Greg Giraldo

Infobox Comedian


name = Greg Giraldo
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birth_date = birth date and age|1965|12|10
birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
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medium = Stand-up, Television
nationality = American
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genre = Observational comedy, Black comedy, Surreal humor
subject = current events, everyday life, self-deprecation, marriage, parenting
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notable_work = "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn"
"Stand-Up Nation with Greg Giraldo"
"Comedy Central Roasts"
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil


website = [http://www.greggiraldo.com/ GregGiraldo.com]
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Greg Giraldo (born December 10, 1965 in New York City) is an American stand-up comedian, television personality and former lawyer.

Early life

Giraldo was born and raised in Queens, New York and attended Regis High School. He is the oldest son of immigrant parents from Colombia (father) and Spain (mother) and was raised Roman Catholic. From early on, he excelled academically and even attended Camp Rising Sun, the Louis August Jonas Foundation's international summer scholarship program. Giraldo attended Columbia University. Before becoming a comedian, Giraldo worked as a lawyer, having graduated from Harvard Law School. Despite having such dinstinctive scholarly accomplishments, Giraldo rejects that persona and very rarely discusses his days as a lawyer.

Career

Giraldo is known for his distinct delivery and his skills in ranting, never allowing his rhythm to be broken. Giraldo performs regularly at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan. Giraldo was a regular panelist on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn". Additionally, he was the star of the short-lived "Common Law" and also starred in several pilots, including "The Greg Giraldo Show" and "Gone Hollywood" for Comedy Central. The New York Times has praised Giraldo as "a talented comedian with a winning personality." In 2004 he was featured in the hit spoken-word Lazyboy song, "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants."

Although the series was not picked up in 2005, "The Greg Giraldo Show" was a similar format to the cancelled "Tough Crowd". The regular comics often joked during the run of "Tough Crowd" that Giraldo would eventually be the host of the show. However, when Giraldo was offered this series, many of the Tough Crowd comedians were rumored to be frustrated that Giraldo was essentially adopting the format used by Colin Quinn. Giraldo has appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" over a dozen times, "The Howard Stern Show" and "The Opie and Anthony Show". Giraldo was a panelist on Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" special. He had two half-hour specials on "Comedy Central Presents". He has also written segments for "Last Call with Carson Daly".

Giraldo, who is married and has three children, was known among comedians to drink heavily. However, he confirmed on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on July 7, 2005 that he has quit drinking. Giraldo recently starred in a series of TV cable commercials. His series "Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo" began on Comedy Central in late 2005 and ran until 2006. His CD "Good Day to Cross a River" was released 2006 on Comedy Central Records.

Greg has appeared in Comedy Central's annual roasts roasting Chevy Chase, Pam Anderson, William Shatner, Jeff Foxworthy, Flavor Flav, and Bob Saget.

In 2008, Giraldo will appear in venues across the United States as the headlining act of the Indecision '08 Tour, produced by Comedy Central.

Giraldo is now appearing on Comedy Central's new television series "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil". Giraldo is one of the Advocates who lobbies for their side to be considered the "root of all evil." He has lost his case in all but one of his nine appearances.

Discography

* "Good Day to Cross a River" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/comediangreggiraldo Greg Giraldo's MySpace Site]
* [http://www.greggiraldo.com/ Greg Giraldo Official Website]
* [http://thedepaulia.com/story.asp?artid=2132&sectid=5 Interview with Greg Giraldo]
* [http://cornellsun.com/node/23146 Cornell Daily Sun Interview with Greg Giraldo]