Andrew Dice Clay

What strikes me about Andrew Dice Clay is how completely he committed to a persona that was designed to provoke. "The Diceman" wasn't an accident; it was a calculated, hyper-masculine street-tough caricature built to weaponize offense, and it made him a late-1980s phenomenon before the backlash caught up. I find it telling that his most famous award is a Golden Raspberry. He's a useful case study in how shock comedy can rocket someone to fame and then leave them defending the very act that got them there. The Brooklyn edge underneath the act always felt genuine, even when the material didn't.

Name (English)

Andrew Dice Clay

Name (Japanese)

アンドリュー・ダイス・クレイ

Reading

あんどりゅー・だいす・くれい

Born

September 29, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

comedian / film actor / television actor / screenwriter / actor

High school

Andries Hudde Junior High School

University

Kingsborough Community College

Awards & achievements

• 1991 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor

• Official sitehttp://www.andrewdiceclayofficial.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/andrewdiceclay/
• Xhttps://x.com/TheRealDiceClay
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Dice%20Clay
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504455

Tags

• New York
• comedian
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.