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Adam Carolla Biography
Birth Place:
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Profession
TV and radio-show host, actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer
Fast Facts
- Father was a psychologist
- Voted Class Clown in high school
- Was working as a boxing trainer when he broke into radio by answering a call to train Jimmy Kimmel, then a personality on an L
- A
- radio show
- Cowrote 1998's The Dr
- Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love
- Competed in Season 6 of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, with partner Julianne Hough
- In 2010, his book In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks
- And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list
Awards
- 2019Writers Guild Awards-Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials: nominated
Relationships
- Natalia Carolla -- Daughter
- Jim Carolla -- Father
- Kris Novello -- Mother
- Santino "Sonny" Carolla -- Son
- Lynette Paradise -- Wife