Louis C.K. is tagged as: comedy, stand-up comedy, stand-up, best living comedian, humor Louis C.K. is the stage name of Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967), an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director. C.K. was born in New York City, to a father descended from Jewish Hungarians and Catholic Mexicans, and a mother with Irish Catholic ancestors. After four years in Mexico, he grew up in Massachusetts, in Framingham and, mostly, Newton. His family pronounces their surname Szekely roughly as “SAY-kay”, and in his grade-school years he resorted to “C.K.” as an easy way to get his name pronounced almost correctly as “SEE-kay”. His credits as a writer include Saturday Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Dana Carvey Show and the Chris Rock Show. He wrote and directed the movie, Pootie Tang, based on a sketch from the latter. His work for the Chris Rock Show was nominated for an Emmy Award three times, including winning “Best Writing in a Variety or Comedy Series” in 1999. As a voice actor he portrayed Brendon’s estranged father, Andrew Small, in Home Movies, and appeared numerous times on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. He has performed his stand-up frequently on shows like Late Night with Conan O’Brien and the Tonight Show w... Read More About Louis C.K. Biography... Send Louis C.K. ringtones to your cell |
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