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My Take
Dane Cook is one of those names that splits a room, and I find that polarization genuinely interesting. He blew up in the mid-2000s as a stand-up phenomenon, riding observational and often crude material to a level of arena-filling fame few comedians reach. His run of albums, from Harmful If Swallowed through Isolated Incident, sold like rock records, and he packed Madison Square Garden. The Boston native then stretched into acting, voice work, writing and directing. I respect how aggressively he used early internet buzz to build an audience, even if critics never warmed to him. Love or hate his style, he understood momentum.
Overview
Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his use of observational, often vulgar, and sometimes dark comedy. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed (2003), Retaliation (2005), Vicious Circle (2006), Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden (2007), and Isolated Incident (2009).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dane Cook
- Name (Japanese)
- デイン・クック
- Reading
- でいん・くっく
- Born
- March 18, 1972 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rat
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 6 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- voice actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Arlington High School
- University
- Bunker Hill Community College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.