20 Facts About Dave Attell

David Attell was born on January 18,1965 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer best known as the host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell, which earned him a cult following.

Dave Attell was raised in Rockville Centre, New York, on Long Island.

The appearance was seen by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, who then recruited Dave Attell to be a writer, and occasional performer, on SNL.

Dave Attell can be seen behind Chris Farley during the "Rudy Giuliani Inauguration" sketch.

Dave Attell was a featured performer on the 1995 Young Comedians Special hosted by Garry Shandling.

Dave Attell was given his own 60-minute special on the channel's HBO Comedy Showcase.

Subsequently, Dave Attell was given an episode of HBO Comedy Half-Hour in 1997.

Dave Attell returned for the finale episode of host Stewart's tenure.

In 2001, the television series Insomniac with Dave Attell premiered on Comedy Central.

In 2003, Dave Attell began appearing on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

In May 2008, Dave Attell announced a casting call on his MySpace page for Comedy Central's relaunch of The Gong Show.

Dave Attell was host, along with Greg Fitzsimmons serving as head writer on the series.

However, The Gong Show with Dave Attell aired only from July to September 2008.

Dave Attell played "Efram the Driver" in the Independent feature My Suicidal Sweetheart, written and directed by filmmaking newcomer Michael Parness.

Dave Attell has cameo appearances in the films Abby Singer and Scary Movie 4.

Dave Attell plays the character Barker in the 2008 comedy film Harold.

Dave Attell had a cameo appearance in the Judd Apatow film Funny People which starred Adam Sandler.

Dave Attell appeared in Trainwreck as the main character's homeless friend Noam.

Dave Attell appeared in I Feel Pretty as the bartender in the bikini contest scene.

Dave Attell appeared in the 2017 documentary Gilbert about comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried.