Dane Cook - Biography

Last Editor: anushatweety				Dane Cook Biography -   Name : Dane Cook Profession : Actor Birth Details : born March 18, 1972 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Birth name : Dane Jeffrey Cook Height : 6' (1.83 m) Nickname : The Enunciator Personal quotes : "You know you're drunk when you think that the cab fare is the time." Trade mark : Observational comedy mixed with dark humor and comedic violence. Excitable, high-energy stage presence.

Dane Cook Trivia -

Attended Arlington High School in Arlington, Massachusetts. Worked at Video Horizons in Arlington, Massachusetts Has a brother and five sisters Shares his birthday with singer Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and hip-hop MC-turned-actress Queen Latifah. Is of Irish and Italian heritage. Worked at a Burger King where his brother was the manager. Is a Boston Red Sox fan.

Dane Cook Detailed Biography -

Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972 in Cambridge, Massachusetts), is an American stand-up comedian and screen actor. Cook grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts and attended Arlington High School. Cook's stand-up comedy material is mostly observational humor. His recent routines include such diverse topics as car accident mayhem, Cook's time spent working at Burger King and assorted geek humor. Among Cook's numerous television credits are performances on Comedy Central Presents and Comedy Central Bar Mitzvah Bash. When he was a teenager, Cook discovered his comedic talent when his father, former radio personality George Cook, gave him a tape recorder and microphone. He was inspired by watching and listening to a variety of comedians, including Bill Cosby, Johnny Carson, George Carlin and even Red Skelton. In seventh grade, he watched Saturday Night Live one night and saw Martin Short performing his character Ed Grimley. He suddenly realized a goal in life: To be on the show. He started performing stand-up comedy in 1990. By 1995, Cook was performing stand-up comedy every night, usually in Boston and, when he made it to Los Angeles, at The Laugh Factory. He stated in a 2005 interview with Entertainment Weekly that he "never walked toward a stage and felt heavy. Ever. Even in bad places, I always learned something." Also in 1995, Cook made his television debut as Kyle in five episodes of the short-lived ABC series Maybe This Time, starring Marie Osmond and Betty White. In 1999, he made his first (albeit brief) appearance in a major motion picture as "The Waffler" (a superhero who uses waffles to fight crime) in Mystery Men. A year earlier, he was featured on Comedy Central's stand-up comedy showcase Premium Blend and, the following year, Comics Come Home. It would begin a partnership with the basic cable channel that would help launch Cook's career to new heights. He made his own half-hour feature segment on Comedy Central Presents in 2000. Two years later, Cook pooled $25,000 of his own money from savings and retirement accounts and launched DaneCook.com, his own interactive website to help further his career and help stay personally connected to his fans. Although other comics mocked him, his website, along with his MySpace account, turned out to be a success. He is often referred to as 'the most popular guy on MySpace' (next to Tom Anderson, the creator of the service.) In 2003, Cook released his first comedy album, Harmful If Swallowed, which also included a DVD of his appearances on Comedy Central. 2005 to present In 2005, Cook went on a nationwide tour, "Tourgasm", which stretched across the United States. Soon after the tour ended, he released his second album Retaliation, which debuted at #4 on Billboard magazine's Top Albums chart, the most successful comedy album debut since Steve Martin's A Wild and Crazy Guy in 1979. The success of the album launched a slew of public appearances and magazine articles in the fall, including a three-minute routine on the MTV Video Music Awards on August 28. He also performed three sold-out shows in two nights at Madison Square Garden in mid-September without any press but his own website. He also appeared on Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour. He had a feature role as Floyd in the film Waiting..., which opened October 7 and he finished his own television pilot called Cooked, which he is writing and starring in, soon afterwards. On December 3, Cook finally realized his dream of hosting Saturday Night Live. His appearance was unique because he was one of the few stand-up comedians (as opposed to actors) to appear as guest host for the show. He performed the longest monologue in the show's history and it was the highest-rated SNL of the season. He portrayed fictional versions of himself in some sketches. On January 13, 2006, after months of keeping a "BIG secret" to his fans, he announced through his website that he would be playing the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on April 15 for his first HBO special. The venue holds 17,000 seats. He is currently in Santa Fe, New Mexico filming a comedy called Employee of the Month alongside Jessica Simpson until the end of March. Other members of the cast include Dax Shepard, Efren Ramirez and Harland Williams. After the release of his immensely successful CD/DVD Retaliation, many fans of comedy took note of three bits on Cook's CD. On June 10, 1999, comedian Louis CK performed stand-up on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, one of the bits being about naming kids and wanting to name his kid with one letter repeated many times. On CK's debut CD, "Louis CK: Live in Houston", which was released in 2000, CK had a bit called "Itchy Asshole". CK has also performed a routine on both his CD, Late Night, and other television programs called "Guy on a Bike", which was a routine about witnessing someone struck by a car and wondering how quickly to warn someone before the accident. In 2005, Dane Cook performed and released three similar routines on Retaliation. CK commented on the similarities, noting three bits on one CD were clearly an example of cribbing material, but commented that he did not intend to act on these findings. Comedy purists then lambasted Cook as a joke thief, while fans defended him, claiming it was impossible to know who wrote which bits first.