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American comedian, musician and actor

Rodney Scott Carrington (born October 19, 1968) is an American stand up comedian, actor, country music artist and songwriter. He has released six major label studio albums and a greatest hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records. His comedy act typically combines stand up comedy and original songs. Most of his songs are performed in a neotraditional country style, with Carrington handling lead vocals and guitar. Carrington has also starred in the ABC sitcom Rodney and in the 2008 film Beer for My Horses.

Rodney Carrington was born in Longview, Texas, in 1968, and lived there until 1990. He worked as a comedian in local venues, gaining exposure through radio programs such as The Bob and Tom Show.

Carrington's first album, Hangin' with Rodney, was released in 1998 via Mercury Records Nashville. This album, consisting of both stand up comedy and original songs, contained the non charting single "Letter to My Penis" and peaked at No. 73 on Top Country Albums. He moved to Capitol Nashville for his next album, 2000's Morning Wood. It was his first Top 20 album on the US Country charts, first Gold certified recording, and it brought him to the singles charts for the first time with "More of a Man", which reached No. 71 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs). After it came the live album Live: C'mon Laugh You Bastards, which did not chart. Carrington's third release for Capitol was 2003's Nut Sack. It mostly consisted of studio recorded comedy songs and only featured five stand up sketches. It included the single "Don't Look Now" which reached No. 60. The album also featured a new version of "Letter to My Penis", which was recorded in a jazz swing style. A Greatest Hits package followed in 2004. This album comprised selections from his Capitol recordings on two discs: stand up routines on one disc, and songs on the other. It also included two previously unreleased songs: "Put Your Clothes Back On" and his first non comedy song, "Things We Didn't Know." This compilation album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart and No. 11 on the Billboard Top Country albums chart, becoming Carrington's first Platinum certified recording. Also in 2004, Carrington made his acting debut in Rodney, a sitcom based largely on his own life which aired on ABC for two seasons. Carrington has released two more comedy albums on the independent label Laughter's Good Records: Laughter's Good (2014) and Here Comes the Truth (2017). In between these two, he also released a compilation album of re recordings of comedy songs, titled Rodney Carrington: The Hits (2015). He continues to tour as of 2023.

Carrington lives in Oklahoma, where his 2004–2006 sitcom was set.

Year Video Director 1998 "Dancin' with a Man" Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano "Fred" 2000 "More of a Man" 2009 "If I'm the Only One" Nick Searcy