Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid comedians, and became the first comedian to get a Netflix stand-up special. He also won the Peabody Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for producing Hip-Hop Evolution (2016). He lives in Los Angeles.<br /><br />Peters's stand-up performances feature observational comedy, using humour to highlight racial, ethnic, class and cultural stereotypes. He often refers to his own experiences growing up in an Anglo-Indian family, and impersonates the accents of various ethnic groups to poke fun at them. As he told an audience in San Francisco, "I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them." In a 2006 interview with The National, Peters observed that he did not intend to put down or offend different races and cultures, but tried to "raise them up through humour".<br /><br />Peters is widely known for his punchline, "Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad." It ends a joke he tells about his childhood with a traditional Indian father, who used corporal punishment on his sons. Another punchline he uses is "Be a man! Do the right thing!", which relates to a story of a Chinese man trying to get him to pay more for an item at a shop.<br /><br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2017/09/fun-facts-starry-night.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2017/09/fun-facts-christmas.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2017/09/fun-facts-hats.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2018/01/fun-facts-peacock.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2018/01/fun-facts-banana.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2018/01/fun-facts-girl-with-pearl-earring.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2018/01/fun-facts-colosseum.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2018/01/fun-facts-shark.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2017/10/fun-facts-women.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2017/10/the-last-supper.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-ice-cream.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-cell-phone.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-ipod.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-checkers.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-iron-man.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-capoeira.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-stonehenge.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-japan.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-qatar.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-kangaroo.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-black-hole.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-united-states-of-america.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/10/fun-facts-wikipedia.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/09/fun-facts-billiardspool.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/09/fun-facts-muay-thai.html<br />http://www.factbuddies.com/2013/09/fun-facts-hockey.html<br />
