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Stand-up comedy is a comedic style. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or simply a stand-up. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television.
In stand-up comedy the comedian usually recites a fast-paced succession of humorous stories, short jokes called "bits", and one-liners, which constitute what is typically called a monologue, routine or act. Some stand-up comedians use props, music or magic tricks to enhance their acts. Stand-up comedy is often performed in comedy clubs, bars, neo-burlesques, colleges and theaters, but there are no real restrictions on where the craft can be performed. Stand-up comedy is also performed by professional comedians outside of traditional entertainment venues, such as in country clubs, at corporate events and conferences, as charity fundraising events, even in temples and churches.
Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian comedian, actor and disc jockey. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and has been nominated for four Gemini Awards.
Russell Peters was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada to Eric and Maureen Peters. His family is of Anglo-Indian ancestry and is Catholic. His father was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, and worked as a federal meat inspector; he is regularly mentioned and featured in his comedy work. His mother was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He has an older brother named Clayton who was born in Calcutta. Russell attended Chinguacousy Secondary School for grades 9–10, and North Peel Secondary School for grades 11–12 in Brampton.
Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989. Peters' popularity extends to several countries. He has since also performed in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Afghanistan, Sweden, South Africa, India, the Caribbean, Philippines, Vietnam, mainland China, Canada, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, France, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Norway, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Trinidad among other places.
Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009,The Ricky Gervais Show.
He has won multiple awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people.
Actors: Anita Surendran (miscellaneous crew), David Rasche (actor), Martin Starr (actor), Matt Miller (producer), Terry Leonard (producer), Paul Wesley (actor), James Ponsoldt (producer), Ross Marquand (actor), Lauren Silver (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Stadulis (actor), Robert C. Kirk (actor), Laith Nakli (actor), Laith Nakli (producer), Sean Mullin (writer), Sean Mullin (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Jason Brown (producer), David Smith (writer), David Smith (producer), David Smith (actor), David Smith (director), David Smith (editor), Molly Tilly (actress), Laura Waggoner (actress), Molly Tilly (producer), Rudy Panucci (actor), Penny Maple (actress), Walt Smith (actor), Taylor Marx (actor), Jacob Smith (actor), Aaron 'Foz Rotten' White (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Darlene Violette (actress), Eric Deskin (actor), Joe Caniano (actor), Joe Caniano (producer), Joe Caniano (writer), Dave Alvin (editor), Dave Alvin (producer), Dave Alvin (actor), Dave Alvin (director), Michael Giacoia (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Nick Thomas-Webster (actor), Simon Phillips (producer), Billy Murray (producer), Billy Murray (actor), Jonathan Sothcott (producer), Martin Kemp (actor), Colin Salmon (actor), Simon Phillips (actor), Richard E. Grant (actor), Neil Maskell (actor), Shaun Lucas (actor), Lewis James (producer), Johnny Lynch (actor), Craig Conway (actor), Sheridan Smith (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Brian Harley (actor), Brian Harley (producer), Brian Harley (director), Brian Harley (editor), Richard Wood (actor), Richard Wood (producer), Nick Allen (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Cotterill (composer), Alan Wales (actor), Maria Maley (writer), Maria Maley (actor), Danny Mackie (actor), Christina Cassidy (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Robert Abramoff (producer), Scott L. Montoya (director), Scott L. Montoya (producer), Neal Marshall (producer), Yvette Yates (producer), Peter Fruchtman (producer), Jerry Fruchtman (producer), Danny Rodriguez (producer), Rick D'Elia (miscellaneous crew), Rick D'Elia (producer), Larry Omaha (actor), Larry Omaha (producer), Charlie Hill (actor), Ian Fruchtman (producer), Howie Miller (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Isaac Sprintis (composer), Milly Sanders (actress), Alexander Wenger (actor), Liam Tuohy (actor), Matthew Hysell (actor), Jamie Lane (actor), Alan Gaskill (actor), Jong Hwang (writer), Jong Hwang (director), Jong Hwang (editor), Stephanie Bravo (costume designer), Jong Hwang (producer), Ruchika Mandhyan (producer), Norman Spinrad (writer), David Lee McKinney (actor),
Plot: In an alternate universe, 98% of the population are immortals. Immortals look young and charm because they don't get older in terms of appearance after 25. On the other hand, there is 2% of the mortal population. Mortals are just like us. They become wrinkled as they get older. Tom, born to be a mortal, doesn't feel a true love from his immortal parents. He lives far away from his parents until he gets a cancer at 60. Tom decides to come back home to reconcile himself with his immortal parents before he dies. But his reconciliation isn't easy.
Keywords: alternate-universe, cancer, death, dying, family-relationships, immortality, mortality, old-manActors: Apostolos Souglakos (actor), Dinos Iliopoulos (actor), Phani Ziozia (editor), Nicholas Triandafyllidis (director), Nicholas Triandafyllidis (writer), Dimitris Athanitis (actor), Nicholas Triandafyllidis (producer), Harry Klynn (actor), Thodoris Polizonis (actor), Kostas Gousgounis (actor), Nikos Vergetis (producer), Blaine Reininger (actor), Blaine Reininger (composer), Alex Triandafyllidis (actor), Meredith Davis (actress),
Plot: The strange story of Sonia, a Russian dancer, who left her country behind only to find herself bumping and grinding against the guardrail enclosing the dancefloor where the striptease is performed, and other lost souls, at the end of the twentieth century, somewhere in Europe
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Michael Orenstein (actor), Steven Pearl (actor), Steven Pearl (writer), Rick Shaw (writer), Margot Black (actress), Ari Golan (director),
Genres: Comedy,