Craig Gass

Craig Gass (born February 15, 1970 in New York state) is an American stand-up comedian known for his impressions of celebrities.

Biography

Gass has been "performing stand-up comedy since 1993 when he decided to get revenge on a group of comedians who had ridiculed him for attempting to perform at an open mic." [http://www.ihatecomedians.com/bio.html]

He acquired his peculiar talent of imitating characters and actors by learning to speak as a child from watching television. Both his parents and sister are completely deaf. With his family unable to serve as a model for how to speak, Gass grew up imitating the voices on TV.

Career

Radio work

Many radio listeners have probably heard Gass' voice at one time or another, but may not have known it. He has been heard on several radio programs like "The Howard Stern Show", "The Kidd Chris Show" (Philadelphia), "The Steve Dahl Show" (Chicago), KRQQ, The Frank Show, "The Mikey Show"(San Diego), "The Marconi Show" (Portland), "The KQ Morning Show" (Minneapolis), "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" (Seattle), Bob Rivers Twisted Radio (Seattle), "The Johnny Dare Morning Show" (Kansas City), "The Pugs and Kelly Show" (Dallas), "The Drake and Zeke Shift" (Memphis), "Toucher and Rich" (Boston), and "The Chunga Show" (Salt Lake City). Familiar characters Gass performs include:
* Tom Arnold
* Morgan Freeman
* Sam Kinison
* Gilbert Gottfried
* Samuel L. Jackson
* Dennis Miller
* Tracy Morgan
* Al Pacino
* Adam Sandler
* Gene Simmons
* Paul Stanley
* Lars Ulrich
* Christopher Walken
* Owen Wilson

A Stern fan favorite is Gass' impersonation of Gary Dell'Abate, also known as Baba Booey

Television work

In 2002, Gass found work on one episode of HBO's "Sex and the City". He claims to have put on over 30 pounds for his role as Tom "Big Boned" in the episode: "Cover Girl". He co-starred with Alec Baldwin on NBC's "Las Vegas" in early 2005 where he played a comedian, "Richie Phillips", who would begin his act by stirring people's drinks with his penis. Other television highlights include a guest spot on "Law & Order" as "Mark Grandy", and some commercial work for AT&T and Smirnoff. In 2004, Gass played the new driver in the episode "Entertainment Weakly" of King of Queens. In 2007, Gass competed on the television show The Next Best Thing, performing as an Al Pacino impersonator. While Gass was chosen as a semi-finalist, he was eliminated in the first semi-final round. More recently, Gass roasted Gene Simmons on A&E Network.

External links

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* [http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=262&Itemid=52 Craig Gass interviewed by C.C. Banana]
* [http://www.scrapplesandwich.com/shows/craiggass.mp3 Craig Gass interviewed by Scrapplesandwich.com]