Biography
His electrically charged but never ill-considered routines earned him steady work on the comedy channel, which paved his way to the major networks as a guest and host on the 2010 season of "Last Comic Standing" (NBC, 2003- ). His untimely death in September of that year cut short a promising career that seemed poised for greater stardom.
Born Dec. 10, 1965, Greg Giraldo was the eldest son of Colombian and Spanish immigrants who raised him in …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Participated in the "Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff" | |
2010 | Appeared as one of the judges on season seven of "Last Comic Standing" (NBC) | |
2008 | Was a regular on Comedy Central's "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" | |
2008 | Appeared as the headlining act of the "Indecision '08 Tour," produced by Comedy Central | |
2006 | Released debut stand-up album, Good Day to Cross a River | |
2006 | Participated in the "Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner" | |
2005 | Headlined the "Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo" on Comedy Central | |
2005 | Participated in the "Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson" | |
2005 | Starred in "The Greg Giraldo Show" for Comedy Central: show was not picked up | |
2003 | Was a regular panelist on "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" (Comedy Central); was also a writer on the show | |
1996 | TV series debut as star of "Common Law" (ABC) | |
| Performed regularly at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan | ||
2004 | Featured in the hit spoken-word Lazyboy song, "Underwear Goes Inside the Pants" | |
| Worked for one year at a prestigious Manhattan law firm before quitting law to pursue a career as a stand-up comic | ||
1990 | Graduated from Harvard Law School | |
| Raised in Queens, NY | ||