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\n\tOn the heels of Fat Rascal<\/em>, which premiered on Netflix in 2023, and amid work on Shane Gillis\u2019 Netflix comedy series Tires<\/em>, comedian Stavros Halkias has inked a deal with the streamer for another comedy special, titled Uncle Stav<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tNo word yet on what specifically Halkias will be discussing, though the title obviously bears familial connotations and the comic often has joked about being a \u201cweird uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSet to launch later this year, the special will tape at The Lyric in Halkias\u2019 hometown of Baltimore, Maryland on April 24th and 25th, with Halkias and Ben O\u2019Brien exec producing for Stavvy Baby Entertainment.<\/p>\n \n\tOne of today\u2019s most popular young comics, Halkias came to Netflix after taking to YouTube with his breakout debut Live at the Lodge Room<\/em>, which hit one million views in its first four days and has since surpassed seven million. He first gained recognition as a founding member and former co-host of the hit podcast Cum Town <\/em>and now hosts the popular pod Stavvy\u2019s World<\/em>, which debuted at #3 on the iTunes Comedy Charts, amassing hundreds of thousands of subscribers in its first year.<\/p>\n \n\tBased in New York City, Halkias has been diversifying his creative output of late as an actor, with an appearance alongside Jesse Plemons in Bugonia<\/em>, the Oscar-nominated film by Yorgos Lanthimos. He also recently wrote, produced, and starred in the indie comedy Let\u2019s Start a Cult<\/em> and will next be seen in The Comeback King<\/em>, Universal\u2019s Judd Apatow-directed comedy starring Glen Powell, as well as A24\u2019s film Tony<\/em> on Anthony Bourdain. Currently on The Dreamboat Tour, he is repped by UTA and Schreck Rose Dapello.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n