Background
Pierson was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Pierson attended Mountain Pointe High School, where he started acting and performing in a short-form improv group. Pierson graduated from New York University"s Dramatic Writing Department in 2007 with a degree in writing for television
Career
He is best known for his involvement in the sketch and improvisational comedy group Derrick Comedy. He went on to attend New York University, joining the sketch comedy group Hammerkatz New York University in the fall of 2003. He worked as both assistant director and director during his 3 year tenure with the group.
He also made three brief appearances on National Broadcasting Company"s Community, on which his Derrick Comedy co-star Donald Glover plays a main character, as a Greendale Gazette member.
Derrick Comedy Pierson, along with other Hammerkatz alumni Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes and Dan Eckman, formed the group Derrick Comedy after meeting at New York University. Pierson is both one of the principal actors and writers for Derrick Comedy. Derrick Comedy has performed as an improvisational comedy group at the University of California, Berkeley Theatre in New York, but are best known for their sketches that appear on YouTube and CollegeHumor.
Pierson has played roles including an emo teenager and a man making a plea to the Godfather. Pierson co-wrote Derrick Comedy"s first feature-length film, Mystery Team, and in it plays Duncan, a self-described boy genius.
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