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Russell Peters Wiki Biography

Russell Dominic Peters was born on 29 September 1970, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is a Canadian comedian, television producer, disc jockey, as well as an actor. To the public, Russell Peters is perhaps best known for his stand-up comedy performances, and stand-up comedy albums, which have brought him a lot of public exposure, since he launched his career in the late 1980s.

A well-known comedian as well as an actor, how rich is Russell Peters? According to sources, Russell Peters’ net worth is estimated to be $40 million, the majority of which he has accumulated through his stand-up comedy performances, as well as appearances on television screens.

Russell Peters  studied at the Chinguacousy Secondary School, and later enrolled at North Peel Secondary School. Influenced by such famous comedians as Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy and George Carlin, Peters started to perform stand-up comedy at various local clubs in 1989. In 1992, Peters had an opportunity to meet one of his heroes – George Carlin – who gave him invaluable advice on stand-up comedy.

Since his first performance in Toronto in 1989, Russell Peters has performed in Malaysia, the United States, Ireland, Vietnam, Thailand, and the United Kingdom among other countries. His stand-up comedy topics usually range from race relations and stereotypes, to multiculturalism and Indian culture in particular.

His first comedy album entitled “Outsourced” didn’t come out until 2006 to generally positive reviews; in fact the album proved so popular with audiences that it received an 11-time Platinum certification for selling over 110,000 copies. Up to date, Peters has released four comedy albums, the most recent of which entitled “Notorious” came out in 2013. In addition to that, Russell Peters is notable for his appearances in various films and television series. Peters made his acting debut in the 1994 film called “Boozecan”. He then starred in Cheryl Dunye’s “My Baby’s Daddy” with Eddie Griffin, Method Man and Anthony Anderson, “Senior Skip Day” and “National Lampoon’s 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus” starring Will Sasso and Kristanna Loken. More recently, in 2014 he appeared alongside Aubrey Plaza and Daniel Roebuck in Tim Hill’s “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas”, as well as Jon Favreau’s comedy-drama film entitled “Chef”.

During his career as a comedian, Peters sold out Air Canada Centre in 2007, was a host on Canada Day Comedy Festival, and has hosted the Juno Awards ceremony. In addition, in 2010 he published his first book entitled “Call Me Russell”. As his popularity grew, Peters started to be featured in various television shows, including “Def Comedy Jam”, “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, “Lopez Tonight with George Lopez” and, more recently, the reality talent show called “Last Comic Standing”. In 2013, he was the first comedian to perform a stand-up special for Netflix, and then in the same year, for his contributions to comedy, Russell Peters received a Trailblazer Award.

In regards to his personal life, Russell Peters  dated Sunny Leone, but they split-up in 2008. In 2010, he became engaged to Monica Diaz, who he married later that same year. Diaz gave birth to their daughter in 2010, yet by the end of 2012 Peters and Diaz had divorced. Russell is now engaged to Ruzanna Khetchian.

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Russell Peters Quick Info

Russell Peters Trademarks

1. Imitating accents
2. Humorous observations of cultures

Russell Peters Quotes

• The fans in Canada have been there since day one. They’re the originals. When people say that’s your roots, that’s literally my roots. I’ve just cut this tree off and replanted it somewhere else and it started growing. But the roots are there.
• [on Bollywood films]It’s not that I’m not a fan. It’s just that if you gave me the option between cutting my testicles off or making me watch one of those films, I’d be like ‘Get those knives sharpened up, would you?’
• [on his parents’ view of his becoming a comedian] Their reaction was kind of like if your child tells you they want to be an astronaut, you pat them on the head say ‘Yes, honey, you go and be an astronaut.’..They had no clue what it was or what that meant. They weren’t like ‘Oh no, not a comedian! You mean gigs, long months on the road, late nights and skanky chicks?’ They had no point of reference for it all. I might as well have said, ‘Dad, I’m going to make houses on the moon’.
• I’m a hip-hop junkie. I’ve been listening to the music for over 20 years. That’s very much shaped who I am and the way I think, how I look at things and how I dress, how I carry myself.
• I found one guy was Trinidadian, posing as an Indian, One guy was Iranian, posing as an Indian. I’m the real deal, baby! So it’s really cool that I’m first. It doesn’t matter who comes after me, or who’s better than me. The fact of the matter is that I was the first.
• [on using other people’s comedy ideas] It’s like wearing another man’s underwear. Why would you do that?
• I have a phenomenal memory. I remember every single thing that anybody said to me, ever did to me, who was nice to me and who was not nice to me. In the business at least. And I see how these guys react to me. It’s all smiles and ‘I’m so glad to see ya! You’re doing really well!’ I’m like,’Wait, I remember you being a dick to me back in the day’.
• People always say ‘You do racial comedy’. And I don’t exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different things. There’s black people from America and then there’s black people from Africa. Racially they’re the same, culturally they’re extremely different.
• “Indians are the second largest population in the world, but we’re invisible on TV – everything is either black or white.” (Western Gazette, November 24th 2000)

Russell Peters Important Facts

• Peters proposed to girlfriend Monica Diaz on July 10, 2010 at the Los Angeles International Airport. He announced the engagement via Twitter. The couple married on August 20, 2010 at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The wedding was attended by about 20 guests, including an Elvis impersonator. Peters and Diaz are expecting their first child, a girl, due February 23, 2011. When announcing the pregnancy, Peters told The Canadian Press, “Did I get married because she was knocked up? I would say that expedited it”.
• His heritage is Anglo-Indian.
• Hosted the Canada Day Comedy Festival in 2006.
• He began performing in Toronto in 1989.
• His parents’ names are Eric and Maureen Peters.

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