Joe Fernandez is a half-Cuban half-Irish (or Cubish) comedian and actor.

Joe went to Marquette University where he received the Chris Farley Scholarship given out to only one student in the college of Communication 
for their humor and creativity. While at Marquette Joe performed in numerous plays such as Waiting For Godot, The Odd Couple, Shakespeare's Women and Quid Pro Quo, a play which went on to be performed at the Kennedy Center as part of the American College Theatre Festival.

Since graduating his professional credits include performances with Milwaukee Rep Theater, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre and most recently he has been in seven productions with the Shakespeare Project of Chicago. Roles include Polixenes in Winter's Tale, Albany in King Lear and Trinculo in The Tempest.

Joe has become a staple of the Chicago comedy scene having improvised with groups at iO as well as being a regular sketch performer at the Green Mill Lounge's hit Saturday show The Paper Machete. He is considered one of the top standup comedians in the city and has headlined all of Chicago's best comedy clubs including Zanies, Lincoln Lodge and Laugh Factory where he taped his second special "Demented" which is now on YouTube.

His humor is described as dark, cerebral, sardonic, and flat out bizarre. Joe combines low brow, off- color humor with high brow references to satirize serious subjects. His smile and playful personality belie the seedy underbelly that is his morbid sense of humor, getting audiences to laugh before being mad at themselves for laughing but then continuing to laugh cause what Joe’s saying is very very funny.

Joe has been featured on NBC's Chicago Med, Chicago TBS Just For Laughs Fest, Boston Comedy Fest, Chicago Sketchfest and was a finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award.
His debut comedy album “Ugly” premiered number one on iTunes and is available for streaming on all major platforms. His special of the same name is for free viewing on YouTube and Tubi.

Has he also beaten Hannibal Burress in NBA Jam and improvised yelling at “Lake Placid” star Oliver Platt during an episode of Chicago Med? Yes he has.

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