Not to be confused with Russell W. Peterson or Peter Russell.
Russell Peters
Peters in 2008
Birth name
Russell Dominic Peters
Born
(1970-09-29) September 29, 1970 (age 53) Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Medium
Stand-up
television
film
radio
books
Education
Chinguacousy Secondary School
North Peel Secondary School
Years active
1989–present
Genres
Insult comedy
Heritage comedy
black comedy
observational comedy
satire
improvisational comedy
Subject(s)
Racism
race relations
stereotypes
India
multiculturalism
Asian culture
Western culture
Spouse
Monica Diaz
(m. 2010, divorced)
Ali Peters
(m. 2022)
Children
2
Signature
Website
russellpeters.com
Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970)[1] is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
^ ab"Russell Peters biography". Tribute. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
^Le, Vanna (14 February 2014). "Why Russell Peters Is Notoriously Unknown". Forbes.
^"The famous comedian most Americans don't know". edition.cnn.com. 16 October 2013.
^Hough, Robert (September 2009). "Lighten Up". Toronto Life. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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Neal Brennan, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Jermaine Fowler, Ken Jeong, RussellPeters, and Debby Ryan. It was released on October 16, 2020, by RLJE Films...
Revolution, his first film in 14 years. On April 29, 2022, Weiss opened for RussellPeters at Oxnard Levity Live Improv. In 2023, he introduced his own website...
and also in the 2009 comedy/drama, High Life, with Timothy Olyphant, RussellPeters, Greg Germann. He appeared with his father Donald in the 2010 Comedy...
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Thomas Mann and the Dalai Lama. Comics have included Jerry Seinfeld and RussellPeters. In May 1953, Massey Hall was the location of a notable jazz concert...
of the Peel District School Board. In 2010, comedian RussellPeters established the RussellPeters North Peel Scholarship, an award worth up to $21,000...
Greer, Daniel Doheny, Siobhan Williams, Andrew McNee, Andrew Herr, RussellPeters, and Grace Park. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International...
and consisted of 13 episodes. Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans, and RussellPeters served as judges and J. B. Smoove was the host. The winner received...
Chitrangada Singh and Deepika Padukone. He also co-produced a film with RussellPeters titled Breakaway (dubbed into Hindi as Speedy Singhs) which is reminiscent...
Adam Levine. That same year, he appeared as Earl Hunterson opposite Keri Russell in the comedy-drama film Waitress. In 2008, Sisto joined the cast of the...
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