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Drew Carey
With the success of The Drew Carey Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?, stand-up comic turned actor, director and producer Drew Carey has had the rare honor of having two hit shows on the air simultaneously. Carey continued to diversify his career with his cutting edge standup comedy, various cable and pay-per-view television specials and his work as an author. His passion for improv performing led him to create Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, a new series on The WB that combines standard improv games with animation.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Carey began his career as a comedian in 1986 in Cleveland. One of his first breaks was a spot on Star Search in 1988. In November 1991, Carey landed his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Carson was so impressed that he bestowed a rare honor on Carey by calling him over to the couch, where Carey stayed for the remainder of the show. A portion of that memorable appearance can be seen on the Best of Carson collection. Also in 1991, Carey appeared on HBO's 14th Annual Young Comedians Special and made his first appearance on Late Night with David Letterman.
In 1994, Carey's Showtime stand-up comedy special Drew Carey, Human Cartoon, earned him a Cable Ace Award for Best Writing. That same winter, while starring on the short-lived sitcom, The Good Life, Carey met producer Bruce Helford. Together they created long-running series The Drew Carey Show, which premiered in 1995 and earned Carey... [MORE]
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