- Steve Byrne
Infobox actor
name = Steve Byrne
caption =
birthdate = birth date and age|1974|7|21
birthplace =Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
occupation =Actor ,comedian
yearsactive =Steve Byrne (born
July 21 ,1974 ) is a half Irish, half Korean stand-upcomedian fromPittsburgh, Pennsylvania . [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2180091 Steve Byrne IMDb] ]Byrne has a new one hour special premiering on
March 29 on Comedy Central titled "Steve Byrne's Happy Hour". Byrne was featured on the NBC series "The Real Wedding Crashers " and a featured comic on "The Tonight Show ". He has made appearances on "Chappelle's Show ", "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn ", The History Channel's "History of the Joke," Mad TV's 300 episode and a Super Bowl promo on CBS with Prince and Bill Cowher. His stand-up has been featured on "The Late Late Show ", "Jimmy Kimmel Live ", "Last Call with Carson Daly ", BET's "ComicView ", ABC’s "Good Morning America " as well asComedy Central 's "Premium Blend ". He has been a featured comic in "The Just For Laughs Festival" in Montreal, the HBO "US Comedy Arts Festival " in Las Vegas and "The CanWest Comedy Fest" in Vancouver.He has featured for
Colin Quinn on a USO tour in Iraq as well as forDrew Carey in Afghanistan and is embarking on his own USO tour of Afghanistan in June 2008. He has been part of several national comedy tours including The Jameson Comedy Tour, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Tour, and The Camel Cigarettes Sin City Tour, and his own nationalMySpace tour. He has opened for musical actsKanye West ,Mariah Carey on her Charmbracelet Tour,Modest Mouse ,Puddle of Mudd , Spoon, Rev.Horton Heat and many more.His "
Comedy Central Presents " Half Hour Special premiered last year and was voted the seventeenth most popular "Comedy Central Presents " by fans as part of the Standup Showdown on [http://www.comedycentral.com/events/susd/index.jhtml comedycentral.com] . He also was the winner of theMySpace Standup Or Sitdown competition on TBS. He just filmed small parts in the upcoming films, "The Goods: The Don Ready Story" starringJeremy Piven and produced byWill Ferrell and "Four Christmases" starringVince Vaughn andReese Witherspoon .He also goes by the name Rory and lives in Long Beach, CA.
References
External links
* [http://www.stevebyrnelive.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/stevebyrne Steve Byrne] atMySpace
* [http://www.levityentertainmentgroup.com Levity Entertainment Group]
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