1. Dane Jeffrey Cook was born on March 18,1972 and is an American stand-up comedian and film actor.
40 Facts About Dane Cook
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Dane Cook is known for his use of observational, often vulgar, and sometimes dark comedy.
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Dane Cook is one of the first comedians to use a personal webpage and Myspace to build a large fan base, and in 2006 was described as "alarmingly popular".
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Dane Cook was the second comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden's large arena space.
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Dane Cook performed an HBO special in late 2006, Vicious Circle, a straight-to-DVD special titled Rough Around The Edges, and a Comedy Central special in 2009 titled Isolated Incident.
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Dane Cook has an older half-brother, Darryl, and five sisters.
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Dane Cook grew up in a Catholic family of Irish descent.
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Dane Cook has described himself as having been "pretty quiet, pretty introverted, shy" as a child, although he was a "wild child" at home.
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Dane Cook overcame his shyness in his junior year of high school, when he began acting and doing stand-up comedy.
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In 1994, Dane Cook moved to New York City and began performing.
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In 2000, Dane Cook did a half-hour special on Comedy Central Presents.
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Dane Cook performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, and then afterwards he joined Snoop Dogg in presenting the award for Best New Artist.
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On December 3,2005, Dane Cook hosted Saturday Night Live.
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In 2006, Dane Cook headlined for Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour and hosted the 2006 Teen Choice Awards alongside Jessica Simpson.
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On November 12,2007, Dane Cook became the second comic to sell out Madison Square Garden's large arena space after Andrew Dice Clay accomplished this feat in 1990.
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Dane Cook won the Big Entertainer Award at the VH1 Big in '06 Awards, and Rolling Stone magazine's Hot Comic of the Year.
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On January 1,2008, Dane Cook broke Chappelle's record, by performing on stage for seven hours.
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From May 23,2008, to May 25,2008, Dane Cook reunited with Robert Kelly and Al Del Bene for three shows at The Coliseum in Caesars Palace.
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Del Bene was the Emcee, Kelly was the feature, and Dane Cook was the headliner.
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Dane Cook finished his fourth album, Isolated Incident; a performance which aired on Comedy Central on May 17,2009, with the release of the record following two days later.
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Dane Cook kicked off that tour at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, on April 25,2009.
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Dane Cook released the DVD version of Isolated Incident in November 2009.
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In 2012, Dane Cook caused a minor controversy when a joke he made in a comedy club about the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting was recorded and made the headlines.
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Dane Cook began his film career with small roles in the late 1990s, including Mystery Men as "The Waffler", and opposite Dennis Rodman in 1999's Simon Sez.
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In 2006, Dane Cook starred in his first leading role as Zack Bradley in Employee of the Month, which co-starred Jessica Simpson and Dax Shepard.
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In June 2007, Dane Cook co-starred in his first dramatic role as the devious photographer "Mr Smith" in Mr Brooks, which starred Kevin Costner.
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In September 2007, Dane Cook starred as dentist Charlie Logan in Good Luck Chuck, which co-starred Jessica Alba and Dan Fogler.
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In 2008, Dane Cook starred as air purifier call-center supervisor Tank Turner in My Best Friend's Girl with Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, and Alec Baldwin.
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In 2010, Dane Cook claimed that he had auditioned for the role of Captain America for Captain America: The First Avenger, although director Joe Johnston did not have him on the short list for the part.
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In 2013, Dane Cook voiced the character of Dusty Crophopper in the animated film, Planes, a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise.
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In 2015, Dane Cook starred in the film 400 Days with Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, and Ben Feldman.
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In May 2012, it was announced that Dane Cook would be starring in the new NBC comedy Next Caller.
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Dane Cook says his onstage persona is a combination of the personalities of his mom, Donna, and his dad, George.
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Dane Cook has the ability to tongue in cheek a lot, and do it in a way where she's being physical.
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One reviewer noted that Dane Cook attracted a young, growing audience through colorful observations and high-energy performances.
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Dane Cook stated that he'd had conversations with his therapist, attributing some of the negativity to his alpha demeanor.
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Comedian Joe Rogan claimed that Dane Cook performed a bit on an episode of Premium Blend that Rogan had developed on I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday, and claimed to have performed the routine earlier in clubs with Dane Cook present.
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Dane Cook says he has never had a drink of alcohol or done drugs.
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In 2017, Dane Cook began dating fitness instructor Kelsi Taylor, who is 26 years his junior.
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Dane Cook provided guest vocals on the 2011 song In the Future by Steel Panther from their third studio album Balls Out.