Gregory C. Giraldo

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Gregory C. Giraldo Wiki Biography

Gregory C. Giraldo was born on 10 December 1965, in The Bronx, New York City USA, to Dolores, of Spanish descent, and Alfonso Giraldo, of Colombian descent. He was a stand-up comedian, television personality and lawyer, best known for his appearances in the Comedy Central roast specials and shows, such as “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn“. He passed away in 2010.

So just how wealthy was Greg Giraldo? According to sources, Giraldo had earned a net worth of over $100,000, established through his involvement in the comedy entertainment business which began in 1992.

Giraldo grew up in the upper middle class neighborhood of Queens, New York City, along with his two siblings. He attended Regis High School in Manhattan, matriculating in 1983, and then enrolled at Columbia University, graduating with a BA degree in English. He then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1990 with a law degree.

Prior to turning to comedy, Giraldo briefly worked as an associate for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm in New York City. In 1992, he gave up his law career and began performing stand-up comedy in clubs such as Manhattan’s Comedy Cellar. While performing at the 1995 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, he was discovered by Hollywood agents, who offered him the starring role of lawyer John Alvarez in the short-lived ABC sitcom “Common Law”. His net worth started to rise.

In the early 2000s, Giraldo began performing stand-up on Comedy Central Presents, soon becoming a recognized figure among the network’s fans. He made appearances in a number of popular shows for Comedy Central and NBC, such as “Late Night with Conan O’Brien“, “Last Call with Carson Daly“, “The View”, “The Colin Quinn Show”, “Late Show with David Letterman“, “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”. He served as a regular panelist on “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn“, and all added to his wealth.

In 2005 he wrote, executive produced and hosted his own shows for Comedy Central, “The Greg Giraldo Show”, “Gone Hollywood” and “Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo”. He also wrote and appeared in the network’s shows “Just For Laughs” and “Adult Content with Greg Giraldo”, and had his own stand-up special, the 2009 “Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices”. He served as a judge on the NBC reality television talent show “Last Comic Standing”, and appeared as a panelist on Jerry Seinfeld’s “The Marriage Ref” reality show and panel game, all of which considerably contributed to his popularity, and to his net worth as well.

Aside from his career in television, Giraldo was also involved in the film industry, having minor roles in “Game Day”, “Choices”, “Comedian”, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” and “I Am Comic”.

Although his career included various comedy-related projects, it was the Comedy Central roast series that put Giraldo on the map and boosted his popularity the most. Those included roasts of Joan Rivers, Chevy Chase, Flavor Flav, Bob Saget, Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, Jeff Foxworthy, and Larry the Cable Guy. Giraldo’s last appearance on Comedy Central was in mid-2010, in “The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff“.

When it comes to his personal life, Giraldo was married twice. His first marriage was in his mid-20s, and lasted only two years. In 1999 he married a comedy club waitress named Maryann, with whom he had three children. The couple separated in 2008, but had several reconciliations after that. The comedian died from what was reported as an accidental prescription-drug overdose, on 29 September 2010, although Giraldo had struggled with drugs and alcohol throughout his career. However, in his most recent interviews, he spoke of being sober, with only occasional slip-ups.

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Gregory C. Giraldo Quick Info

Full Name Greg Giraldo
Net Worth $100,000
Date Of Birth December 10, 1965, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
Died September 29, 2010, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Height 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Profession Stand-up comedian, Television personality, Lawyer
Education Regis High School in Manhattan, Columbia University, Harvard Law School
Nationality American
Spouse Maryann Giraldo (m. 1999–2010, his death)
Parents Dolores Giraldo, Alfonso Giraldo
Siblings Elizabeth Giraldo, John Giraldo
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320607
Allmusic www.allmusic.com/artist/greg-giraldo-mn0000122225
Albums “Good Day to Cross a River” (2006, Comedy Central Records), “Midlife Vices” (2009, Comedy Central Records)
Nominations ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Comedy Series
Movies American Dummy, Eventual Wife
TV Shows “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn”, “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil”, “Stand-Up Nation”, “Comedy Central Roasts, ” “Comedy Central’s: Comic Cabana”, “Common Law”, “The Howard Stern Show”, “The Greg Giraldo Show”, “Gone Hollywood”, “Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo”, “The Marriage Ref”, “Shorties …

Gregory C. Giraldo Quotes

  • The hardest part, for real, is probably when you just don’t feel like going on stage and being funny.
  • The things that make me laugh are considered smart or whatever, I guess. But stuff that’s self-consciously intelligent or self-consciously hip or cool, that doesn’t do it for me either. You just try to be funny.
  • The reality is I’m not this person with this driving ‘get it done’ attitude.
  • The reality is I’m not a ‘get knocked down and come back harder’ kind of guy.
  • Why do we need another station where everyone has a gun? We already have BET.
  • Some people are just really goofy kind of guitar acts, and they go out and do these colleges and start making a fortune pretty early on. And other people – I know guys who are great comics, who’ve done the Letterman show many times, who still barely pay their bills.
  • If you spend five minutes with me or watch me try to balance my checkbook, you can only imagine the disaster I would make of anyone’s legal issues.
  • There are no black people in Iraq, so how will they know who to shoot at?
  • Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I just loved it, and I realized that I was actually kinda good at it, and then that was it.
  • I’ve always had real trouble knowing what my actual desires and goals are. I’ve just been dragged along by fate.
  • It’s hard to distinguish when I was actually struggling from when I only felt like I was struggling – which was pretty much always.
  • [on Christianity] The Virgin Mary… We have a whole religion based on a woman who really stuck to her story.

