Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield is one of comedy's great comeback stories, and that's why I respect him so much. Born Jacob Cohen in Babylon, New York, he flopped early, quit the business entirely, then clawed his way back to become a household name. Turning his own perceived failures into the immortal line "I don't get no respect" is a masterclass in self-deprecation as armor. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was hard-earned and late-arriving. I'll always take the artist who keeps getting back up over the overnight sensation, and Rodney is the patron saint of that stubborn second act.

Name (English)

Rodney Dangerfield

Name (Japanese)

ロドニー・デンジャーフィールド

Reading

ろどにー・でんじゃーふぃーるど

Born

November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Babylon, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / television actor / comedian / film actor

High school

Richmond Hill High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.rodney.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rodneynorespect/
• Xhttps://x.com/rodneynorespect
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• New York
• actor
• screenwriter
• 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.