This particular Paul Thomas is a comedian. He was born in the middle of July in a hospital in Topeka. Shortly thereafter he learned to walk upright and has been doing so off and on ever since. He spent his formative years in Onalaska and La Crosse, Wisconsin, home of the world's largest six-pack. Paul moved to Chicago at the turn of the century to become a jackass of all comedy trades.

A character writing and performing sumbitch, he was recently selected for Sketchfest NYC for his solo sketch show Comedogenic after a run at The Pub Theater in Chicago. He has also performed the show at iO Theater Chicago and the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. In June he hosted the Just for Laughs Chicago "Alone" showcase. His solo work includes the autobiographical questionable love story Waitress Wanted, which was a selection in Live Bait Theater's Fillet of Solo Festival in 2006. In 2007 he brought his first character show Late Bloomer to The Playground Theater in Chicago and the Piccolo Fringe Festival in Charleston, S.C.

Paul also likes to make short films, or as people with film degrees call them, "videos." Some of his work has screened at the Just for Laughs Festivals in Montreal and Chicago, the L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival, and the Midwest Independent Film Festival, amongst others. Please waste a better part of an afternoon watching his stuff on the video page. Much cooler is that he was featured in The Breeders' video "Walk It Off."

He is a former member of the Defiant Thomas Brothers, winners of Best Sketch Group at HBO's 2005 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

Paul is also a stand-up comic, and is a cast member of Chicago Underground Comedy.

On the music front, Paul, Jeff Madden, and Cork Kangas comprise Lola Balatro, the post-grunge acoustic com-rock band that is scorching the earth with hits like "I Got 2 Black Friends" and "Questionable Beef."