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Dom Irrera

b. 1947

American actor

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Born 1947. Dom Irrera is an American actor, film actor, voice actor and screenwriter.

Domenick Jack Irrera (born November 18, 1948) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family.

Biography Irrera went to college in Florida, attending Barry University and St. Thomas University.

In 1989, Irrera's episode of the HBO TV series, One Night Stand won a Cable Ace Award.

Irrera has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1986, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and The Late Show with David Letterman. He also appeared as a contestant on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money.

Irrera is a regular performer at the Cat Laughs in Kilkenny; he has made 22 appearances at the festival, more than any other comic. He appeared on an episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld as Ronnie Kaye, the prop comic and on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens as Spero Demopolous. Irrera made 11 appearances as himself on the animated series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, and is the only comic to appear in all six seasons (10 episodes).

Irrera was voted one of the hundred funniest comics of all time by Comedy Central. He was the Judge on the Supreme Court of Comedy on the 101 exclusively on DirecTV.

He also did some voiceovers for Nickelodeon as Ernie Potts on Hey Arnold! and as Duke on Back at the Barnyard, and played a chauffeur in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Discography Greatest Hits Volume One (2003)

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1982 Splitz Vinnie Mamabasta 1987 Hollywood Shuffle Writer 1989 That's Adequate Stand-Up Comic 1994 The Silence of the Hams Gas Station Attendant 1998 The Big Lebowski Tony the Chauffeur 2000 A Man Is Mostly Water Agent 2002 Hey Arnold!: The Movie Ernie Potts Voice 2002 The 4th Tenor Petey 2006 Barnyard Duke Voice 2016 The Bronx Bull Joe E. Lewis 2017 Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Ernie Potts Voice, television film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Cab Driver Episode: "The Wrong Way Home" 1986 The Golden Girls The Produce Clerk / The Waiter 2 episodes 1987 My Sister Sam Cab Driver Episode: "Fog Bound" 1987–1988 It's Garry Shandling's Show Dominic Carbone 2 episodes 1988 She's the Sheriff Jim 2 episodes 1989 My Two Dads The Elevator Repairman / Dr. Dom 2 episodes 1990 Room for Romance Roman 4 episodes 1991 Dream On Plumber Episode: "The Charlotte Letter" 1992 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Joey 'Pants' Episode: "Home Alone with Annie" 1993 Rocko's Modern Life Slippy Voice, 2 episodes 1994 Seinfeld Ronnie Kaye Episode: "The Fire" 1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Harry Episode: "Season's Greedings" 1996 Boy Meets World Bosco Episode: "Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow" 1996–2002 Hey Arnold! Ernie Potts Voice, 34 episodes 1996 Caroline in the City Cop Episode: "Caroline and the Dreamers" 1996–1997 Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys Spydor Voice, 4 episodes 1997–1998 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Dominic Voice, 7 episodes 1998 Damon Carroll Fontaine 7 episodes 1998 Hercules Achilles Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Living Legend" 1998 Home Improvement Ed Episode: "Ploys for Tots" 2000 Everybody Loves Raymond Seth Stipe Episode: "Marie and Frank's New Friends" 2000 Becker Mr. Orvis Episode: "The Bearer of Bad Tidings" 2000 The King of Queens Spero Demopolous Episode: "Work Related" 2002 The Drew Carey Show Stan Episode: "Bringing Up Boss" 2002–2005 My Wife and Kids Woody Flores 5 episodes 2003 Crank Yankers Dominic 'Dom' 2007–2011 Back at the Barnyard Duke Voice, 34 episodes 2010 'Til Death Doctor 4 episodes 2014 Bob's Burgers The Nose Voice, episode: "Ambergris" 2017–2018 I'm Dying Up Here James Seamus 'Fitzy' Fitzpatrick 9 episodes 2018 The Comedy Central Roast Himself Episode: "Bruce Willis"

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Important facts

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Nationality
Education
St. Thomas University
Also known as
Domenick Jack Irrera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dom Irrera?

American actor

When was Dom Irrera born?

Dom Irrera was born on 21 July 1947 in Philadelphia.

What is Dom Irrera's occupation?

Dom Irrera is an actor, film actor, voice actor and screenwriter.

What nationality is Dom Irrera?

Dom Irrera is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dom Irrera

· Wikidata: Q5289732

· DBpedia: Dom Irrera

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