Russell Peters

Russell Peters is a Canadian stand-up comic of Indian descent. In his native Canada, he is very popular and has won a Gemini Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards. He has also been nominated three other times for the same awards as well as being nominated for Best Male Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards. Peters has been featured at such shows as Montreal's "Just for Laughs" Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh (Scotland) Comedy Festival.

Related Topics:
India - Canada - Gemini Award - Emmy Awards - Montreal - "Just for Laughs"

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Russell began performing in the United Kingdom in 1995. He has performed several times at famous comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store. He has also appeared several times on television shows in the UK, such as The Stand Up Show and Club Class. He has also had two comedy specials on The Comedy Network in Canada called Russell Peters Is Off the Hook and The Russell Peters Show, the latter being the reason for his Gemini Award. Peters has also appeared in Police Academy - the TV series and has recently been filming a sitcom for Canadian television.

Related Topics:
United Kingdom - 1995 - The Comedy Store - The Comedy Network

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Russell's comedy focuses largely around his Indian upbringing, as he often satirizes his parents and the South Asian culture as a whole. Much of his material explores the cultural divides between many different ethnicities and upbringings in a way that is rarely offensive and includes many hilarious impressions. He explores race in a way that is fresh and creative. He also has excellent imitations of voices of people of different cultures. In the United States, a great deal of his popularity has stemmed from his 45-minute video that has been circulated on the Internet. Russell Peters enjoys eating curry and rice, with his newly engaged girlfriend, Gloria.

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He is now a resident of Brampton, Ontario.

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