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One of the premier young comedians in the business, Greg recently won the Jury Award for best stand-up comedian at the prestigious "Aspen Comedy Festival". He has made guest appearances on Late Night with David Letterman/Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborne. He is a seasoned professional who has performed his own standup special on Comedy Central, the HBO Comedy Showcase and at dozens of Private or Corporate events over the last few years.

Although he started doing comedy while a senior at Boston University in 1990, it was not until 6 years later that Greg Fitzsimmons would begin to see his dreams come true.

In July of 1995, after years of performing in Boston, New York and throughout New England, Greg was invited to perform at the prestigious Just For Laughs: Montreal International Comedy Festival where he drew the attention of agents, managers, network executives and the booker at "Late Show with David Letterman."

In January of 1996, Greg made his debut on "Late Show With David Letterman", followed by a two-season deal with USA Network to create his own segment called "Stereotypically Fitzsimmons" and "Temporarily Fitzsimmons" for the program "USA Live". In September of '96, Greg made his debut on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" and was featured on the "HBO Comedy Showcase" hosted by Louie Anderson in October. In December of 96, Greg became a regular Prime Time face as host of MTV's "Idiot... [MORE] One of the premier young comedians in the business, Greg recently won the Jury Award for best stand-up comedian at the prestigious "Aspen Comedy Festival". He has made guest appearances on Late Night with David Letterman/Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborne. He is a seasoned professional who has performed his own standup special on Comedy Central, the HBO Comedy Showcase and at dozens of Private or Corporate events over the last few years.

Although he started doing comedy while a senior at Boston University in 1990, it was not until 6 years later that Greg Fitzsimmons would begin to see his dreams come true.

In July of 1995, after years of performing in Boston, New York and throughout New England, Greg was invited to perform at the prestigious Just For Laughs: Montreal International Comedy Festival where he drew the attention of agents, managers, network executives and the booker at "Late Show with David Letterman."

In January of 1996, Greg made his debut on "Late Show With David Letterman", followed by a two-season deal with USA Network to create his own segment called "Stereotypically Fitzsimmons" and "Temporarily Fitzsimmons" for the program "USA Live". In September of '96, Greg made his debut on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" and was featured on the "HBO Comedy Showcase" hosted by Louie Anderson in October. In December of 96, Greg became a regular Prime Time face as host of MTV's "Idiot Savants", a critically acclaimed daily game show. The show ran through March of '97 and won the Cable ACE Award for Best Game Show.

In March of 1997, The Sunday New York Times ran a major feature on Greg calling him "New York comedy's Golden Boy". In July of '97, Greg returned to Just For Laughs as a featured headliner, and completed his first starring role in the independent feature film "Monumental" that fall.

In 1998, Greg shot two short films, "The Callback" and "Three", was featured on Comedy Central's stand-up show "Premium Blend" and made his first appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in June. He also premiered his own half-hour comedy special for Comedy Central that December.

In 1999, Greg made his second appearances on "Late Show with David Letterman" and Late Night with Conan OBrien and his first appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn." He also worked on two television pilots for Comedy Central and VH1 and premiered his own one-man show "Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons" in New York as part of the Toyota Comedy Festival.

In 2000, Greg made his first appearances on "The View" and VH1's "The List. He also made his third appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," and appeared on the premier episode of NBC's new standup show "Late Fridays."

This year Greg made his third appearance on "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" and taped a guest appearance on MTV's "Andy Dick Show". In February he won the Jury Award for Best Stand-up at The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Greg is currently a recurring substitute for Jackie the Jokeman on "The Howard Stern Show."

Greg lives in Los Angeles with his wife Erin and their son Owen.

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