Larry the Cable Guy
Biography
Larry the Cable Guy is the stage name of Daniel Lawrence Whitney, an American stand-up comedian and actor who began in radio before building a career around a redneck character with a thick Southern accent. Born in Pawnee City, Nebraska, he grew up on a farm outside town. He gained wide recognition as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour alongside Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Jeff Foxworthy, and later starred on Blue Collar TV. He has released seven comedy albums, two certified platinum and one gold. On screen, he starred in Delta Farce (2007), Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006), and Witless Protection (2008), and voiced Mater in the Cars franchise, including Cars (2006), Cars 2 (2011), and Cars 3 (2017). He also hosted a History Channel travelogue series, Only in America, and works as a radio personality for SiriusXM.
63years old
Turns 64 on February 17in 122 days
- Born Pawnee City
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Daniel Lawrence Whitney (birth name)Also credited as Daniel Whitney and Dan Whitney
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 14 years2003 to 2017
Genres
- Comedy75%, 12 films
- Adventure44%, 7 films
- Animation38%, 6 films
- Family19%, 3 films
- Documentary13%, 2 films
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Getting ready for a role
In interviews and in his book GIT-R-DONE, Larry the Cable Guy has said he purposely "turns on" the accent on stage and off, since keeping his normal accent could make him forget it.
A first
Larry the Cable Guy was a wild card contestant on season six of The Masked Singer, appearing as "Baby", the show's first human character.
Larry the Cable Guy movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Lasseter directed three of these films, Rob Gibbs three and C.B. Harding two. Bill Engvall appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bill Engvall's page
Keith Ferguson's page
Lori Alan's page
All films by John Lasseter
Rob GibbsDirector, 3 films, 2008 to 2012
All films by Rob Gibbs
C.B. HardingDirector, 2 films, 2003 to 2007
All films by C.B. Harding
Also three films together8 more actors
- Danny MannTime Travel Mater (2012), Air Mater (2011) and Tokyo Mater (2008)
- Lisa LampanelliDelta Farce (2007), Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006) and Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy (2005)
- Jan RabsonTime Travel Mater (2012), Air Mater (2011) and Tokyo Mater (2008)
- Jan RabsonTime Travel Mater (2012), Air Mater (2011) and Tokyo Mater (2008)
- Jeff FoxworthyThem Idiots Whirled Tour (2012), Comedy Central Roast of Jeff Foxworthy (2005) and Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003)
- Darrell WaltripCars 3 (2017), Cars 2 (2011) and Cars (2006)
- Guido QuaroniCars 3 (2017), Tokyo Mater (2008) and Cars (2006)
- Reno CollierJingle All the Way 2 (2014), Them Idiots Whirled Tour (2012) and Witless Protection (2008)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Larry the Cable Guy's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
5 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 5 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$560M38.4% of the total
- 2$462M31.6% of the total
- 3$384M26.3% of the total
- 4$53M3.7% of the total
- 5$605K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.