Louis C. K. Wikipedia. Louis C. K. born Louis Szkely September 1. American comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and editor. C. K. is a phonetic simplification of his surname. C. K. began his career writing for several comedy shows in the 1. The hype on these iconic comic book movies is huge, but do they really live up to their inflated reputations Or they overrated NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson will return to Earth as the planets new record holder for longest time cumulatively spent on space by an American or a. Louis C. K. l u i s i k e born Louis Szkely September 12, 1967 is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and editor. C. K. Directed by Leslie Small, Tim Story. With Kevin Hart, Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, Ed Helms. Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at. David Letterman, Conan OBrien, Dana Carvey, and Chris Rock. Also in this period, he was directing surreal short films and went on to direct two featuresTomorrow Night 1. Pootie Tang 2. 00. HBO television sitcom Lucky Louie in 2. Louie, an acclaimed semi autobiographical comedy drama series that C. Watch Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny IMDB' title='Watch Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny IMDB' />It never fails. For every act of heroism during a national disaster another act of piracy is waiting in the wings. K. created, stars in, writes, directs, executive produces, and is the primary editor of, began airing in 2. FX. He had supporting acting roles in the films The Invention of Lying 2. American Hustle, Blue Jasmine both 2. Trumbo 2. 01. 5. C. K. created and starred in his self funded web series Horace and Pete in 2. He also co created the shows Baskets and Better Things for FX and voiced Max the dog in the animated film The Secret Life of Pets in the same year. His first film in sixteen years, I Love You, Daddy, premiered in 2. He released his debut comedy album, Live in Houston, in 2. DRM free video concert downloads, via his website. C. K. has released nine comedy albums in his career, often directing and editing his specials as well. He is known for his use of observational, self deprecating, dark and vulgar humor. In 2. 01. 2, C. K. Peabody Award5 and has received six Primetime Emmy Awards,6 as well as numerous awards for The Chris Rock Show, Louie, and his stand up specials Live at the Beacon Theater 2. Oh My God 2. 01. He has won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album twice. Rolling Stone ranked C. K. s stand up special Shameless number three on their Divine Comedy 2. Best Stand Up Specials and Movies of All Time list8 and, in 2. Early lifeeditC. K. September 1. Washington, D. C. ,11. Mary Louise ne Davis and Luis Szkely, an economist. C. K. s parents met at Harvard University, where his mother was completing her degree in a summer school program. They were married at St. Francis Church in Traverse City, Michigan. C. K. has three sisters. C. K. s paternal grandfather, Dr. Gza Szkely Schweiger, was a surgeon. Szkely Schweiger was a Hungarian Jew whose family immigrated to Mexico, where he met C. K. s paternal grandmother, Rosario Snchez Morales. Snchez Morales was a Catholic Mexican. C. K. s mother, an American with Irish ancestry, grew up on a farm in Michigan. She graduated from Owosso High School in Owosso, Michigan. She attended University of Michigan and graduated from Ohio State University. Phi Beta Kappa. C. K. s maternal grandparents were M. Louise Davis and Alfred C. Davis. 1. 4When C. K. was a year old, his family moved to his fathers home country of Mexico, where his father had earned a degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico prior to graduating from Harvard. C. K. s first language was Spanish it was not until after the move back to the U. S. that he began to learn English. He claims he has since forgotten much of his Spanish,1. Mexican passport along with his American one. At age seven, C. K. Mexico with his family to move back to the United States and settle in Boston. Upon moving from Mexico to suburban Boston, C. K. wanted to become a writer and comedian, citing Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, and George Carlin as some of his influences. When he was 1. 0, his parents divorced. C. K. said that his father was around but he did not see him much and when he remarried, C. K. s father converted to Orthodox Judaism, the faith of his new wife. C. K. and his three sisters were raised by their single mother in Newton, Massachusetts. The fact that his mother had only bad TV shows to view upon returning home from work inspired him to work on television. C. K. s mother raised her children as Catholic, wanting them to have a religious framework and understanding, and they attended after school Catholic class until they completed communion. C. K. has said that his fathers whole family still lives in Mexico. C. K. s paternal uncle Dr. Francisco Szkely is an academic and an international consultant on environmental affairs who served as Mexicos Deputy Minister of Environment 2. C. K. attended Newton North High School, and graduated in 1. He graduated with future Friends star Matt Le. Blanc. 2. 