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Russell Peters is a Canadian comedian, actor, disc jockey and film actor. He was born on 29 September 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and holds citizenship of Canada. He has two children and lives across Los Angeles, the Las Vegas Valley and Vaughan.
Peters has received the Canada's Walk of Fame award, and his work includes stand-up comedy. He speaks English.
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Film & TV
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and has been nominated for four Gemini Awards.
Known for
- Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk2026
- Wingman — Kazeem2025
- Title Fight — Self2025
- Hollywood Squares — Self2025
- Russell Peters: Act Your Age — Himself2024
- Chuck Zito: An American Story — Self2024
- Russell Peters: Irresponsible Ensemble — Host2024
- Just for Laughs: The Gala Specials - Russell Peters — Self2023
- Don't Suck — Russell Peters2023
- Outlaw Johnny Black — Big Chief2023
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- Listeners
- 40,575
- Total plays
- 381,036
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Russell Dominic Peters[1] (born 29 September 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comic of Indian descent, specifically Anglo-Indian, from Brampton, Ontario. His parents are originally from Bombay and Kolkata, India. [2] Russell Peters focuses primarily on his cultural background, Arab, Caribbean, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, and other South and Southeast Asian communities that remain invisible to the mainstream media. Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989[1] and has performed in the UK
Key facts
- Born
- Russell Dominic Peters , ( 1970-09-29 ) 29 September 1970 (age 55) , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
- Spouses
- Monica Diaz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 , divorced ) Ali Peters ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 )
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Medium
- Stand-up television film radio books
- Genres
- Insult comedy Heritage comedy black comedy observational comedy satire improvisational comedy
- Subjects
- Racism race relations stereotypes India multiculturalism Asian culture Western culture
- Website
- russellpeters .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Family name
- Peters
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.russellpeters.com
- Image
- RussellPeters08TIFF.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Vaughan
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- Russell Peters
- date of birth
- 1970-09-29
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- Russell W. Peterson
- social media followers
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell Dominic Peters (born 29 September 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid comedians, and became the first comedian to get a Netflix stand-up special. He also won the Peabody Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for producing Hip-Hop Evolution (2016). He lives in Los Angeles.
Early life
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