Russell Peters (By Sunny Liao and Kelvin Pillay)

    Russell is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born on  September 29,1970 in Brampton, Ontario, and he was raised in an family of Indian immigrants there for most of his childhood. His father was from Bombay and his mother was from Calcutta, he also has a brother from India named

Clayton.

    He went to Georges Vanier Catholic Elementary School from kindergarten to grade 8, Chinguacousy Secondary School for grades 9–10, and Bramalea Secondary School for grades 11–12 in Brampton. He did not attend college but instead pursue his dreams of becoming a successful
comedian.

   He started the first few years of his career performing at "YUK YUKS", a comedy club in Downtown, Toronto.
   Then, as his name became more famous and known, a lot of more formal and high classed places and people invited him to perform there instead.(He has performed on The Aircraft Carrier "USS Dwight D. Eisenhower", and many other places)
Since then many more people watched and knew who he was, therefore he started to gain international fame. He has since also performed in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Denmark, South Africa, the Caribbean, Vietnam, New Zealand, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Sweden, India, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Norway , Lebanon, London, Pakistan and Trinidad among other places.

His "DVD Russell Peters: Outsourced", aired on Comedy Central on August 16, 2006. The DVD version features a lot of his funniest and well known performances. The DVD has been popular, especially in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies. Making it one of the highest earning comedy DVDs in
North America.
 Russell Peters was the host of the 2008 Juno Awards televised ceremonies in Calgary on April 6, 2008, for which he won a Gemini Award for "Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series". The 2008 awards broadcast received the second-highest ratings ever for the program. He was asked to host the Juno Awards for a second year in a row. The 2009 Juno Awards took place in Vancouver on March 29, 2009.

A Quote he made on a interview in Calgary about tips for young comics~~"Young comics, I will tell you, It's not a race, so stop looking for a finish line, and stop running. You need to learn how to walk before you run, and don't start running until your legs grow Strong."
PERSONAL LIFE

He has a mansion in Los Angeles, California, and many cars. He proposed to His girlfriend  Monica Diaz,in Los Angeles International airport in July 2010. They got married in Las Vegas.
Between June 2008 and June 2009, Peters earned $10 million, making him one of the highest-paid comedians during that twelve-month period.
Between June 2009 and June 2010, Peters earned $15 million, continuing his run as one of the highest-paid comedians. He has become very successful and he continues to bring comedy to everyone around the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fp1jdXE6cc
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In this video, Russell is being interviewed on his comedian tour in Calgary and his personal life as a comedian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHKoTEKOm-U

In this video, Russell is being interviewed by George Lopez on his trip to Jordan and how he met the king of Jordan, (King Abdulah II).