After graduating from Brown University, DJ Nash headed right to Manhattan to begin his career doing stand-up in the New York comedy scene. In 2000, he was named Best New Face at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, which led to a deal with CBS where he co-created and starred in the CBS pilot “Life with David J,” along with Elliott Gould. Nash has been writing (and not acting) ever since.

In 2014, Nash created and executive produced the NBC series “Growing Up Fisher,” starring Academy Award® winner J.K. Simmons and Jenna Elfman. The show was based on Nash’s childhood growing up with a father who is blind and with parents who got divorced. The show featured the first visually impaired lead character in a comedy series (as well as the first guide dog). In 2015, Nash created and executive produced his second series, “Truth Be Told,” starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tone Bell, directed by Pamela Fryman.

There’s an old saying: “Friendship isn’t a big thing ... it’s a million little things.” Loosely based on Nash’s real-life experiences, “A Million Little Things” is an hourlong dramedy for ABC in the tone of “The Big Chill” and “Big Little Lies.” Now finishing its fifth and final season, the series is about a group of friends who, for different reasons and in different ways, are all stuck in their lives. But when one of them dies unexpectedly, it’s just the wake-up call the others need to finally start living. In 2019, the Television Academy awarded “A Million Little Things” its 12th annual Television Academy Honors, which represents “some of the most powerful and impactful television.” In 2022, the series received a Sentinel Award from Norman Lear for its episode discussing abortion and a woman’s right to choose. In addition to creating the show and Executive Producing, DJ has also directed numerous episodes, including the series finale.

DJ lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two kids, who do their best to navigate having two parents who are obsessed with pickleball. Like, chances are he played within 36 hours of you reading this. It’s a real problem.