dramatic short film in the university’s film competition. Before comedy, Mickey competed in poetry slams around New York, becoming a regular at the Bowery Poetry Club and the iconic Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

Mickey spent his entire childhood skateboarding, picking up a shop sponsor and competing in competitions around New York City as a kid. At age 11, he picked up his first camera, a Canon GL2 to start filming himself and his friends, and he and his friends successfully advocated to get the first skatepark built in their hometown. He still skates around New York today under the moniker “Never Ollie.”