In 1990, Cook began performing stand-up in comedy clubs. He now designs all of his merchandise, including the cover of his album, Harmful If Swallowed. After graduating from high school, he studied graphic design in college as a back-up plan, in case he did not achieve success in comedy. He overcame his shyness in his junior year of high school, when he began acting and doing stand-up comedy. Ĭook has described himself as having been 'pretty quiet, pretty introverted, shy' as a child, although he was a 'wild child' at home. He grew up in a Catholic family of Irish descent. He has an older half-brother, Darryl, and five sisters. He performed an HBO special in late 2006, Vicious Circle, a straight-to-DVD special titled Rough Around The Edges (which is included in the album of the same name), and a Comedy Central special in 2009 titled Isolated Incident.Ĭook was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the second son of Donna Jean (née Ford died 2006) and George F. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest-charting comedy album in 28 years and went platinum. He was the second comedian (after Andrew Dice Clay) to sell out Madison Square Garden's large arena space.

Brooks (2007) and provided the lead voice role in the 2013 computer-animated sports film Planes, and its 2014 sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue as Dusty Crophopper. He also acted in Mystery Men (1999), Waiting.

Ĭook starred in numerous films sich as Employee of the Month (2006), Good Luck Chuck (2007), and My Best Friend's Girl. He is one of the first comedians to use a personal webpage and MySpace to build a large fan base, Īnd in 2006 was described as 'alarmingly popular'. He has released six comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed (2003), Retaliation (2005), Vicious Circle (2006), Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden (2007), and Isolated Incident (2009). He is known for his use of observational, often vulgar, and sometimes dark comedy. Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor.

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