Dane Cook

Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: *Harmful If Swallowed*, *Retaliation*, *Vicious Circle*, *Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden*, and *Isolated Incident*. *Retaliation* became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went platinum. He performed an HBO special in the Fall of 2006, *Vicious Circle*, a straight-to-DVD special titled *Rough Around The Edges* (which is included in the album of the same name), and a Comedy Central special in 2009 titled *Isolated Incident*.

He is credited as one of the first comedians to use a personal webpage and MySpace to build a large fan base and in 2006 was described as "alarmingly popular". As an actor, Cook has appeared in films since 1997, including *Mystery Men*, *Waiting...*, *Employee of the Month*, *Good Luck Chuck*, *Dan in Real Life*, *Mr. Brooks* (in a non-comedic role), and *My Best Friend's Girl*.