Ray Romano

Ray Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Italian American actor and comedian. Before breaking into show business, he had planned to become an accountant. Romano is married to Anna Scarpulla, with whom he has four children, including one pair of twins. Ray was featured on a 2000 episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, on which he won $125,000 (USD) for the NYPD's D.A.R.E. Unit. In 2001, he was named one of E!'s top 20 entertainers of the year. In the same year, he was featured with his brother (a sergeant in the NYPD) on a New York Police Department recruiting poster. He recently became the highest paid television actor in history as the star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond. His salary in 2001 was $19,000,000.

Filmography

Acting

• ' (2006) (voice) movie – Manfred
• Grilled (2005) movie – Maurice
• Eulogy (2004) movie – Skip Collins
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004) movie – Handy Harrison
• Ice Age (2002) (voice) movie – Manfred
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) TV Series – Raymond Barone
• The King of Queens (1998– ) (guest star) TV series – Raymond Barone
• The Simpsons (2005) (guest voice) TV series – Ray Magini (appeared in the 350th episode of that show, as Homer Simpson's supposedly imaginary friend)

Writing

• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005)