Stand up When Sloss was sixteen, he was put in contact by his mother with comedian
Frankie Boyle, who performed at a conference she was attending. After asking him for work experience, Sloss received coaching by Boyle during his run at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and also wrote jokes for Boyle on
BBC's
Mock the Week. He credits Boyle for his initial success. In October 2007, Sloss performed his first stage gig at
The Stand in Edinburgh, which lasted five minutes. The same year, aged 17, Sloss reached the final at the comedy competition ''
So You Think You're Funny?'', which is hosted by the
Gilded Balloon venue during the Edinburgh Fringe. In August 2010, Sloss's second solo show
Daniel Sloss: My Generation sold out the entire run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show later transferred to London for a season at the Soho Theatre in September before returning to London during the tour playing at the
Bloomsbury Theatre in November. This show became his first ever headline live tour, and went on to tour Scotland throughout the autumn of 2010. In August 2011, Sloss premiered his new show
Daniel Sloss - The Joker at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, selling out a nearly four-week run in the new 400-seat
Assembly Theatre venue, still aged just 20. This was followed by a 50-date national tour in the autumn. In 2012, he performed a 50-date UK tour of
Daniel Sloss - The Show. In August 2013, he launched his new show
Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up at the Edinburgh fringe, again with an extended season at the
Edinburgh International Conference Centre and again followed by a substantial autumn tour throughout the UK. He subsequently performed this show at 2014's Sydney International Comedy Festival and Perth International Comedy Festival. In August 2014, his new show
Daniel Sloss - Really...?! premiered at the Edinburgh fringe, again with an extended season at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, followed by a substantial European tour of 20 shows in 15 countries in the autumn as well as UK dates. In 2015, Daniel wrote and subsequently performed his 7th show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
DARK.
DARK went on to tour for over 80 dates across 15 countries in Europe and throughout the UK. In January, an extended hybrid version of
DARK ran for a week at London's
Soho Theatre (rebranded
DARK REVOIR as
DARK had been performed at the London's Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room in December as part of the UK tour. In February, Daniel transferred the 90 minute version of his solo show (renamed
DARK) to New York for a week-long, off-Broadway run at the
SoHo Playhouse as well for 2 shows in Los Angeles at the
M.I.'s Westside Comedy Theater.
The New York Times featured Daniel on the front page of its Arts section. and returned to New York for the second off-Broadway run of his award-winning show
DARK at the SoHo Playhouse. In February 2018, Sloss taped his comedy special
DARK at the
Belasco Theater in
Los Angeles. Part of a two-special deal with
Netflix, it was announced on 17 May that
DARK and its sequel show
So? would both be released later in 2018. Netflix released both shows on 11 September 2018, with
So? being retitled
Jigsaw. The subsequent tour again covers 25 European countries, ending with a new season in London's West End. The show received critical acclaim for Sloss' jokes about masculinity as well as its ending segment, a frank analysis of the rape of one his close friends by another friend and societal causes of
sexual violence. On 25 October 2023, Sloss opened for
The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice, Critical Role's live show at
OVO Arena Wembley where the cast reprised their characters from their
second campaign.
Television He was the first stand-up comedian to perform on
Channel 4's ''
The Paul O'Grady Show (2009) and was commissioned by the BBC in April 2010 for a broadcast sitcom pilot, The Adventures of Daniel'', which transmitted on 23 August 2010. He featured on series 2 of
BBC1's ''
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow'' on 18 September 2010, and two weeks later on the first series of
BBC2's
The Rob Brydon Show alongside
Stephen Fry as well as on Channel 4's
8 out of 10 Cats. In January 2011 he performed on
ITV1's ''
Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks'' and in March 2011, was part of the BBC's
Comic Relief marathon online broadcast with
David Walliams called
24 Hour Panel People, as a panellist on
Mock the Week. The following year, Sloss featured on the BBC's
Stand Up for Sport Relief performing a set as well as coaching heavy weight boxing champion
Tyson Fury for the latter's stand-up comedy debut. In September 2012, he recorded a
TEDx Talk in Ealing and performed on
Set List: Stand-up Without A Net for
Sky Atlantic, alongside an all-star lineup of US and international comedy alumni. In October 2012, Sloss appeared in the seventh series of ''
Russell Howard's Good News''. In December 2013 he made his USA television debut with an appearance on
Conan, he has since appeared a further 8 times. In addition, Daniel signed a talent deal with
Conan O'Brien's production company
Conaco to develop his own shows. He also appeared on the
Pete Holmes Show,
@Midnight,
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and back in the UK was featured on ITV's
Sunday Night at the Palladium. Along with a number of fellow comedians, including Kai Humphries and
Tom Stade, he wrote, co-produced and starred in 6-part internet sitcom M.U.F.F. Sloss also appeared in ''Beardyman's One Album Per Hour'' as part of Beardyman's 2 part YouTube series; other guest producers included
Tim Minchin and
Jack Black. In the first half of 2017 he featured on Comedy Central's
Drunk History re-telling the story of William Wallace (portrayed by
Keith Allen) as well as the
Dave Channel's ''
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit''. Later that autumn Sloss appeared on
Comedy Central's
Roast Battle with his episode's battle with USA's
Desiree Burch getting the highest ratings of the series. In 2018, Sloss appeared on the second series of
Roast Battle, winning the battle against
Phil Wang. Sloss was the only comedian to appear in the
Dispatches episode "
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight", which revealed allegations of sexual assault and rape against presenter and comedian
Russell Brand. ==Personal life==