7 After graduation C. K. worked as an auto mechanic and at a public access TV cable station in Boston. According to C. K., working in public access TV gave him the tools and technical knowledge to make his short films and later his television shows. Learning is my favorite thing, he said. He also worked for a time as a cook and in a video store. Stand upedit. Louis C. K. performing in Kuwait, December 2. C. K. s first attempt at stand up was in 1. Boston, Massachusetts, during the apex of the comedy boom. He was given five minutes of time, but had only two minutes of material. He was so discouraged by the experience that he did not perform again for two years. He and Marc Maron later reminisced about their early careers and friendship on Marons WTF Podcast. As Bostons comedy scene grew, C. K. gradually achieved success, performing alongside acts such as Denis Leary and Lenny Clarke, and eventually he moved up to paid gigs, opening for Jerry Seinfeld and hosting comedy clubs1. Manhattan in 1. 98. He performed his act on many televised programs, including Evening at the Improv and Star Search. In 1. 99. 3, he unsuccessfully auditioned for Saturday Night Live. In 1. HBO released his first half hour comedy special. C. K. has performed his stand up frequently on shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan OBrien, Lopez Tonight, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Jimmy Kimmel Live In August 2. C. K. starred in a half hour HBO special as part of the stand up series One Night Stand. Inspired by the work ethic of fellow comedian George Carlin, who had committed to dropping all of his existing material and starting over every year,3. C. K. launched his first hour long special, Shameless, in 2. HBO and was later released on DVD. In March 2. 00. 8, he recorded a second hour long special, Chewed Up, which premiered on Showtime Network on October 4, 2. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy or Variety Special. C. K. has said that, Failure is the road to becoming a great comedian. On April 1. C. K. Hilarious. Unlike his previous specialswhich had all been produced for television networksHilarious was produced independently, directed by C. K. himself, and sold to Epix and Comedy Central after it was complete. As a result, it was not released until late 2. It was published on DVD and CD in 2. It is the first stand up comedy film accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. In a 2. 01. 0 interview, C. K. talked about how, after his divorce, he thought, well, there goes my act. He alluded to the way that his marriage had been central to his act and his life, and he said that it took him approximately a year to realize Im accumulating stories here that are worth telling. One element in his preparation for stand up was training at the same boxing gym as Lowell, Massachusetts fighter Micky Ward, trying to learn how to. On December 1. 0, 2. C. K. released his fourth full length special, Live at the Beacon Theater. Like Hilarious, it was produced independently and directed by C. K. However, unlike his earlier work, it was distributed digitally on the comedians website, foregoing both physical and broadcast media. C. K. released the special for 5. DRM, hoping that these factors and the direct relationship between the artist and consumer would effectively deter piracy. At the end of the special, the release of a new album, recorded at Carnegie Hall the previous year, is mentioned. By December 2. 1, 2. C. K. s website had already earned him over 1 million. Kevin Hart Wikipedia. Kevin Hart. Hart in March 2. Birth name. Kevin Darnell Hart. Born1. 97. 9 0. July 6, 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U. S. Medium. Stand up, film, television. Years active. 20. Genres. Observational comedy, black humor, surreal humor, satire, self deprecation. SubjectsAfrican American culture, American politics, current events, everyday life, human sexuality, marriage, parenting, pop culture, race relations, racism, self deprecation. Spouse. Torrei Hart m. Eniko Parrish m.  2. Children. 2Websitekevinhartnation. Kevin Darnell Hart1 born July 6, 1. American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hart began his career by winning several amateur comedy competitions at clubs throughout New England, culminating in his first real break in 2. Judd Apatow for a recurring role on the TV series Undeclared. The series lasted only one season, but he soon landed other roles in movies like Paper Soldiers 2. Scary Movie 3 2. Soul Plane 2. In the Mix 2. 00. Little Fockers 2. Harts comedic reputation continued to grow with the release of his first stand up album Im a Grown Little Man 2. Watch Munger Road Online Forbes. Think Like a Man 2. Grudge Match 2. 01. Ride Along 2. 01. Ride Along 2 2. 01. About Last Night 2. Get Hard 2. 01. 5, Central Intelligence 2. The Secret Life of Pets 2. He also released four more comedy albums, Seriously Funny in 2. Laugh at My Pain in 2. Let Me Explain in 2. What Now in 2. 01. In 2. 01. 5, Time Magazine named Hart one of the 1. Time 1. 