Artie Lange Biography

Fast Facts

• Used to work as a longshoreman to pay the bills before pursuing his career in acting and comedy
• Quote: "The Howard Stern Show is a big hit because it entertains dumb and smart people at the same time for different reasons․ There's a couple of shows like that, The Simpsons is another one․"
• Known for his Notorious B․I․G․, Anne Murray, Henry Hill, Brian Johnson, and Larry Flint impressions, amongst many others
• According to the results of a DNA test administered in 1994 on the "Howard Stern" show, Lange is a quarter American Indian; he's Neapolitan Italian on his mother's side, and had only known of German ancestry on his father's side previously
• His favorite book is John Kennedy Toole's cult classic, "A Confederacy of Dunces․"
• Lange is a devoted fan of The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, and AC/DC
• He claims to have seen "The Godfather" so many times he can literally recite the entire movie, and even performed scenes that were randomly chosen by the film's director Francis Ford Coppola on the spot
• Lange is a fan of baseball, and is a devoted New York Yankees fan
• Lange was an All-County third baseman while playing baseball for Union High School in Union, N․J
• Well-known for his impressions of Southerners and Italians, as well as his sarcastic catchphrase, "Waaah!"