Jake Johannsen is an American comedian who made his debut at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, and by 1986 had won the 11th Annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition.
During the 1990s, Johannsen starred in his own HBO Comedy Special, This'll Take About an Hour. The special was listed as one of the Ten Best Television Shows by People Magazine in 1992. In 1994, he was nominated as "Best Male Stand-Up Comedian" for the 1994 American Comedy Awards.
