I think he's INTP.
"There's been a lot of simple vilification of right-wing people. It's really easy to say, ... 'You're anti-this and that, and I hate you.' But to me, it's more interesting to say, 'What is this person like and how do they really think?'"-
I don't think he's INTP. He could be INFP., but is he weird enough? I haven't seen enough of him to say with confidence. I can see where the ENTP votes are coming from too.
Celebrity Types has him as an iNFP, but they also have this quote:
I'm not sure that INFPs are usually able to detach from their values like that. Seems more Fe than Fi. Of course, there's at least one INFP here that might say something like that.
I've only seen one of his clips (10mins), and I could swear to the God I worship that I could do much much better than that. Could you post some videos that you find hilarious? I don't find him funny but I sure like to laugh and would like to give him a chance.
I'm not sure that INFPs are usually able to detach from their values like that. Seems more Fe than Fi. Of course, there's at least one INFP here that might say something like that.
and an enfp can detach from their values in outloud idea processing mode. i do that all the time. i don't know if infps do that much tho.
I can see some INFPs saying that, especially if they highly value understanding others, and find the thought processes of people to be fascinating.
I never really felt that he "detached" from his values, though. Everything he says comes that core. I find this video to be extremely insightful:
Basically, George Carlin was a huge inspiration to Louis CK, which may explain the NTP flavor to his humor. Watching Carlin inspired him to go deeper and deeper into the depths of his inner self and emotions, which he used as the main source of his standup. That's very compatible with an INFP.
Further proof that Louis CK being INFP*: It was a dog joke that inspired him to be a comedian.
*Truthfully, I'm torn between INFP and ENTP.
shit i'm just going to go with infp haha
I don't know if you caught it, but at the end of that video when he was tearing up and struggling with words, he mentioned something about how he's shitty at doing stuff that isn't in his act. That's atypical for ENTPs, who tend to be very strong improvisers.
To add more fuel to the fire: Louis CK creates a show called Louis that airs on FX. While I don't remember the exact numbers, he earned something like $100,000 an episode. Now, keep in mind that he writes, edits, and stars in the show. FX gives him full control, and essentially, he does everything and just sends them the tape when he's done. And they air it.
For season 3, FX offered to increase his pay to $300,000 an episode if he would let them assert a bit more creative direction. He turned them down, because the integrity of the show was king for him.
Now, I can see both an INFP and ENTP making that call... but honestly, I see an INFP making that call most of the time, while an ENTP is more prone to find the business sense of taking the money.
agreed and i've seen him talk about that too.
and this
I think he's a little hard to see as an obvious INFP, since he both has a nihilistic/dark perspective (certainly not impossible for an INFP, but darker than typical), and he clearly gets a kick out of breaking taboos and talking about gross/shocking things (which I think is a little more of an STP humor specialty), for example this bit.
Still, when Louis CK does go for a value statement, it often comes across as being surprisingly NFP compatible (in a dark kind of way).