00 list. 3 He currently stars as himself in the lead role of Real Husbands of Hollywood. Early lifeeditKevin Hart was born on July 6, 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was raised by his single mother, Nancy Hart,2 and has one brother, Robert. His father, Henry Witherspoon,5 a cocaine addict, was in and out of jail throughout most of Kevins childhood, and Kevin used humor as a way to cope with his troubled family life. After graduating from high school, Hart briefly attended the Community College of Philadelphia and moved to New York City. He then moved to Brockton, Massachusetts, and found work as a shoe salesman. He began pursuing a career in stand up comedy after performing at an amateur night at a club in Philadelphia. Stand upeditHarts first gig was at The Laff House in Philadelphia under the name of Lil Kev, which did not go well. His career suffered a slow start, as he was booed off stage several times, once even having a piece of chicken thrown at him. After those initial unsuccessful shows, Hart began entering comedy competitions throughout Massachusetts, and his fortunes soon turned for the better. It took time for Hart to develop a unique comedic style. After an early period of attempting to imitate comedians like Chris Tucker, he found his own rhythm by delving into his insecurities and life experiences. Because of what I do, it has to be an open book, he has said. But right now this is a book that is being written. Harts comedy tours began in 2. Im a Grown Little Man, followed by Seriously Funny in 2. Laugh at My Pain in 2. Let Me Explain in 2. Hart grossed over 1. Laugh at My Pain, making it one of the years top selling comedy tours. Hart also has a game available through i. Tunes called Little Jumpman. His Facebook page, Twitter account, and You. Tube channel are all connected to and accessible through this app. Most overseas fans of Hart discovered him on You. Tube, as well. 1. It was announced in October 2. ABC will be making a 3. Harts stand up act. Hart does not plan to star in the sitcom, but does plan on having a recurring role. On April 9, 2. 01. Hart embarked a comedy world tour titled the What Now Tour at the AT T Center in San Antonio, which concluded on August 7, 2. Columbus Civic Center in Columbus. Film and television roleseditHart came to prominence from his guest appearance in Undeclared. He made his film debut in the film Paper Soldiers. Hart then gained further recognition from his other films such as the Scary Movie franchise, Soul Plane, The 4. Year Old Virgin, Death at a Funeral, and Little Fockers. He played Doug in the film The Five Year Engagement 2. Think Like a Man which was a box office success. He also appeared in the sequel. He had a cameo as himself in This Is the End. In 2. 01. 3, Hart played a boxing promoter in Grudge Match and appeared in Exit Strategy as Mannequin Head Man. He also appeared in 3. Ticking. In 2. 01. Hart starred as Ben in Ride Along, opposite Ice Cube. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a major box office success. Hart returned in the sequel, Ride Along 2, which was released on January 1. In 2. 01. 3, Hart co created Real Husbands of Hollywood with Chris Spencer. The show follows Hart along with other married celebrities each playing a comical fictionalized version of themselves within the series including Boris Kodjoe, Nelly, Duane Martin, J. B. Smoove, Nick Cannon, and Robin Thicke. Thicke didnt return for the second season due to his music career, though Hart has stated that the door is open for Thicke to return. The series is intentionally filmed in a style similar to Bravos The Real Housewives. Episodes often hinge on the real Kevin Harts desperately unsuccessful attempts to climb Hollywoods celebrity social ladder which always backfire in humiliating ways, and the characters barely hidden jealousy of his more successful celebrity friends. A sneak peek was shown as a segment during the 2. BET Awards and the official promo was released in October 2. Also in 2. 01. 5, Hart starred in the films Get Hard with Will Ferrell and The Wedding Ringer. In addition to acting, Hart has also hosted various ceremonies. Hart first hosted the 2. BET Awards. 2. 2 Hart then hosted the 2. MTV Video Music Awards. His longtime friend Judd Apatow, the director who gave him his first big on screen break in the TV series Undeclared, was the one who recommended him for the gig. Hart hopes that this will project him further into a side career as an emcee, stating, Hopefully after MTV, of course were talking Emmys, Oscars, whatever. He has hosted two episodes of Saturday Night Live. In 2. 01. 5, Hart hosted the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber. As of October 2. 01. Hart is in talks to portray Santa Claus in Dashing Through the Snow, a planned 2. Disney Christmas themed film. As Chocolate Droppa, his alias, he signed to Motown Records and released Kevin Hart What Now The Mixtape Presents Chocolate Droppa, the soundtrack to his stand up film of the same name. He released the singles Push It On Me featuring Trey Songz and Baller Alert with Migos T. I. 3. 1Personal lifeeditKevin and Torrei Hart filed for divorce in February 2. Hart requested joint custody3. Heaven 1. 2 and son Hendrix 9. The divorce was finalized in November 2. Harts relationship with his father improved after the latter recovered from his addiction. Hart said, My dad said I was supposed to be on drugs. I was like, Dad, shut up, but then I thought about it, and it was stupid, but it made sense. He was saying that basically he was my example to never go down that road. Hart also talks about his mother in his stand up routine, portraying her as a loving, yet intimidating woman. She died from cancer in 2. On August 1. 8, 2. Hart proposed to Eniko Parrish. They married on August 1. Santa Barbara, California. On May 1. 4, 2. 01. Hart and Parrish announced that they were expecting their first child, a boy, together. Legal issueseditHart was arrested on April 1. Mercedes nearly collided with a tanker truck on a Southern California freeway. Hart failed a field sobriety test and was booked for misdemeanor DUI. On August 5, 2. 01. Hart was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading no contest to one count of driving under the influence of alcohol.