Birthday: Dec 21, 1957

Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA

Biography: After nearly a decade as a journeyman stand-up comic, Ray Romano came to television audience's attention with a 1991 appearance on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.” Shortly after, his career began to ascend. With his dark looks, nasal New York accent and deadpan delivery, Romano offered commentary mixing familial humor with off-beat observations, focusing away from political and topical humor. He impressed late night host David Letterman enough for Letterman to develop a sitcom to showcase ... ... (read more...) his unique talents. Romano went on to win several awards for his work on the long running television series "Everybody Love Raymond." Romano made his feature debut with a voice acting turn as a wooly mammoth in the animated The Ice Age (2002), then played a small town handyman who, to prove himself to his long-suffering girlfriend, runs for mayor against a former U.S. President (Gene Hackman) in the comedy"Welcome to Mooseport (2004), and appeared the indie film, Eulogy (2004).