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Dom Irrera

Highest Rated: 88% Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

Lowest Rated: 23% Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006)

Birthday: Nov 18, 1948

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Since the late 1980s, writer and stand-up comic Dom Irrera has won over audiences with stories about his working-class upbringing and Catholic-school education in south Philadelphia, rapid-fire observations about the Italian-American experience and seemingly endless punchlines that leave him just as breathless as his doubled-over fans. Though he appeared on "The Tonight Show" in 1986, his first big break came the next year, when comedy legend Rodney Dangerfield chose him for "Nothing Goes Right," an X-rated showcase for HBO that included controversial performances by fellow comics Bill Hicks and Andrew Dice Clay. Since then, he has made a steady stream of appearances in movies and on sitcoms and late-night television. Irrera's most memorable roles as an actor include the hapless prop comic Ronnie Kaye on the fifth season of "Seinfeld," the wise-cracking chauffeur in the Coen brothers'a post-modern comedy "The Big Lebowski," and the racist screenwriter in 1987's "Hollywood Shuffle," writer-director Robert Townsend's classic send-up of race in the film industry. Throughout his long career, Irrera has managed to apply his uniquely Northeastern sensibilities to both clean and blue material. He was a regular on animator Tom Snyder's decidedly adult "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist," yet he also won fans among younger Nickelodeon viewers as demolition man Ernie Potts on 1996-2004's "Hey Arnold!" and as Duke the Dog in animator Steve Oedekerk's "Back at the Barnyard" franchise.

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Highest rated movies

88% 80% Hollywood Shuffle
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23% 52% Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
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39% The Bronx Bull Watchlist
Open Mic
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Ape
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24% The Godson
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Public Enemy No. 2
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25% The 4th Tenor
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 39% The Bronx Bull Joe E. Lewis (Character) - 2015
23% 52% Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Duke the dog (Voice) $72.6M 2006
No Score Yet 25% The 4th Tenor Petey (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ape Tony (Voice) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Open Mic Self - 2001
No Score Yet 24% The Godson Self - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Public Enemy No. 2 Detective (Character) - 1993
88% 80% Hollywood Shuffle Writer (Character) $5.2M 1987

TV

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No Score Yet 89% Bob's Burgers Fried Dough Vendor (Guest Voice) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comedy Central Roast Unknown (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Unknown (Character) 2012
No Score Yet 75% 'Til Death Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 72% My Wife and Kids Unknown (Guest Star) 2002 2004-2005
No Score Yet 96% Hey Arnold! Unknown (Guest Voice) 1996-2001 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crank Yankers Unknown (Guest Voice) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
62% No Score Yet Arli$$ Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 80% The King of Queens Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comedy Central Presents Unknown (Character) 2000
No Score Yet 86% Everybody Loves Raymond Seth Stipe (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 96% Becker Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 1999
No Score Yet 71% Home Improvement Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Damon Carroll Fontaine (Character) 1998
No Score Yet 86% Boy Meets World Bosco (Guest Star) 1996
86% 88% Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
89% 92% Seinfeld Ronnie (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet One-Night Stand Unknown (Character) 1989 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Two Dads Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Sister Sam Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Produce Clerk (Guest Star) 1986