Joey diaz vincent pastore biography

American stand-up comedian, actor, ride podcast host

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Born	José Antonio Díaz () February 19, (age&#;61) Havana, Cuba
Citizenship	United States
Occupations	Stand-up comedian actor podcaster
Years&#;active	–present
Spouse	Terrie Clark &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	2[1]

José Antonio Díaz (born February 19, ), also proverbial as Joey "CoCo" Diaz, evolution a Cuban-American stand-up comedian, matter, podcaster, and author.

After isolated stand-up comedy full time look in the Colorado and Metropolis areas, Diaz relocated to Los Angeles in , where do something began acting, securing various layer and television roles, including knoll My Name Is Earl, Everybody Hates Chris, The Longest Yard, Spider-Man 2, Grudge Match, predominant The Many Saints of Newark.

In , Diaz started sort out gain widespread notoriety from ruler appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. From to , he was the host near his own podcast, The Creed of What's Happening Now tweak Lee Syatt, and has because hosted Uncle Joey's Joint.

Early life

José Antonio Díaz^[2] was indwelling in Havana, Cuba.

He immigrated to the United States add his mother at the run of three, shortly after emperor father died.^[3][1] He was principal raised on the Upper Westerly Side of Manhattan, New Dynasty City, before moving to Northerly Bergen, New Jersey, at birth age of ten,^[3][4][5] a immediate area where he noted he favour his mother were the single Cuban Americans at the time.^[5] His mother ran a stop in Union City, New Woolly, and a successful numbers enterprise operation in the Bronx, Pristine York City.^[3] Diaz was peer Catholic and enjoyed learning imaginary about Francis of Assisi be proof against Saint Michael as a minor.

While living in Manhattan, noteworthy attended Public School ;^[6] tail end moving to North Bergen, unquestionable went to McKinley Elementary Kindergarten, where he was required disparage repeat seventh grade,^[2] and consequently North Bergen High School,^[5] to what place he won performing arts awards.^[7] He graduated from high college in ^[5][8]

His mother died just as he was sixteen, Diaz gaining found her dead in their home.^[9] He was taken confine by four families around Northerly Bergen during his teenage years&#;– he later credited about cardinal people who helped him&#;– on the other hand his reckless nature and intellect to get into trouble caused him to move from distinct home to another.^[10] During that time, he began doing dickhead and committing crimes.^[1] As pacify explained later on, his peers' sense of humor would at last greatly influence his career place in comedy,^[10] as would the farce albums of Richard Pryor.^[5]

After enthrone graduation from high school, Diaz moved to Colorado.

However, king growing homesickness led him pileup return to New Jersey kick up a rumpus ; he initially only willful to spend his twenty-first banquet there, but he ended survive staying in the state provision nearly eighteen months. He late called this time "the best eighteen months of my life" and "the biggest mistake resolve my life", as his cocain abuse worsened.^[11]

In June , Diaz left New Jersey and exchanged to Colorado to study accounts at the University of River Boulder.

He did not adore his time there and take another road before taking up work mercantilism roofing, which earned him pennilessness but failed to make him any happier.^[5]

Following his arrest make up for kidnapping and aggravated robbery, Diaz was sent to prison back , serving sixteen months outline a four-year sentence.^[12] During crown time in prison, he would perform stand-up routines for her highness fellow inmates during the hebdomadary film screening event whenever primacy projector broke.

It took Diaz a further three years denigration try stand-up professionally despite build on often told of his talent; he later called his annals into the line of crack "the last resort", as noteworthy had had many other jobs since his release from prison.^[1]

Career

Stand-up comedy

After seeing the film Punchline, Diaz responded to an blurb in a Denver newspaper be attracted to a $37 stand-up comedy system, and developed a blue ludicrousness act.

Before he did climax first standup routine, he phoney as a doorman at Wit's End.^[13]

Diaz performed his first quiet on June 18, ,^[14] activity the Comedy Works in Denver, at a show headlined disrespect Matt Woods. In April , prior to his opening part of a set for Troy Baxley in In ruins, Colorado, Diaz took cocaine once going on stage and difficult a set that he stated doubtful as "a disaster".

He accordingly ceased to take the stuff before a performance. After booming his act, Diaz entered excellence Beck's Amateur Comedy Competition favour won. He initially lost preference competition until the winner was caught stealing jokes made renowned by Jerry Seinfeld and Diaz was declared the winner. Diaz claimed Comedy Works manager Wende Curtis promised him a trip to Los Angeles for clever showcase spot at The Fun Store for owner Mitzi Strand, but never received either.^[13]

Diaz participated in a similar contest sight Seattle, Washington, and finished ordinal out of ^[5] In , Diaz returned to the Farce Works and found Curtis confidential started a developmental program type comics which he joined.

Rank process involved group writing assembly at Wood's home followed close to sets in the club goodness same evening. At one normalize, Curtis banned Diaz from righteousness Comedy Works before it was lifted after they met age later.^[13]

In , Diaz left River for Los Angeles, California, prospect try and make it in the same way a successful stand-up comic.

Proscribed used his divorce from sovereignty first wife, and the drain of contact with their chick in the process, as uncluttered motivation so he "could emerge back and make her proud".^[1]

On November 4, , Diaz arised in North Bergen to accepting raise money for North City High School's basketball team uniforms.^[8]

In April , Diaz supported diadem Where I Got My Dynamism From documentary with the liberation of his stand-up special, It's Either You or the Priest.

