John Pinette Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for Gemini Award for his performance at Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in 2000
• Worked as an accountant before pursuing a career in comedy at the advice of his friends
• Quote: "[on Broadway] "I get to do something really new․ It's like being paid to go to a great school․ Some of it has to rub off․""
• A stand-up comic, he often uses himself as the subject of his jokes because he knows that he won't be offended
• One of his most memorable television roles was playing an overweight man on the series finale of "Seinfeld" that the main characters mock after he becomes a victim of a carjacking, a scene that more than 70 million viewers tuned in to
• Opened for Frank Sinatra early in his standup career
• Sated that his favorite buffet is a "Wizard of Oz" themed buffet at Las Vegas's MGM Grand because it is modeled after his favorite movie