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Canadian comedian and actor (born 1970)

Peters was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 29, 1970, to immigrants from India, both of Anglo Indian descent, Eric and Maureen Peters, who had moved to Canada in 1965 from Jalandhar, Punjab, India and Kolkata, West Bengal, India respectively. His extended family lives in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Peters was raised Catholic. In school, he was regularly bullied because of his ethnicity. He eventually learned boxing, which helped him resist the bullying. Peters also became a fan of hip hop in his youth. By the 1990s, he was a well connected DJ in the Toronto scene. Peters's older brother, Clayton, serves as his manager.

Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989. He has since gone on to perform in several countries. In 1992, Peters met American comedian George Carlin, one of his biggest influencers, who advised him to get on stage whenever and wherever possible. Peters said he "took that advice to heart, and I think that's the reason I am where I am now." In 2007, 15 years later, he hosted one of Carlin's last shows before the comedian's death the following year. In 2017, Peters made an appearance on Top Gear America in the third episode of season 1 as one of the guests. According to Forbes, Peters earned an estimated $15 million between June 2009 and June 2010, continuing his run as one of the highest paid comedians, after earning an estimated $5 million the prior year. Forbes ranked him as the seventh highest paid comedian. In 2013, he earned $21 million, according to Forbes estimate.

Peters credits the turning point in his career to his 2004 special on the Canadian TV show Comedy Now!, which was uploaded onto YouTube, where it became popular. While the initial video upload featured his entire 45 minute performance, YouTube users subsequently uploaded segments of the performance in which Peters focused on individual cultural groups. According to Peters, those segments were seen by the targeted cultural groups and were well received by them. The video and its viral nature was referred to by Peters on his performance, Outsourced; when the audience cheered when he referred to earlier jokes, he exclaimed, "Look at you, you filthy downloaders!"

In 2007, Peters was the first comedian to sell out Toronto's Air Canada Centre, selling more than 16,000 tickets in two days for the single show. He ended up selling more than 30,000 tickets nationally over the two day sales period. He broke a UK comedy sales record at London's O2 Arena when he sold over 16,000 tickets to his show in 2009. His show in Sydney on 15 May 2010 had an audience of 13,880, making it the largest stand up comedy show ever in Australia. Peters's performances on 5–6 May 2012 in Singapore also set attendance records for a single stand up comedian at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Peters hosted the Canada Day Comedy Festival 2006, and participated in a USO tour of Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Africa and Greenland in November 2007 with Wilmer Valderrama and Mayra Veronica. He also produced and starred in the radio situation comedy series Monsoon House on CBC Radio One. Peters was the host of the televised 2008 Juno Awards ceremonies in Calgary on 6 April, 2008, for which he won a Gemini Award for "Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series." The show received the second highest ratings of any Juno Awards broadcast. Following the show's success, Peters accepted an invitation to host the Juno Awards for a second consecutive year; the 2009 Juno Awards took place in Vancouver on 29 March 2009.

Peters released his debut comedy album, Outsourced, of his performance aired on Comedy Central on August 26, 2006. The DVD version is uncensored; it has sold more than 100,000 copies, and remained on the National DVD Chart over one and a half years after its release. Peters released a second DVD/CD combo, Red, White and Brown, in Canada in 2008, and in the U. S. in early 2009. It was recorded on February 2, 2008, at the WaMu Theatre in New York City's Madison Square Garden. It was self produced and financed by Peters and his brother Clayton. On October 26, 2010, Peters published his autobiography, Call Me Russell, co written with his brother, Clayton, and Dannis Koromilas. In May 2011, Peters released The Green Card Tour: Live from the O2 Arena, a live performance recorded in front of a total audience of 30,000, over two nights at O2 Arena in London, England. Also in 2011, Peters received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

Peters's stand up performances feature observational comedy, using humour to highlight racial, ethnic, class and cultural stereotypes. He often refers to his own experiences growing up in an Anglo Indian family, and impersonates the accents of various ethnic groups to poke fun at them. As he told an audience in San Francisco, "I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them." In a 2006 interview with The National, Peters observed that he did not intend to put down or offend different races and cultures, but tried to "raise them up through humour". Peters is widely known for his punchline, "Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad." It ends a joke he tells about his childhood with a traditional Indian father, who used corporal punishment on his sons. Another punchline he uses is "Be a man! Do the right thing! ", which relates to a story of a Chinese man trying to get him to pay more for an item at a shop.

