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 Louis CK
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Don't let the name fool you. His mother is Irish Catholic, so that makes him Celtic enough for me.
Louis C.K. (born Louis Szekely on September 12, 1967 in Washington, D.C.) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director.
C.K. was born in Washington, D.C.[1] to a Harvard educated father descended from Hungarian Jews and Mexican Catholics, and a Harvard educated mother of Irish Catholic descent. After six years in Mexico, he grew up in Massachusetts, in Framingham and, mostly, Newton. His family pronounces their surname Szekely roughly as [se'-ke], and in his grade-school years he resorted to "C.K." as an easy way to get his name pronounced almost correctly as [si' ke].[2]
His credits as a writer include Saturday Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Dana Carvey Show and the Chris Rock Show. His work for the Chris Rock Show was nominated for an Emmy Award three times, including winning "Best Writing in a Variety or Comedy Series" in 1999. However, the feature film, Pootie Tang, born from the sketch show received largely negative reviews.
As a voice actor he portrayed Brendon's estranged father, Andrew Small, in Home Movies, and appeared numerous times on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
He has performed his stand-up frequently on shows like Late Night with Conan O'Brien and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Most recently his subject matter reflected his frustrations and anxieties from raising his four-year-old daughter. He was ranked #98 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. There was a small controversy about his placement. When '80s prop comic Gallagher was ranked #100 on the list, he was angry and remarked "I don't even know who Louis C.K. is!"
In August 2005, C.K. starred in a half-hour HBO special as part of the stand-up series One Night Stand. In June 2006, he began starring in Lucky Louie, a sitcom he created with executive producer Mike Royce. The series premiered on HBO. The show was filmed in front of a live studio audience; it was HBO's first series in that format. Lucky Louie is described as a bluntly realistic portrayal of family life. But HBO cancelled the series after its first season.
In 2007, C.K. starred in his own hour-long HBO special titled Shameless. He also co-wrote the feature film I Think I Love My Wife with Chris Rock.
Louis is a frequent guest on the Opie and Anthony radio show, which also stars his Lucky Louie co-star Jim Norton, and he will be a part of Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour with other comedians in 2007.
Louis frequently works with Robert Smigel on TV Funhouse shorts exclusively to Saturday Night Live, ranging from politics to surrealism.
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alright Vort so finally I saw your lover Louis (* Lara Vardhana, Nov 4, 2007 - 23:16 ) What would you do if you had Bill Gates' money? (* Vortigern Aedui, Jun 22, 2007 - 03:34 )|
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