Dom Irrera

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Dom Irrera
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Irrera performing in 2006
Birth nameDomenick Jack Irrera
Born (1948-11-18) November 18, 1948 (age 76)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Medium Stand-up, television, film
Years active1982–present

Domenick Jack Irrera (born November 18, 1948) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family.[ citation needed ]

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Biography

Irrera went to college in Florida, attending Barry University and St. Thomas University. [1]

In 1989, Irrera's episode of the HBO TV series, One Night Stand won a Cable Ace Award. [2]

Irrera has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show , The View , The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1986, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , and The Late Show with David Letterman . [3] He also appeared as a contestant on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money .

Irrera is a regular performer at the Cat Laughs in Kilkenny; he has made 22 appearances at the festival, more than any other comic. He appeared on an episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld as Ronnie Kaye, the prop comic and on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens as Spero Demopolous. Irrera made 11 appearances as himself on the animated series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist , and is the only comic to appear in all six seasons.[ citation needed ]

Irrera was voted one of the hundred funniest comics of all time by Comedy Central. He was the Judge on the Supreme Court of Comedy on the 101 exclusively on DirecTV.[ citation needed ]

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Dom Irrera at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival - Ireland in 2003

He also did some voiceovers [4] for Nickelodeon as Ernie Potts on Hey Arnold! and as Duke on Back at the Barnyard , and played a chauffeur in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski .[ citation needed ]

Discography

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Splitz Vinnie Mamabasta
1987 Hollywood Shuffle Writer
1989 That's Adequate Stand-Up Comic
1994 The Silence of the Hams Gas Station Attendant
1998 The Big Lebowski Tony the Chauffeur
2000 A Man Is Mostly Water Agent
2002 Hey Arnold!: The Movie Ernie PottsVoice
2002 The 4th Tenor Petey
2006 Barnyard DukeVoice
2016 The Bronx Bull Joe E. Lewis
2017 Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Ernie PottsVoice, television film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Cab DriverEpisode: "The Wrong Way Home"
1986 The Golden Girls The Produce Clerk / The Waiter2 episodes
1987 My Sister Sam Cab DriverEpisode: "Fog Bound"
1987–1988 It's Garry Shandling's Show Dominic Carbone2 episodes
1988 She's the Sheriff Jim2 episodes
1989 My Two Dads The Elevator Repairman / Dr. Dom2 episodes
1990Room for RomanceRoman4 episodes
1991 Dream On PlumberEpisode: "The Charlotte Letter"
1992 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Joey 'Pants'Episode: "Home Alone with Annie"
1993 Rocko's Modern Life SlippyVoice, 2 episodes
1994 Seinfeld Ronnie KayeEpisode: "The Fire"
1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman HarryEpisode: "Season's Greedings"
1996 Boy Meets World BoscoEpisode: "Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow"
1996–2002 Hey Arnold! Ernie PottsVoice, 34 episodes
1996 Caroline in the City CopEpisode: "Caroline and the Dreamers"
1996–1997 Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys SpydorVoice, 4 episodes
1997–1998 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist DominicVoice, 7 episodes
1998 Damon Carroll Fontaine7 episodes
1998 Hercules Achilles Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Living Legend"
1998 Home Improvement EdEpisode: "Ploys for Tots"
2000 Everybody Loves Raymond Seth StipeEpisode: "Marie and Frank's New Friends"
2000 Becker Mr. OrvisEpisode: "The Bearer of Bad Tidings"
2000 The King of Queens Spero DemopolousEpisode: "Work Related"
2002 The Drew Carey Show StanEpisode: "Bringing Up Boss"
2002–2005 My Wife and Kids Woody Flores5 episodes
2003 Crank Yankers Dominic 'Dom'
2007–2011 Back at the Barnyard DukeVoice, 34 episodes
2010 'Til Death Doctor4 episodes
2014 Bob's Burgers The NoseVoice, episode: "Ambergris"
2017–2018 I'm Dying Up Here James Seamus 'Fitzy' Fitzpatrick9 episodes
2018 The Comedy Central Roast HimselfEpisode: "Bruce Willis"

References

  1. South Philly's big cheese: Dom Irrera "steaks" his claim in Tampa Bay. Creative Loafing, June 6, 2011.
  2. Berkwitt, Brad (2007). "Laughter Comes to RSR with a Funny One – Two Punch From Comedian Dom Irrera". ringsidereport.com – RingSide Report. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  3. Comedian Dom Irrera Joins the King David Show. CBS News Tampa Bay, January 26, 2011.
  4. "Dom Irrera". Audible (service) . Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  5. "Dom Irrera – Greatest Hits Volume One (2003, CD)". Discogs .