Louis C.K.

Louis C.K. is the hardest entry in this database for me to write, which is itself a tribute to how good the work was. The Emmy-winning writing on Louie reinvented what television comedy could look like — sad, formless, painfully honest — and his five-dollar direct-to-fan specials predated the entire creator economy. Then his own admitted misconduct collapsed the moral authority that confessional comedy depends on. I don't think the work is erasable, and I don't think the fall is either. Watching him continue to fill theaters, I find myself studying the audience as much as the comedian.

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Name (English)

Louis C.K.

Name (Japanese)

ルイ・C・K

Reading

るい・しー・けー

Born

September 12, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Washington, D.C., United States

Occupation

stand-up comedian / actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

High school

Newton North High School

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
• 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Official sitehttps://louisck.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/louisckx/
• Xhttps://x.com/louisck
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20C.K.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BBC%E3%83%BBK
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15079

Tags

• stand-up comedian
• actor
• film director

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.