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My Take
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.
Overview
Louis Alfred Székely (; born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. C.K. has won six Emmy Awards, and three Grammy Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, three Peabody Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Louis C.K.
- Name (Japanese)
- ルイスC.K.
- Reading
- るいすC.K.
- Born
- September 12, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stand-up comedian / actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Newton North High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://louisck.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/louisckx/
- Xhttps://x.com/louisck
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BBC%E3%83%BBK
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
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.