Rick Ducommun Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a CableACE Award for stand-up comedy special for "Rick Ducommun: Hit and Run" in 1993
• First tried stand-up comedy at a Vancouver club on a dare
• Started a number of businesses before getting into comedy, including one where he built small houses on the backs of old pickup trucks and sold them as Back to Nature Hippy Camperettes
• Made his screen acting debut in the Canadian children's series "Zig Zag" in 1980
• As a stand-up comic, he frequently performed on the Comedy Channel, which was later renamed Comedy Central
• Best known for playing Gus in "Groundhog Day" and Art Weingartner in "The 'Burbs․"
• Lost 216 pounds in a year and a half, dropping from 426 pounds to 210 by April 1989
• Started the skateboard accessories company Skull Skates with his brother Peter in 1978