Dom Irrera
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Dom Irrera | |
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Birth name | Domenick Jack Irrera |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | November 18, 1948
Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
Years active | 1982–present |
Domenick Jack Irrera (born November 18, 1948) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family.[citation needed]
Irrera went to college in Florida, attending Barry University and St. Thomas University.[1]
Irrera has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1986, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and The Late Show with David Letterman.[2] He also appeared as a contestant on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money.
Irrera is a regular performer at the Cat Laughs in Kilkenny; he has made 22 appearances at the festival, more than any other comic. He appeared on an episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld as Ronnie Kaye, the prop comic and on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens as Spero Demopolous. Irrera made 11 appearances as himself on the animated series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, and is the only comic to appear in all six seasons.[citation needed]
Irrera was voted one of the hundred funniest comics of all time by Comedy Central. He was the Judge on the Supreme Court of Comedy on the 101 exclusively on DirecTV.[citation needed]
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He also did some voiceovers for Nickelodeon as Ernie Potts on Hey Arnold! and as Duke on Back at the Barnyard, and played a chauffeur in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.[citation needed]
Discography
[edit]- Greatest Hits Volume One (2003)[3]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Splitz | Vinnie Mamabasta | |
1987 | Hollywood Shuffle | Writer | |
1989 | That's Adequate | Stand-Up Comic | |
1994 | The Silence of the Hams | Gas Station Attendant | |
1998 | The Big Lebowski | Tony the Chauffeur | |
2000 | A Man Is Mostly Water | Agent | |
2002 | Hey Arnold!: The Movie | Ernie Potts | Voice |
2002 | The 4th Tenor | Petey | |
2006 | Barnyard | Duke | Voice |
2016 | The Bronx Bull | Joe E. Lewis | |
2017 | Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie | Ernie Potts | Voice, television film |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Cab Driver | Episode: "The Wrong Way Home" |
1986 | The Golden Girls | The Produce Clerk / The Waiter | 2 episodes |
1987 | My Sister Sam | Cab Driver | Episode: "Fog Bound" |
1987–1988 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Dominic Carbone | 2 episodes |
1988 | She's the Sheriff | Jim | 2 episodes |
1989 | My Two Dads | The Elevator Repairman / Dr. Dom | 2 episodes |
1990 | Room for Romance | Roman | 4 episodes |
1991 | Dream On | Plumber | Episode: "The Charlotte Letter" |
1992 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Joey 'Pants' | Episode: "Home Alone with Annie" |
1993 | Rocko's Modern Life | Slippy | Voice, 2 episodes |
1994 | Seinfeld | Ronnie Kaye | Episode: "The Fire" |
1994 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Harry | Episode: "Season's Greedings" |
1996 | Boy Meets World | Bosco | Episode: "Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow" |
1996–2002 | Hey Arnold! | Ernie Potts | Voice, 34 episodes |
1996 | Caroline in the City | Cop | Episode: "Caroline and the Dreamers" |
1996–1997 | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Spydor | Voice, 4 episodes |
1997–1998 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Dominic | Voice, 7 episodes |
1998 | Damon | Carroll Fontaine | 7 episodes |
1998 | Hercules | Achilles | Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Living Legend" |
1998 | Home Improvement | Ed | Episode: "Ploys for Tots" |
2000 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Seth Stipe | Episode: "Marie and Frank's New Friends" |
2000 | Becker | Mr. Orvis | Episode: "The Bearer of Bad Tidings" |
2000 | The King of Queens | Spero Demopolous | Episode: "Work Related" |
2002 | The Drew Carey Show | Stan | Episode: "Bringing Up Boss" |
2002–2005 | My Wife and Kids | Woody Flores | 5 episodes |
2003 | Crank Yankers | Dominic 'Dom' | |
2007–2011 | Back at the Barnyard | Duke | Voice, 34 episodes |
2010 | 'Til Death | Doctor | 4 episodes |
2014 | Bob's Burgers | The Nose | Voice, episode: "Ambergris" |
2017–2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | James Seamus 'Fitzy' Fitzpatrick | 9 episodes |
2018 | The Comedy Central Roast | Himself | Episode: "Bruce Willis" |
References
[edit]- ^ South Philly's big cheese: Dom Irrera "steaks" his claim in Tampa Bay. Creative Loafing, June 6, 2011.
- ^ Comedian Dom Irrera Joins the King David Show. CBS News Tampa Bay, January 26, 2011.
- ^ "Dom Irrera – Greatest Hits Volume One (2003, CD)". Discogs.
External links
[edit]- 1948 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American comedians
- 21st-century American comedians
- American male voice actors
- American people of Italian descent
- American stand-up comedians
- Barry University alumni
- Comedians from Philadelphia
- Male actors from Philadelphia
- St. Thomas University (Florida) alumni
- American male comedians