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My Take
Larry the Cable Guy fascinates me precisely because the persona is so deliberate. Daniel Whitney is a college-educated Nebraskan who manufactured a thick blue-collar Southern character and rode it to massive fame through the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. That gap between the man and the act is, to me, the real craft: it takes intelligence and discipline to play unpretentious so convincingly. Add stand-up, acting, writing, and even singing, and you have a versatile entertainer who is shrewder than his good-ol'-boy image lets on. I tend to admire performers whose simplicity is engineered, and he's a textbook case.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Larry the Cable Guy
- Name (Japanese)
- ラリー・ザ・ケーブル・ガイ
- Reading
- らりー・ざ・けーぶる・がい
- Born
- February 17, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stand-up comedian / actor / writer / screenwriter / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Larry the Cable Guy born?
Born February 17, 1963 (age 63).
Where is Larry the Cable Guy from?
Larry the Cable Guy is from Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States.
What does Larry the Cable Guy do?
Larry the Cable Guy works as stand-up comedian, actor, writer, screenwriter, singer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
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.