Russell Peters is a comedy megastar in most of the world. During his recent performance at the London Shaw Theatre his program was sold out within a matter of 48 hours and as his first show began in Melbourne and Sydney in May 2006 over 10,000 tickets sold within less than two days using no advertising. Russell holds the record for being the first Asian to appear as well as to sell-out at the Apollo Theatre in the city of New York. It is usually considered necessary for a comedian to have a TV sitcom, or a recent hit movie and at least a high profile album release in order to succeed, however Russell has constructed his entire career by only word of mouth, having completely bypassing the mainstream media.
Russell has contributed his popularity to the idea that he generally speaks to those people that everyone else is not talking to. The majority of his comic routines speak to the communities of immigrants such as Indian, Caribbean Arab, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese or any other Southeast Asian populace.
Peters has been actively doing various stand up comedy for at least 17 years of which he already has developed an impressive listing on his resume. He previously had a recurring character in the Canadian produced sitcom “Lord Have Mercy” as well as hosting his own chat show on BBC Network.
Russell’s style of comedy is deeply rooted in the certain reality of being raised brown in a white Canadian culture. Despite all his rooted success on the Canadian circuit, Russell has recently decided to relocated to the Hollywood area, where he is working upon creating a new comedy sitcom. Russell has repeatedly stated that there are certain roles which he would gladly do for no cost whatsoever. He says his real reward would be the look of happiness that appears upon other people’s faces as he starts talking to about various experiences in a manner that nobody’s ever heard previously.
He’s already getting attention from Hollywood due tio the fact that he has previously done it all himself. He possess a natural comedy gene that certainly must make him a funny individual with his multicultural outlook which allows him the ability associated with entertaining of people from all backgrounds and races. No comedian has ever developed an outlook similar to his.
Russell is presently developing his current sitcom for the FOX network. This new show will be basically an image of his family dating back 10 years ago.
