Rocky LaPorte
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Rocky LaPorte is an American actor and a performer of stand-up comedy. In 2005 he had his own stand-up special on Comedy Central Presents. After the comedian Tim Allen watched Rocky on The Tonight Show, he claimed Rocky as his "favorite new comic" and brought him on to play in his movie, The Shaggy Dog. Rocky visited Iraq with Drew Carey and the trip became a Showtime movie called "Patriot Act: a Jeffrey Ross Home Movie" which played on Showtime.
Rocky was a finalist in the eighth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing. He was eliminated in the season's 11th episode, finishing in fifth place. By finishing in the top five, Rocky qualified to perform on the Last Comic Standing Tour, which took place in the Fall of 2014.
Filmography
- 1989 Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search (1989)
- Cheers (episode: Ma Always Liked You Better, 1990)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (episode: 6 October 2004)
- Comedy Central Presents: Rocky LaPorte (2005)
- Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie (2005)
- Just for Laughs (episode: 20 November 2005)
- The Shaggy Dog (2006)
- The Very Funny Show (2009)
- Last Comic Standing (2014)
References
- Review, Rocky La Porte at Improv Comedy Club on the Waterfront, Homestead, Pennsylvania
- Rocky on Comedy Central