Peters lives in Los Angeles, California, and owns two homes there. He also owns homes in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, and Vaughan, Ontario. It will be awarded annually to a student from Judith Nyman Secondary School (formerly North Peel) with a strong academic record and the intention of attending college. Their daughter, Crystianna Marie Peters, was born two months early on December 14, 2010. In a March 2012 interview, Peters revealed that he and Diaz were divorcing. In October 2016, it was announced that Peters was engaged to Ruzanna Khetchian. After the engagement was called off, Peters announced on December 4, 2018, via Twitter, that he and his new girlfriend Jennifer Andrade were expecting a child. Andrade was the Miss Universe Honduras in 2012. In April 2019 it was announced that Andrade had given birth to a boy, whom they named Russell Santiago Peters. His relationship with Andrade ended in 2020. On February 20, 2022, Peters married Ali Peters at the Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, California. She has two stepchildren from Peters.

When interviewer Larry King asked Peters, "Is there such a thing as too taboo? ", Peters replied, "I don't talk about religion because I think people are a little weird about religion, especially nowadays, and I'm more of a science guy than I am a beliefs guy. I'm more into facts than I am into beliefs." Peters is an atheist.

Russell Peters has appeared in many films. Earlier in his career, he had cameo roles in Boozecan (1994) as Snake's Friend, Tiger Claws III (2000) as Detective Elliott, My Baby's Daddy (2004) as the obstetrician, and Quarter Life Crisis (2006) as Dilip Kumar. He appeared in Senior Skip Day (2008), which starred Larry Miller, Tara Reid, and Gary Lundy. That year he was also in The Take (2008) as Dr. Sharma. He acted in the Punjabi Canadian film Breakaway (2011), alongside Rob Lowe, Camilla Belle, Anupam Kher, and Vinay Virmani. That year he also acted in Duncan Jones's Source Code (2011) as Max, an amateur comedian with a bad attitude; and as Pervius in National Lampoon's 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011). Peters has guest starred on the TV series Mr. D as the school superintendent. In 2011, he starred in a Canadian TV Christmas special, A Russell Peters Christmas. Guests included Michael Bublé, Pamela Anderson, and Jon Lovitz. The show attracted the highest number of viewers of any CTV Canadian holiday special.

Year Title Role Notes 1994 Boozecan Snake's Friend 2000 Tiger Claws III Det. Elliot 2004 My Baby's Daddy Obstetrician 2006 Quarter Life Crisis Dilip Kumar Russell Peters: Two Concerts, One Ticket Himself Video documentary 2007 The Take Dr. Sharma Let's All Hate Toronto Himself Documentary Heckler Himself Documentary 2008 Senior Skip Day Uncle Todd Video 2010 The Con Artist Pogue 2011 Source Code Max Denoff The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Pervius Breakaway Sonu Singh Walter & Tandoori's Christmas Tandoori Voice; English version New Year's Eve Chef Sunil Bobby Khan's Ticket to Hollywood Jack the Store Manager 2012 Girl in Progress Emile Yak: The Giant King Zork Voice; English version 2013 My Date with Hugh Himself Documentary TBS Who Gets the Last Laugh: Baby Goats Himself Video Short 2014 Chef Miami Cop Ribbit Deepak Voice; English version Meet the Patels Himself Documentary Wings: Sky Force Heroes Bringing the Characters to Life Himself Video Short Delivery Himself Documentary Lennon or McCartney Himself Documentary Short Wings: Sky Force Heroes Jumbo/Boss Man Voice 2015 Being Canadian Himself Documentary 2016 Fifty Shades of Black Dean Jordan The Jungle Book Rocky the Indian Rhinoceros Voice 2017 The Clapper Stillerman Ripped Harris Adventures in Public School Mr. Germaine 2018 Supercon Keith Mahar 2020 The Opening Act Randy 2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog Malik 2023 Outlaw Johnny Black Big Chief Drop the Needle Himself Documentary Taking Back the Groove N/A Documentary short Executive producer rowspan=4 Street Justice Hasidic Pre production Don't Suck Himself Collateral Data Luqman Wingman Kazzim