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John Pinette
Book your tickets for the show of John Pinette, an actor and stand-up comedian. He was the Stand-Up Comedian of the Year by the American Comedy Awards in 1999 and received a Gemini Award nomination for his performance at The Montreal Comedy Festival in 2000.
Pinette has been entertaining people for the past more than 25 years. Pinette, who is overweight and looks fat and obese, once said he loves to make people laugh by talking about his life. And for him the funniest thing is to think about him. He loves for the buffet and his routines primarily revolve around his weight. In 2001, he lost an incredible amount of weight after dieting and long training routine to become healthier. He also followed advice of physical trainers to lose weight and to keep himself fit.
Born on March 23, 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts, US, Pinette graduated from Malden Catholic High School in 1982 and started a career in accounting. Later on the advice of his friends that he is a very funny man and can make others laugh, he left the accounting job to pursue a career in comedy. Since the early 1980s, soon after beginning his career in comedy, he started touring comedy clubs all over the country.
Pinette got his big break when he was offered to tour with Frank Sinatra. Since then, he has also been a regular guest on The Tonight Show and The View.
He has a long acting career in both television and film. Some of his films are "Duets", starring Gwenyth Paltrow, "Dear God", starring Greg Kinnear, "Junior", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, "The Punisher", "Piece a' Cake", "Do It for Uncle Manny", "Duets", "My 5 Wives", "Simon Sez", "Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart", "Junior", "Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love", "Reckless Kelly" and "Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation".
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Pinette also acted on the hit series "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", and starred as the car-jack victim in the final episode of "Seinfeld". He was also seen as the lovable Mr Bumpo in Artisan Entertainment's The Punisher, starring Thomas Jane and John Travolta.
