John Pinette
Birth Name:
John Pinette
Birth Place:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor, Writer, Soundtrack, Producer
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