1. Russell Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008.
29 Facts About Russell Peters
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Russell Peters won the Peabody Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for producing Hip-Hop Evolution.
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Russell Dominic Peters was born on 29 September 1970 in Toronto, Ontario to immigrant parents from India.
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When Peters was four, he and his family moved to Brampton.
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Russell Peters eventually learned boxing, which helped him resist the bullying.
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Russell Peters has since gone on to perform in several countries.
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In 1992, Russell Peters met American comedian George Carlin, one of his biggest influencers, who advised him to get on stage whenever and wherever possible.
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On 28 September 2013, Russell Peters was awarded the 2013 Trailblazer award by the Association of South Asians in Media, Marketing and Entertainment for good contributions to comedy.
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Russell Peters is among the first South Asian Americans to achieve international success in the field.
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In 2017, Russell Peters made an appearance on Top Gear America in the third episode of season 1 as one of the guests.
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In 2007, Russell Peters was the first comedian to sell out Toronto's Air Canada Centre, selling more than 16,000 tickets in two days for the single show.
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Russell Peters ended up selling more than 30,000 tickets nationally over the two-day sales period.
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Russell Peters broke a UK comedy sales record at London's O2 Arena when he sold over 16,000 tickets to his show in 2009.
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Russell Peters's show in Sydney on 15 May 2010 had an audience of 13,880, making it the largest stand-up comedy show ever in Australia.
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Russell Peters hosted the Canada Day Comedy Festival 2006, and participated in a USO tour of Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Africa and Greenland in November 2007 with Wilmer Valderrama and Mayra Veronica.
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Russell Peters produced and starred in the radio situation comedy series Monsoon House on CBC Radio One.
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Russell Peters started his RELAX World Tour in November 2024 in the United States and subsequently performing in other parts of the world.
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Russell Peters released his debut comedy album, Outsourced, of his performance aired on Comedy Central on 26 August 2006.
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On 26 October 2010, Peters published his autobiography, Call Me Russell, co-written with his brother, Clayton, and Dannis Koromilas.
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In May 2011, Russell Peters released The Green Card Tour: Live from the O2 Arena, a live performance recorded in front of a total audience of 30,000, over two nights at O2 Arena in London, England.
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Also in 2011, Russell Peters received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
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Russell Peters often refers to his own experiences growing up in an Anglo-Indian family, and impersonates the accents of various ethnic groups to poke fun at them.
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Russell Peters owns homes in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, and Vaughan, Ontario.
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Russell Peters proposed to girlfriend Monica Diaz on 10 July 2010, at the Los Angeles International Airport and announced their engagement via Twitter.
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In October 2016, it was announced that Russell Peters was engaged to Ruzanna Khetchian.
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On 20 February 2022, Russell Peters married Ali Russell Peters at the Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, California.
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Russell Peters appeared in Senior Skip Day, which starred Larry Miller, Tara Reid, and Gary Lundy.
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Russell Peters acted in the Punjabi-Canadian film Breakaway, alongside Rob Lowe, Camilla Belle, Anupam Kher, and Vinay Virmani.
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Russell Peters has guest-starred on the TV series Mr D as the school superintendent.