Russell Peters One Heck Of A Comedian

Russell Peters was born in Toronto, Ontario to Eric and Maureen Peters, and raised

in Brampton. He is of Anglo-Indian descent. His father was born in Bombay, India and

worked as a federal meat inspector and his mother was born in Calcutta, India. He

has an older brother named Clayton who was also born in Calcutta

Peters began performing in Toronto, Ontario in 1989.[3] He has since also performed

in the United States, UK, Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Denmark,

South Africa, the Caribbean, Vietnam, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden,

India, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, and Trinidad among other

places.

He has been nominated for four Gemini Awards,[5] the Canadian television awards. He

has also been nominated for Best Male Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards.[citation

needed] Peters has been featured at such shows as Montreal's Just for Laughs (Juste

Pour Rire) Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh

Festival. He hosted the Canada Day Comedy Festival 2006.


His comedy special Russell Peters: Outsourced, aired on Comedy Central on August 16,

2006. The DVD version features his uncensored performance. The DVD has been popular,

especially in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies. Outsourced remained on the

National DVD Chart over one and a half years after release.

Peters' DVD/CD combo Russell Peters: Red, White, and Brown was recorded on February

2, 2008 at The WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden. Peters and his brother

self-produced and financed Red, White and Brown.


Peters also currently produces and stars on the radio situation comedy series,

Monsoon House, on CBC Radio One.

Between June 2008 and June 2009, Peters earned $10 million, making him one of the

highest-paid comedians during that twelve-month period.