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Biography of Ray Romano - Comedian
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Ray Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Italian American actor and comedian. Before breaking into show business, he had planned to become an accounting|accountant. He is currently married to Anna Scarpula, and they have four children, including one pair of twins. Ray was featured on a 2000 in television|2000 episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, on which he won $125,000 (USD) for the NYPD's D.A.R.E. Unit. In 2001 in television|2001, he was named one of E!'s top 20 entertainers of the year. In the same year, he was featured with his brother (a sergeant in the NYPD) on a New York Police Department recruiting poster. He recently became the highest paid television actor in history as the star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond. His salary in 2001 was $19,000,000. ==Filmography== ===Acting=== *Eulogy (2004) movie – Skip Collins *Welcome to Mooseport (2004) movie – Handy Harrison *Ice Age (movie)|Ice Age (2002) (voice) movie – Manfred *Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) TV Series – Ray Barone|Raymond Barone *The King of Queens (1998– ) (guest star) TV series – Raymond Barone *The Simpsons (2005) (guest voice) TV series – Ray Magini (appeared in the 350th episode of that show, as Homer Simpson's supposedly imaginary friend) *Ice Age 2 (2005) (voice) movie – Manfred ===Writing=== *Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) ===Trivia=== * Ray Romano is rumored to have a big penis, though some speculate that this may be unfair stereotyping in line with Hollywood's legacy of focusing on the sexuality of Italian and Italian American males. == External links == * http://www.rayromano.com/ Official Fan-Site * imdb name|id=0005380|name=Ray Romano US-actor-stub
Biography of Ray Romano - Actor
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Ray Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Italian American actor and comedian. Before breaking into show business, he had planned to become an accounting|accountant. Romano is currently married to Anna Scarpula, with whom he has four children, including one pair of twins. Ray was featured on a 2000 in television|2000 episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, on which he won $125,000 (USD) for the NYPD's D.A.R.E. Unit. In 2001 in television|2001, he was named one of E!'s top 20 entertainers of the year. In the same year, he was featured with his brother (a sergeant in the NYPD) on a New York Police Department recruiting poster. He recently became the highest paid television actor in history as the star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond. His salary in 2001 was $19,000,000. ==Filmography== ===Acting=== *Eulogy (2004) movie – Skip Collins *Welcome to Mooseport (2004) movie – Handy Harrison *Ice Age (movie)|Ice Age (2002) (voice) movie – Manfred *Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) TV Series – Ray Barone|Raymond Barone *The King of Queens (1998– ) (guest star) TV series – Raymond Barone *The Simpsons (2005) (guest voice) TV series – Ray Magini (appeared in the 350th episode of that show, as Homer Simpson's supposedly imaginary friend) *Ice Age 2 (2005) (voice) movie – Manfred ===Writing=== *Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) ==Trivia== Romano was originally cast to play Joe in the now-canceled American television Situation comedy|sitcom NewsRadio, but was fired prior to getting Everybody Loves Raymond. It was revealed that his particular brand of verbal comedy did not mix well with the fast-paced repartee of the rest of the cast. == External links == * http://www.rayromano.com/ Official Fan-Site * imdb name|id=0005380|name=Ray Romano US-actor-stub

