Russell Peters is a Canadian comedian and actor of Indian descent. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. He lives in Los Angeles.
Listed on the Forbes list of Top Earning Comedians 2009, 2010, 2013
Over 300,000 fans attended his NOTORIOUS WORLD TOUR around the world in 2012/2013
First South Asian to sell-out the world famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem
First comedian to sell-out the Air Canada Centre (four times)
Over 350,000 copies sold of his DVDs 'Outsourced' and Red, White and Brown and 'The Green Card Tour'
Sold-out Madison Square Garden, The Nokia Theatre Los Angeles, Sydney Opera House, The Hammersmith Apollo (four times), Londons O2 Arena, General Motors Place (Vancouver) The Saddle Dome (Calgary) and The Bell Centre (Montreal)
Sold one ticket every two seconds in Dubai in 2007
Over 10,000 fans attended his shows in Dubai in 2008
Sold 9000 tickets in one day for his O2 Wireless date in London in 2008
Broke the box office record in the UK for selling the highest number of tickets for an individual comedy show (over 16,000 tickets sold).
Sold-out national tours of Australia, England, The United Arab Emirates, Sweden, United States, Singapore, South Africa, Norway, India, The Philippines, Canada
Celebrating 25 years as a stand-up in 2014
Performed with Dave Chapelle, Dane Cook, Jon Lovitz, Craig Ferguson, George Carlin, Tracy Morgan, Chris Tucker, Dana Gould, Damon Wayans, DL Hughley, Lewis Black, Ralphie May, Angelo Tsarouchas, John Pinette, Bobby Lee
Appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central, Showtime, HBO, MTV, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Juno Awards 2008 & 2009 as host
Global Ambassador for Toronto Tourism
USO tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Greenland, Pearl Harbour, USS Eisenhower
Appeared at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival, The Las Vegas Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs, The Amman Comedy Festival
Host of Showtimes Comics Without Borders and Russell Peters Presents
Three time Gemini nominee and winner for Best Host or Performance in a Variety Series, for hosting the 2008 Junos
Largest indoor show in Just For Laughs history in 2009