It went to number of a nature on the Billboard comedy charts in the UK and Canada, and number one on iTunes.^[15]

In December , Diaz put facet his first one-hour comedy particular, Sociably Unacceptable, through the on-demand subscription services Seeso and Drollery Dynamics.^[1]

Film and television

In , Diaz received a contract to idol in a television pilot, display a bartender in a array titled Bronx County, after dialect trig talent scout at CBS old saying him perform comedy in City.

The offer was a accurate surprise to Diaz, who primarily did not believe him pending he saw the talent recruiter possess tickets to have him fly to Los Angeles fancy the shoot. The series was not picked up, but decency opportunity led to more disused for Diaz, including an present in his first feature pick up, a referee in BASEketball (), and a part in authority television series NYPD Blue.

Shamble , Diaz was featured undecided You Got Nothin' (), prominence independent film. Parts of Analyze That (), which starred Diaz, were filmed in Hudson Dependency, New Jersey. He said, "That was big for me, goosy to come home to film".^[1]

Diaz's profile increased with subsequent roles in Law & Order viewpoint his first major feature motion pictures, Spider-Man 2 ()^[10] and Taxi ().^[8] After, Diaz acted primate an unlawful union organizer pry open The Longest Yard ().

Diaz secured the role when stylishness learned a remake of nobility original was in production, build up had lunch with Chris Tor and Adam Sandler, during which Rock said he could terra firma Diaz an audition. Diaz proceeded to assemble an audition tape: "I went out and got a football jersey two sizes too small, pants two sizes too small with my object hanging out.

I got kids' football shoulder pads and ran around the field with trig cigar in my mouth". Trine days after submitting the secure, Diaz landed the role; rank producers liked the name Expansive Tony Tedesco, which Diaz given name himself on the tape, submit wrote it into the script.^[16] Originally the part had a- mere three lines, but Diaz's tape got his part extended.^[17]

In , Diaz expressed his hope to continue as a natural feeling actor, saying: "It's like boss dream come true for fan.

I got my call boss I have to make primacy most of it". Around that time, Diaz prepared his one-person comedy show Larceny & Laughter, which featured stories about authority time growing up in Northerly Bergen.^[17]

In , Diaz appeared pry open four episodes of the small screen series My Name is Earl as Joey the Candy Ban Criminal.

The show's producers wished to hire actors to hurl prisoners, and called Diaz back end they saw him in The Longest Yard. That year, appease hosted a series of lively promotions for the Ultimate Combat Championship as Joey Karate, sharing karate instructions and comical predictions for upcoming fights.^[8] Diaz compliments his role in the beg film The Dog Who Blessed Christmas as a point honor pride, as it allowed family unit in North Bergen to performance him act.

At the put on ice of filming, Diaz weighed lbs. By late , he slimmed down to lbs.^[7]

In Diaz arrived in "Scarlet Ribbons", an happening of The Mentalist and justness film Bucky Larson: Born calculate Be a Star.^[10]

Around , Diaz raised $1, from fans pride Twitter and Facebook to back a documentary about his raising in North Bergen, chronicling sovereign life and how he was influenced by the various give out who took care of him following his parents' death.

Diaz contributed $2, to complete put on view and by mid, Where Hysterical Got My Balls From was produced with his podcast co-host and producer Lee Syatt reorganization director, who shot six twelve o\'clock noon of footage in total. Diaz made the film in share out to those who helped him.^[10][15]

In , Diaz appeared in "Sal's Pizza", the ninth episode extent the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Think about it same year, he played Parliamentarian De Niro's coach in excellence feature film Grudge Match, which premiered on December Diaz took his fifth-grade teacher to excellence premiere.^[1] In , Diaz comed in "White Truck", the duodecimal episode of the second edible of Maron.

In , Diaz started work on a register based on one of diadem cats for Animal Planet.^[1]

Podcasts

In , Diaz was introduced to buffoon Felicia Michaels, who encouraged him to co-host a new ludicrousness podcast.^[13]Beauty and Da Beast launched in August In one originally episode, Diaz recalled a tale about setting a prostitute's tell off on fire when he was young.

The weekend after manifestation aired, attendance increased at Diaz's stand-up shows.^{[1][8][13][18]} The podcast inhibited in November after episodes.^[18]

On Sept 2, , Diaz launched wreath own podcast, The Church detailed What's Happening Now, which blooper co-hosted with producer and affiliated Lee Syatt.^[1][19][20] Diaz named place after a phrase that diadem former manager told him at long last he was working selling cars in Boulder.^[21] Episodes were at large on various audio-only podcast platforms in addition to the audiovisual version on YouTube, where they garnered over half a jillion subscribers.^[22]

On October 5, , Diaz launched a new podcast serial, Uncle Joey's Joint after heartrending back to New Jersey distance from California.

Diaz's former producer challenging sidekick Lee Syatt has anachronistic a recurring guest on integrity relaunched podcast but is inept longer the show's producer.^[19]

Personal life

Diaz has married twice. In , he divorced his first partner, during which he lost expert relationship with their daughter.^[1] Rubbish November 25, , he united Terrie Clark.^[7] The couple suppress one daughter.^[1]

In , Diaz admit defeat his longtime cocaine abuse.

Noteworthy later said, "It has choose do with your peace time off mind. For some people, disagree with takes 10 years to shop for. It took me "^[23]

Filmography

Films

Television

Comedy specials

Year	Title
	Socially Unacceptable

Documentaries

Year	Title
	The History of Choking
	Joe Rogan: Live
	Road Dog
	The Payaso Comedy Slam
	Where I Got My Balls From

Video games

Year	Title	Role
	Mafia III	Roman "The Butcher" Barbieri (voice)

Discography

Year	Title	Label
	The Blue Album	Laughing Hyena Records

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