Russell Peters
Biography
Born in Toronto in 1970, Russell Peters is a Canadian comedian, actor, and producer who began doing stand-up in 1989. His career took off after a 2004 set on the Canadian show Comedy Now! was posted on YouTube and went viral. He put out the comedy album Outsourced in 2006, then recorded Red, White and Brown at Madison Square Garden in 2008. Canada's Walk of Fame honored him with a star in 2011. Peters served as host of the Juno Awards in 2008 and 2009, winning a Gemini Award for the first of those shows. He played Max, an amateur comedian, in Duncan Jones's Source Code (2011), and produced Hip-Hop Evolution (2016), which received a Peabody Award and an International Emmy for Best Arts Programming.
56years old
Turns 57 on September 29in 363 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Russell Dominic Peters
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 17 years2006 to 2023
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Big break
Peters credits the turning point of his career to his 2004 Comedy Now! special, which was uploaded to YouTube and became popular there.
A first
In 2009, Peters sold more than 16,000 tickets for a show at London's O2 Arena, setting a UK comedy sales record.
A first
Peters took his stand-up to Sydney on 15 May 2010, and 13,880 people attended. That made it the biggest stand-up comedy show Australia had ever seen.
Big break
Peters met George Carlin in 1992, and the comedian advised him to perform on stage whenever and wherever he could.
A first
Peters's first comedy album, Outsourced, came from a performance shown on Comedy Central on 26 August 2006. Its uncensored DVD version has sold over 100,000 copies and stayed on the National DVD Chart for more than a year and a half.
Russell Peters movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jon Favreau directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together1 more actor
- Emjay AnthonyThe Jungle Book (2016) and Chef (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Russell Peters's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
7 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 7 worldwide figure; 4 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 4Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$967M73.9% of the total
- 2$147M11.3% of the total
- 3$117M8.9% of the total
- 4$50M3.9% of the total
- 5$21M1.6% of the total
- 6$4.7M0.4% of the total
- 7$300K0.0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2011 | Canada's Walk of Fame | Honored | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.