Person Details

Birthday: 1969-12-07 20:59:58

Death: 2011-11-29 20:59:58

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 5

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Comedian Patrice O'Neal was born in New York, but moved to Boston when he was just one year old. He was educated at West Roxbury High School and went on to attend Northeastern University, both in Boston. After this, various jobs followed including a sausage cart vendor at a train station, flower seller and popcorn seller at the Boston Garden Arena. In October 1992, O'Neal attended an open mic comedy night. He heckled one of the comedians, who challenged O'Neal to perform himself at the next open mic night. He did just that and so began his comedy career. Over the next 6 years, O'Neal became a fixture on the Boston comedy circuit. He then relocated to New York, becoming a regular at Manhattan's Comedy Cellar. After this, O'Neal moved to Los Angeles and radio, television and film projects followed. O'Neal appeared in various shows, both in acting roles and as himself. In 2005, he taped his own episode of "One Night Stand" (2005) and in 2011 he had his own Comedy Central special, 'Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room'. As well as on-screen projects, O'Neal worked on radio and continued as a stand-up in clubs and theaters. O'Neal's final screen appearance was in September 2011 when he took part in the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen (2011) (TV). On November 29th 2011, Patrice O'Neal, who suffered from diabetes, passed away following complications from a stroke. He was 41.

Most Famous Work

WWE Raw
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7

WWE Raw

(1993) Writer
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
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8
Patrice O'Neal: Live!
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0

Patrice O'Neal: Live!

(2002) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self (Archive Footage)
2012 Mr. Caldwell
2011 Himself
Himself
2010 Gus
2008 Stage Manager
2006 Blind Anthony
Rasheed (uncredited)
N/A
2005 Himself
Himself
N/A
Lonny Collins
Himself
N/A
2004 Himself
N/A
Adam Walker
Baby Patrice
2003 T-Bone
Hector
Self
Warren
2002 Khari
Himself
Big T
Various
2000 Andre Stangel (uncredited)
1989 N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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