Dwayne Perkins

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Dwayne Perkins
File:Dwayne Perkins 2016.JPG
Dwayne Perkins 2016
Born (1971-03-21) March 21, 1971 (age 53)
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Medium Stand-up, television, radio
Years active 1995–present

Dwayne Perkins (born 1971) is an American stand-up comedian from Brooklyn, New York, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his appearances on Conan, Comedy Central, and as a regular correspondent on The Jay Leno Show. In August 2012, he was selected by Rolling Stone magazine as one of their "Five Comics to Watch".[1] In October 2015, he was the artist-in-residence at the Rotterdam International Comedy Festival.[2][3]

Stage

After emceeing events in college, Perkins began performing at the Uptown Comedy Club[1] in Harlem.[4] After graduation, he moved to Boston in 1994.[5] While performing at The Comedy Studio in Boston in 1999, he was scouted by Late Night with Conan O'Brien,[6] and he made his television stand-up comedy debut on that show in July of the same year.[7] During this period, he also appeared in the New Faces of Comedy showcase at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.[8][9]

In 2003, Perkins moved to Los Angeles.[10] He has indicated that his primary clubs in the area are The Comedy & Magic Club and the Laugh Factory.[11] Other notable area clubs where he has performed include the Hollywood Improv,[12][13] The Comedy Store,[14][15] and The Ice House.[16][17] Notable clubs outside Los Angeles where he has headlined include Gotham City Comedy Club[18] in New York City and the Punch Line[19][20] in San Francisco.

In addition to performing in the United States and Canada,[21] Perkins has also performed in Europe,[2][3] the United Kingdom,[22] South Africa,[23] India,[24] the United Arab Emirates,[25] Hong Kong,[4] Singapore,[26] and China.[27][28]

Comedy Style

Perkins has indicated that he prefers to appeal to broad audiences rather than to narrowly defined audience segments.[4][29][30] His earliest stage time was in front of predominantly black audiences in Harlem, followed by a period in which he played to predominantly white audiences in Boston, and he credits both experiences with influencing his style.[4] He has also indicated that he prefers subtler material over more confrontational approaches.[27][31] While he includes material about race in his act, he has indicated that it is not the central focus of his material.[4] His delivery style has been characterized as "likeable" and "matter-of-fact."[32][33]

Television

Year Title Notes Ref(s)
1999–2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien 4 episodes [7][34][35][36]
2000 Premium Blend 1 episode [37]
2004 Comedy Central Presents: Dwayne Perkins 1 episode [38]
2004 Faking It 1 episode [39]
2005–09 Last Call with Carson Daly 3 episodes [40][41][42]
2007 Last Comic Standing 2 episodes [43][44][45]
2007 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 1 episode [46]
2008 History of the Joke TV documentary [47]
2008 Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen 1 episode [48]
2009–10 The Jay Leno Show 13 episodes [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]
2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 1 episode [62]
2011–15 Tosh.0 4 episodes [63][64][65][66]
2012–13 Conan 2 episodes [67][68]
2014 The Arsenio Hall Show 1 episode [69]

References

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