Gregory C. Giraldo Important Facts

  • Performed his last stand-up show on September 24, 2010, in New Jersey.
  • Had his own show on Comedy Central for a brief period of time, titled “Stand-Up Nation with Greg Giraldo” (2005)_.
  • Was a lawyer for less than a year before he changed his profession to comedy.
  • Despite his multiple appearances on the Comedy Central Roasts, being a series regular on Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil (2008), and even having his own show on the network, he had only one stand-up special on Comedy Central, which was the 2009 “Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices” (2009) (TV)_ show.
  • On March 18, 2011, Comedy Central aired a tribute to Greg titled Give It Up for Greg Giraldo (2011). Fellow comedians Sarah Silverman, ‘Nick Swardson”, Lewis Black, Conan O’Brien, Denis Leary, Dave Attell, and Jeffrey Ross (to name a few) gave very emotional heartfelt condolences to Greg.
  • Rushed to a New Jersey hospital on September 25, 2010, after an accidental drug overdose.
  • Worked for the New York City law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
  • Was of Colombian and Spanish descent.
  • Graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School.

Gregory C. Giraldo Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Just for Laughs 2009-2010 TV Series writer – 2 episodes Writer
Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices 2009 TV Short documentary Writer
Adult Content with Greg Giraldo 2007 TV Movie Writer
Stand-Up Nation with Greg Giraldo 2005 TV Series Writer
The Showbiz Show with David Spade 2005 TV Series writer – 1 episode Writer
The Greg Giraldo Show 2005 TV Movie Writer
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn 2003-2004 TV Series writer – 15 episodes Writer
Comedy Central Presents 2000-2004 TV Series documentary writer – 2 episodes Writer
Z Rock 2008 TV Series Harry Braunstein Actor
What Blows Up Must Come Down! 2008 Short Jihad Jo Actor
Drive/II 2006 TV Movie Actor
American Dummy 2002 Short Dr. Mabuse Actor
The Colin Quinn Show 2002 TV Series Various Actor
The Greg Giraldo Show 2002 TV Movie Greg Actor
Eventual Wife 2000 Short Jim Actor
Game Day 1999 Zippy Actor
Common Law 1996 TV Series John Alvarez Actor
Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices 2009 TV Short documentary executive producer Producer
The Showbiz Show with David Spade 2005 TV Series co-executive producer – 1 episode Producer
The Greg Giraldo Show 2005 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Women Who Kill 2013 TV Movie in memory of Thanks
Dream Job 2012 Short in memory of Thanks
Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump 2011 TV Movie in memory of Thanks
Last Comic Standing: Behind-the-Scenes with Greg Giraldo 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Just for Laughs 2009-2010 TV Series Himself – Comedian / Himself Self
Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff 2010 TV Special Himself – Roaster Self
Last Comic Standing 2010 TV Series Himself – Judge Self
The Marriage Ref 2010 TV Series Himself – Panelist Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2010 TV Series Himself Self
I Am Comic 2010 Documentary Himself Self
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work 2010 Documentary Himself Self
Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices 2009 TV Short documentary Himself – Host Self
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers 2009 TV Special Himself – Roaster Self
Martin Short: Let Freedom Hum 2009 TV Movie Himself Self
Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy 2009 TV Special documentary Himself Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2000-2008 TV Series Himself Self
Cheech & Chong: Roasted 2008 TV Special Himself Self
Root of All Evil 2008 TV Series Himself Self
The Gong Show with Dave Attell 2008 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Judge Self
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget 2008 TV Special Himself – Roaster Self
Caiga quien caiga – CQC 2008 TV Series Himself Self
Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav 2007 TV Special documentary Himself – Roaster Self
Adult Content with Greg Giraldo 2007 TV Movie Himself Self
Last Laugh ’06 2006 TV Movie Himself Self
Howard Stern on Demand 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner 2006 TV Movie Himself – Roaster Self
Dave Attell’s Insomniac Tour Featuring Sean Rouse, Greg Giraldo and Dane Cook 2005 TV Special documentary Himself Self
Last Laugh ’05 2005 TV Movie Himself Self
Just for Laughs 2005 TV Series Himself Self
Stand-Up Nation with Greg Giraldo 2005 TV Series Himself – Host Self
The Showbiz Show with David Spade 2005 TV Series Himself – Host Self
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson 2005 TV Special documentary Himself – Roaster Self
Late Show with David Letterman 2004-2005 TV Series Himself Self
Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy 2005 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The Greg Giraldo Show 2005 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
Last Laugh ’04 2004 TV Movie Himself Self
Shorties Watchin’ Shorties 2004 TV Series Himself Self
100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time 2004 TV Mini-Series Himself – Panelist Self
Comedy Central Presents 2000-2004 TV Series documentary Himself / Himself – Host Self
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn 2002 TV Series Himself Self
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase 2002 TV Movie Himself Self
Comedian 2002 Documentary Himself (as Greg Geraldo) Self
The View 2002 TV Series Himself Self
Late Friday 2001 TV Series Himself Self
Live at Jongleurs 1997 TV Series Himself – Comedian Self
Give It Up for Greg Giraldo 2011 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Howard Stern on Demand 2006 TV Series Himself Archive Footage

Gregory C. Giraldo Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1996 NCLR Bravo Award NCLR Bravo Awards Outstanding Individual Performance in a Comedy Series Common Law (1996) Won
1996 NCLR Bravo Award NCLR Bravo Awards Outstanding Individual Performance in a Comedy Series Common Law (1996) Nominated