Russell Peters dropped by the neighborhood to speak with Big Boy about the “Act Your Age” world tour, relationships, and text messages to Drake. Plus, the comedian discusses dark times during the pandemic, Eric Blake, Will Smith, Dave Chappelle, Ty Hollywood, Lord Finesse, and his wife.
Peters has appeared on Showtime, Comedy Central, HBO, NBC, CBS, CBC and CTV. His DVD releases, Russell Peters: Outsourced and Red, White and Brown, have sold more than 300,000 copies. In 2009 and 2010, he was listed on the Forbes list of top-earning comedians in the United States, along with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
Peters’ first book, an autobiography titled Call Me Russell, was a number-one bestseller. He has done USO tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Greenland and Pearl Harbor, on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the HMCS Winnipeg, and has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Lopez Tonight. Peters also adds movie star to his resumé, with film work including roles in Source Code and Breakaway, and stars in The Indian Detective.
Peters has built an entire career on his “outsider” status as an ethnic minority, specializing in comedy that pokes fun at subjects of race, class and culture, often drawing on his own life. He’s well-known for his impersonations and mastery of accents (his website’s tag line is “Some Material May Offend Your Heritage”), and the characters that pepper his act.
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