As a correspondent for "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah," Roy Wood Jr. reports on serious issues -- racism, the 50th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act -- in a humorous manner.

But when the comedian brings his stand-up to Vinnie Brand's Stress Factory Comedy Club for five shows May 3-5, fans can expect to see Wood's righteous anger directed at smaller targets, a style that Entertainment Weekly called "charismatic crankiness."

"I'm just the guy who is angry about all the wrong things," Wood said in an interview with NJ Advance Media. "I'm angry about a lot of stuff that doesn't matter. I could be angry about bigger issue, like global warming, but I'm the guy mad that the McRib isn't available year-round."

Wood crams more work into a month than some people do in a year. In addition to his "Daily Show" correspondent gig, he's hosting the latest season of Comedy Central's "This is Not Happening." The network will also air the buddy comedy "Re-Established," which Wood co-created. In the half-hour show, he'll star as a probation officer willing to break the rules for his parolees, much to the distress of his partner.

"If Steve Harvey has eight jobs, I can juggle three," the 39-year-old funnyman said.

He's always been a hard worker. Wood was a 19-year-old broadcast journalism major at Florida A&M University when he discovered his flair for funny. He dabbled in radio and TV while also driving around the country performing stand-up. In 2010, he competed on "Last Comic Standing," finishing seventh. Between 2011 and 2015, he guest starred on the TBS' sitcom "Sullivan & Son."

Then came "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah." Since he joined the cast, Wood's profile has steadily grown. A sign that he's becoming a known quantity? The New York Times featured him in a January "Sunday Routine" column. It noted that Wood, who lives in Hell's Kitchen, makes his toddler son breakfast in the morning, watches "Black Mirror" with his girlfriend, tests new material at the Comedy Cellar in the evening and squeezes in a call to his mother, who still lives in his home state of Alabama.

"That's what they wanted to ask," he shrugged. "I find it more interesting than Michael Strahan having a regular brunch spot."

As he's toured the country, Wood has found that jokes that work in one city may not work in another.

"You do a joke about college football in California, it's going to go over a lot differently in Georgia," he said.

Still, he said, people are more similar than they think.

"We're all human beings going through a shared experience concurrently," he said. "i think, at the end of the day, I love what I do and I think the people of New Jersey will see that on my face.

"And if not, at least there's alcohol."

ROY WOOD JR.

Vinnie Brand's Stress Factory Comedy Club

90 Church St., New Brunswick

Tickets: $20-$42, available online at http://stressfactorycomedyclub.laughstub.com. May 3 - 5.

Natalie Pompilio is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She can be reached at nataliepompilio@yahoo.com. Find her on Twitter @nataliepompilio. Find NJ.com/Entertainment on Facebook.