Russell Peters

Russell Dominic Peters ( born September 29, 1970 in Toronto ) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor. He often engaged in its programs and extensively with ethnic and national stereotypes.

Life and career

Peter's parents are from India. He was born in 1970 in Toronto, raised in Brampton (Ontario) and started in 1989, at the age of 19 years to act as a comedian. Larger notoriety as a stand- up comedian was him, among other things due to appearances in the Canadian television programs Comics! and Comedy Now! to part, some of which were also seen in the United States. The highlights of his career, Peters 2008 called in an interview made ​​an appearance in 2005, when he with South Asian ancestors made ​​at the Apollo Theater in New York as the first artist for a sold-out hall and two gigs on consecutive nights at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto in 2007 when every 15,000 tickets were sold. In 2008 he made ​​an appearance at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 2009 he was a guest on Late Late Show by Craig Ferguson. It occurs for a number of years outside of North America, 2008, he was, for example, each for several appearances in Australia, India, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, Dubai and Beirut, 2009, he was seen at the O2 arena in London. In addition to his stand-up performances Peters occasionally works as an actor. Furthermore, it is 2009 for the second time since 2008, will host the presentation of the Juno Awards.

• 2006: Russell Peters: Outsourced ( The Warfield, San Francisco)

Filmography (selection)

• 2011: Source Code