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Brad Garrett |
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PROFILE:
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Name: Brad Garrett
Birth Name: Brad H. Gerstenfeld
Height: 6' 8½''
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: April 14, 1960
Birth Place: Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession: Actor, Comedian
Education: Hale Jr. High School in Woodland Hills, California
El Camino Real High School, Woodland Hills, California (graduated in 1978)
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (attended for 6 weeks before dropping out to pursue a career in comedy)
Lee Strasberg Theater Institute
Husband/Wife: Jill Diven (engaged in August 1998; married on May 18, 1999; divorced in 2006)
Father: Al Gerstenfeld (hearing aid specialist)
Mother: Barbara Gerstenfeld
Brother: Paul Gerstenfeld (salesman; born in 1955), Jeff Gerstenfeld (music promoter; born in 1952)
Son: Maxwell Bradley Garrett (born on October 14, 1998)
Daughter: Hope Garrett (born in January 2000)
Claim to fame: His role as Robert Barone on the CBS's Emmy-winning sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
Contact: Click here
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- FOX network announced they would pick up a new sitcom called Til Death starring Garrett in the lead role. The plot revolves around a long married couple whose new next door neighbors are a pair of feisty newlyweds. Currently Joely Fisher (daughter of Connie Stevens and Eddie Fisher) of Ellen fame is also involved. (2006)
- Was once suspended from Jr. High for several days for Launching a Paper Clip from a rubber band in to the chest of another student named Richard O.
- In 1977 and 1978 Brad was the DJ over the Senior Lawn at ECR.
- In the early 1980s Brad was a waiter at TGI Fridays in Woodland Hills, Ca.
- Got his start when he won first prize on Star Search (1983).
- Is heavily valued as an actor for his towering physical stature, as well as a voice-over actor for his loud, thundering and threatening voice.
- Has sometimes struggled for acting work due to his large size. In order to play the title role in the TV movie GLEASON (2002) (the real Jackie Gleason being only about 6 feet tall), the other actors were often either also tall or wearing huge lifts.
- He guest-starred in episode Road Rayge (episode # 1.9) of The King of Queens (1998) as Robert Barone, his character from Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
- Declined to do a spin-off with his character Robert Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
- Made his first television appearance on The Comedy Shop (1978).
- Was paid $160,000/episode for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
- Proposed to his then girlfriend Jill Diven on the set of Everybody Loves Raymond in 1998
- Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for Everybody Loves Raymond (2004)
- Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie at Emmy Awards for GLEASON (2003)
- Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for Everybody Loves Raymond (2000)
- MORE BRAD GARRETT TRIVIA
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