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Bill Engvall Biography
Birth Name:
William Ray Engvall Jr.
Birth Place:
Galveston, Texas, United States
Profession
Comedian, actor
Fast Facts
- Worked as a tour guide and disc jockey before successfully trying stand-up in Dallas and eventually landing a spot on The Tonight Show in 1990
- Won the American Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up Comedian in 1992
- Developed "Here's your sign" into his signature routine, in which he identifies people who should wear a "stupid" sign after asking silly or obvious questions
- Collaborated with Travis Tritt on the novelty song "Here's Your Sign," which was a big country-music hit in 1997 and was certified gold
- Published a memoir, Just a Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life, in 2007
- Fears snakes and heights