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Brad Garrett's roots are in standup comedy. He has headlined at Bally's Park Place and co-headlined with the Temptations at Trump Plaza. He has also worked at the Sands with Frank Sinatra; Caesar's Palace with David Copperfield, Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson; Harrah's with Sammy Davis, Jr., and the Beach Boys; and Radio City Music Hall with Julio Iglesias.
Garrett's role in EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND has earned him three Emmy nominations and the 2002 and 2003 Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. He won the 2003 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Garrett's voice-over work includes the roles of Fatso the ghost in the 1995 feature "Casper," Dim the rhinoceros beetle in "A Bug's Life," and Bloat the blowfish in "Finding Nemo." He also appeared in "Don King: Only in America," "George B," which was a finalist at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, "Suicide Kings," "Clubland," and "Sweet and Lowdown." Garrett has also guest-hosted the "Late Show" for a sidelined David Letterman.
In 2002, Garrett played Jackie Gleason in the critically acclaimed movie "Gleason," on CBS, for which he earned an Emmy Award nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Movie or Miniseries. He will next be seen in the Disney feature "The Pacifier" and in the independent feature "The Moguls."
Born in Woodland Hills, California, Garrett lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. His birth date is April 14.
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