34 Facts About Greg Giraldo

Gregory Carlos Giraldo was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, and lawyer.

Greg Giraldo is remembered for his appearances on Comedy Central's televised roast specials, and for his work on that network's television shows Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and the programming block Stand-Up Nation, the last of which he hosted.

Greg Giraldo was an excellent student and received an academic scholarship to the private Jesuit Regis High School in Manhattan.

Greg Giraldo was admitted to Harvard Law School after achieving a near perfect score on his Law School Admission Test, scoring in the 99th percentile of students taking the test.

Greg Giraldo earned a JD degree from Harvard Law School in 1990.

In 1993, Greg Giraldo provided pro bono defense counsel services to his friend and fellow comedian Jeffrey Ross, who was charged with inciting a riot.

Greg Giraldo said that, at the time of the case, he had never litigated in a courtroom before.

Greg Giraldo found that, although he did well in law school, he did not like the practice of corporate law.

Greg Giraldo's family was disappointed that Giraldo left law practice, but he said:.

Greg Giraldo performed regularly at the Comedy Cellar comedy club in Manhattan, as well as clubs all over the US Additionally, he was the star of the short-lived sitcom Common Law.

Greg Giraldo landed the sitcom after being spotted by Hollywood agents at the 1995 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.

Giraldo starred in several pilots, including Drive for CBS and The Greg Giraldo Show, Adult Content and Gone Hollywood for Comedy Central.

Greg Giraldo appeared as a member of the panel in the NBC show The Marriage Ref.

Greg Giraldo did the voice of President Theodore Roosevelt in the audiobook version of Sarah Vowell's 2005 book Assassination Vacation.

Greg Giraldo appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Politically Incorrect, The View, Fox News Channel's The Full Nelson and Beyond the News, Louie Anderson's Comedy Showcase, Comedy Central's Comic Cabana, Showtime's Latino Comedy Festival and Funny is Funny, as well as on the BBC's Live at Jongleurs.

Greg Giraldo performed at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a USO tour in 2002.

Greg Giraldo had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central Presents, wrote segments for Last Call with Carson Daly, and was a panelist on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time special.

Greg Giraldo appeared on the IFC show, Z Rock, playing an angry record producer.

Greg Giraldo said on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on July 7,2005, that he had quit drinking alcohol.

Greg Giraldo was featured in Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour, released April 2006.

Greg Giraldo served as a judge during season seven of the NBC reality competition show Last Comic Standing.

In 2008, Greg Giraldo appeared in venues across the United States as the headlining act of the Indecision '08 Tour, produced by Comedy Central.

In June 2010, Greg Giraldo performed at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee.

Greg Giraldo married first at age 23, and the couple divorced after two years.

Greg Giraldo was a former waitress at Caroline's comedy club.

Greg Giraldo had a tribal design tattoo on his left forearm that contained the number 525.

Greg Giraldo had been to rehab for alcohol and other drug abuse several times.

Greg Giraldo said that once he had been so intoxicated that he punched something and broke four bones in his hand while performing at Gotham Comedy Club.

On September 25,2010, Greg Giraldo overdosed on prescription medication; the exact medication is unknown.

Greg Giraldo was taken to nearby Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he remained in a coma on life support.

Greg Giraldo was removed from life support by his family's decision, and he died on September 29,2010, at the age of 44.

On November 2,2010, Comix comedy club in New York hosted the Jim Florentine roast, at which Greg Giraldo had been scheduled to perform.

Greg Giraldo was asked, but he said he'd rather be dead than host this.

Social worker Joe Schrank, a friend of Greg Giraldo's, has a tattoo that says "Best Wishes, God," a phrase that Greg Giraldo often wrote into hotel room Bibles.