Rick Shapiro
Rick Shapiro
Rick Shapiro (born April 13, 1959) is a Los Angeles-based comedian and actor. He started his career in the early 1980s as a comedian at Catch A Rising Star on Broadway. Besides performing regularly on stage, throughout the 1990s he acted and starred in numerous films by Louis CK, including Tomorrow Night. Additionally, he portrayed the re-occurring character "Angry Poet" in Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In 1998, Shapiro released his first comedy CD called Unconditional Love, which Billboard called "hard-edged and uncompromising". In the 2000s, he performed stand-up comedy nationally and internationally, debuting a one-man show in 2007 in the Edinburgh Festival, and touring Australia in 2009. He had his first video game appearance in 2008, portraying the character Mason Waylon on the radio station PLR in Grand Theft Auto IV, a guest on a talk show who eventually drills holes in the heads of the two other guests. In 2014–15, he appeared in the role of Marc Maron's eccentric neighbor, Bernie, in the IFC comedy series Maron. In film, his roles include Top Five by Chris Rock, portraying T-Rick in the movie Project X, and acting in the German comedy Timeless. His known TV role is as Jerry in Lucky Louie by Louis C.K. on HBO. Additionally, he appears in a scene originally filmed for the pilot of Louie. His first book Unfiltered, containing over 200 previously unreleased writings, was released in 2012 along with his second CD, Catalyst for Change. In 2013, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Known For Acting
Popularity 1.794
Birthday 1959-04-13
Place of Birth New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Pure Danger
1996

Pure Danger

Pootie Tang
2001

Pootie Tang

The Outdoorsman
2017

The Outdoorsman

Highjacker
1998

Highjacker

Ice Cream
1993

Ice Cream

Tomorrow Night
1998

Tomorrow Night

Timeless
2016

Timeless

Shock Value
2014

Shock Value

Project X
2012

Project X

Joey
1986

Joey

True Love
1989

True Love

Caesar's Salad
1990

Caesar's Salad

Duvall Et Al
2018

Duvall Et Al

Lucky Louie
2006

Lucky Louie

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2 Broke Girls
2011

2 Broke Girls

The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

Horace and Pete
2016

Horace and Pete

The League
2009

The League

Deadline
2000

Deadline