Paul Ogata

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website = http://www.paulogata.com/
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Paul Ogata is an Asian-American stand-up comedian and actor, born and raised in Pearl City, Hawaii.

A graduate of the University of Hawaii and a former morning radio personality, he moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to devote more time to performing stand-up comedy [ [http://starbulletin.com/2005/12/16/features/story01.html Honolulu Star Bulletin feature, December 16, 2005] ] . He has appeared on several television shows, most notably Live at Gotham on Comedy Central and CBS's Late Late Show. In 2007, Paul Ogata won the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition [ [http://www.sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com/Pages/2007Finals.html 2007 San Francisco International Comedy Competition] ] , joining a list of previous winners which include Dana Carvey, Sinbad and Jake Johannsen.

Paul Ogata also appeared in the Damon Wayans motion picture [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417477 Behind The Smile] , and starred in the short film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426399 Amazing Asian] [ [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/May/21/en/en13a.html Honolulu Advertiser article, May 21, 2004] ] .

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External Links

[http://www.paulogata.com Paul Ogata's] personal website
[http://www.myspace.com/paulogata Paul Ogata] on MySpace
[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513657774 Paul Ogata] on Facebook
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1702753 Paul Ogata] at the Internet Movie Database
[http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/o/paul_ogata.jhtml Paul Ogata] 's page at Comedy Central's website