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Nurse John
Nurse John, born John Dela Cruz in Bulacan, Philippines around 1995, is a Filipino-Canadian comedian who moved to Canada at 17 and trained as a nurse. He began posting short videos on TikTok and Instagram while working night shifts at a hospital on Montreal's South Shore during the COVID-19 pandemic, often filming himself singing and dancing with patients to ease their care.
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United States
- Sep 12CharlotteOvens AuditoriumView details
- Sep 13AtlantaCobb Energy Performing Arts CentreView details
- Sep 21WashingtonDAR Constitution HallView details
- Sep 26BostonBoch Center Wang TheatreView details
- Oct 23IndianapolisOld National CentreView details
- Oct 24ColumbusMershon AuditoriumView details
- Oct 25CincinnatiThe Andrew J Brady Music CenterView details
- Nov 6PittsburghCitizens Live at The WylieView details
- Nov 21ChicagoThe Chicago TheatreView details
- Nov 22MadisonOrpheum TheaterView details
- Dec 28HonoluluNeal S Blaisdell ArenaView details
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About Nurse John
The videos found a large online audience, and Dela Cruz left nursing after two years of pandemic-era burnout to pursue comedy full-time, relocating to Los Angeles in 2024. Despite having no prior stand-up experience, he moved from club sets to headlining theaters within a few years.
His stand-up material, built around the Short Staffed tour, expanded from healthcare-worker stories to material about service and customer-facing jobs more broadly, and has taken him through Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He has also appeared in Netflix Is a Joke and Just for Laughs showcases and hosts the comedy podcast I Beg Your Pardon.
Forbes placed him among its Top Creators of 2026, citing an online following in the millions built from his original nurse-persona videos.