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Rick Shapiro (born April 13, 1959) is a Los Angeles-based comedian and actor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cringe Comedians: Rick Shapiro )〕 ==Life and career== Shapiro was born in New Jersey. Spending his early years in New York City and NJ, Shapiro started his career in the early 1980s as a comedian at Catch A Rising Star on Broadway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Observer: Article about Shapiro )〕 Besides performing regularly on stage,〔 throughout the 1990s he acted and starred in numerous films by Louis C.K, including ''Tomorrow Night''.〔See filmography below〕 Additionally, he portrayed the re-occurring character "Angry Poet" in ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''.〔 In 1998, Shapiro released his first comedy-CD called ''Unconditional Love'', which Billboard called "hard-edged and uncompromising". In the 2000s, Shapiro's career continues in multiple fields. He is performing stand-up comedy nationally and internationally, debuting a one-man show in 2007 in the Edinburgh Festival,〔Produced by Calvin Wynter at The Green Room.〕〔 〕 and touring Australia in 2009. He had his first video-game appearance in 2008, portraying the character Mason Waylon on the radio station PLR in ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' - a guest on a talk show who eventually drills holes in the heads of the two other guests. Shapiro also has an active acting career, appearing in numerous film and television productions. In film, his most recent roles are in ''Top Five'' by Chris Rock, portraying T-Rick in the movie ''Project X'', and acting in the upcoming German comedy ''Timeless'' together with Helmut Berger, Harry Lennix and Angus Macfadyen.〔.〕 His television credits include Jerry in ''Lucky Louie'' by Louis C.K. on HBO. Additionally, he appears in a scene originally filmed for the pilot of ''Louie''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LOUIS CK DVD of LOUIE season 1 Extra Scene )〕 Shapiro's first book ''Unfiltered'',〔Published by Paradisiac Publishing, ISBN 978-0692028285〕 containing over 200 previously unreleased writings, was released in 2012 along with his second CD, ''Catalyst for Change''.〔Produced by Stand-Up Records〕 In 2014-15, Shapiro appeared in the role of Marc Maron's eccentric neighbor, Bernie, in the IFC comedy series, "Maron."〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788617/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rick Shapiro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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