---
name: "Hot Karl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jensen-karp"
fi1m_id: "jensen-karp"
imdb_id: "nm4301416"
tmdb_id: 1618835
wikidata_id: "Q5910066"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 November 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T01:02:17.426018+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hot Karl

## Identity

Hot Karl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jensen-karp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jensen-karp
- **IMDb ID:** nm4301416
- **TMDB ID:** 1618835
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5910066
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Karp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5910066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4301416/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1618835

Writer. Born 8 November 1979 in Calabasas, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 November 1979, Calabasas, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Jensen Karp, Jensen-Gerard Karp, The Shrimp Guy
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Karp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5910066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4301416/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1618835

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Who Is America?*](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jensen Karp, also known as Hot Karl, is an American writer, comedian, producer and former rapper. Raised in Calabasas, California, he attended the University of Southern California, where he gained attention through rap battling and freestyle competitions on local radio.

He has written for Sacha Baron Cohen’s *Who Is America?* (2018), *The Late Late Show with James Corden*, the Grammys, the ESPYs and other awards shows. Karp co-created and executive-produced the TBS series *Drop the Mic* (2017) and co-owns the pop-culture art gallery Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. He is the author of the memoir *Kanye West Owes Me $300* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hightimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Who Is America?* (2018), Fi1m 58, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Classmates* (2023), Writer, Producer
- *Who Is America?* (2018), series, Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md)
- *Rudy & Des* (2016), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie* (2013), as Baby Dick-Head's doctor (voice)
- *Burning Love* (2012), series, as Hot Karl

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jensen-karp