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Personal Profile

Louis C.K.
  • Birth Name:
    Louis Szekely
  • Date of Birth:
    September 12, 1967
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Virgo
  • Place of Birth:
    Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Height:
    6' 0"
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Hair Color:
    Brown
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Louis C.K.
  • Father:
    Luis
  • Mother:
    Mary
  • Spouse:
    Alix Bailey - Divorced

Career

Louis C.K.

Awards

Louis C.K.
1999 : Emmy Award, Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program for: "The Chris Rock Show" (1997)

Trivia

Louis C.K.
  • His father, Luis, is of Mexican and Hungarian descent and his mother, Mary, is of Irish descent. His parents met as students at Harvard University. After his birth, his family lived in Mexico City until he was five years old. His family then settled in Massachusetts.
  • His real surname, Szekely, is a common Hungarian surname pronounced SEK-kay. When he was young, he changed the pronunciation to SEE-kay because people always had trouble pronouncing it.
  • Spanish was his first language.
  • He prefers his first name pronounced "Loo-ee".
  • Louis is a frequent guest on the Opie and Anthony radio show, which also stars his Lucky Louie co-star Jim Norton, and he was a part of Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour with other comedians in 2007.
  • Louis is also an occasional guest on the Bob and Tom radio show which is a popular showcase for comedians.
  • Louis frequently works with Robert Smigel on TV Funhouse shorts exclusively for Saturday Night Live, ranging from politics to surrealism. Louis also frequently works with Aaron Augenblick, of Wonder Showzen fame.
  • Louis started his own YouTube channel, featuring sketches and productions that were part of an HBO presentation that was ultimately rejected. In 2007, he wrote a controversial sketch presenting the Catholic Church as existing "solely for the purpose of boy rape".
  • He also makes many daily appearances on RAWDOG comedy uncensored on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

Quotes

Louis C.K.
  • "I do have very deep, fond memories of my family in Mexico City, but I also remember feeling funny for not speaking English - I was basically an immigrant. But I picked up the language fast and soon I knew that I wanted to be a writer."
  • "You know what, it's a mysterious question to me. Chris is a comedian from New York, and so am I. And we did a show together ("The Chris Rock Show" (1997)) and I had this idea for this movie and we made it. I mean I'm half Mexican actually; my dad is Mexican. All of that race identity doesn't really mean anything to me. - when asked "How did a white guy end up making Pootie Tang (2001)?"
  • "I remember I was in Sacramento doing a TV morning show to promote a comedy club I was working at and the host asked me, "So, uh, you work with Chris Rock. I wouldn't think you'd be a guy that works with Chris Rock!" And I said, "You mean because I'm white?" And he went, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! I wasn't going there!" And I said, "Well what else do you mean? Why else would you say that?" And he said, "Well, because if I saw you walking down the street, I just wouldn't say, 'I bet that guy works with C
  • "I just always loved comedy and I really wanted to be good at it. And it was heartbreaking, 'cause I started and I wasn't good at it. I was only 17-years-old, so I had a lot to learn about life in general. But I just kept on trying. I was young enough and stupid enough and I had no other choice. I had nothing else I was good at."
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Biography

Louis C.K.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

louis ckLouis C.K. is the stage name of Louis Szekely, is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer and director.C.K. was born in New York City, to a father descended from Jewish Hungarians and Catholic Mexicans, and a mother with Irish Catholic ancestors. After four years in Mexico, he grew up in Massachusetts, in Framingham and, mostly, Newton. His family pronounces their surname Szekely roughly as “SAY-kay”, and in his grade-school years he resorted to “C.K.” as an easy way to get his name pronounced almost correctly as “SEE-kay”.

His credits as a writer include Saturday Night Live, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Dana Carvey Show and the Chris Rock Show. He wrote and directed the movie, Pootie Tang, based on a sketch from the latter. His work for the Chris Rock Show was nominated for an Emmy Award three times, including winning “Best Writing in a Variety or Comedy Series” in 1999.

As a voice actor he portrayed Brendon’s estranged father, Andrew Small, in Home Movies, and appeared numerous times on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. He has performed his stand-up frequently on shows like Late Night with Conan O’Brien and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Most recently his subject matter reflected his frustrations and anxieties from raising his four-year-old daughter. He was ranked #98 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

In the spring of 2005, C.K. created, with executive producer Mike Royce, a pilot for a sitcom entitled Lucky Louie on HBO. In August, C.K. performed a half-hour HBO special as part of the stand-up series One Night Stand. In September 2005, he began production on twelve episodes, as the rest of the first season of thirteen episodes started airing in June 2006. HBO canceled the series in September 2006, despite rating on par with the network showcase series “The Wire”.

The show was filmed in front of a live studio audience; it was HBO’s first series in that format, and the movie lot being used for taping the first season is the same one where Desi Arnaz made the multi-camera live-audience approach a hallmark of the I Love Lucy show. Lucky Louie is described as a bluntly realistic portrayal of family life; some summarize it as “Everybody Loves Raymond with swearing.” Also C.K. vehemently hates laugh tracks and wanted his show to be like a play. (Christopher Titus made a similar but less graphic sitcom based on his life)

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