Rick Shapiro Trailers
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Rick Shapiro (born April 13, 1959) is a Los Angeles-based comedian and actor. He started his career in the early 1980s as a comedian at Catch A Rising Star on Broadway. Besides performing regularly on stage, throughout the 1990s he acted and starred in numerous films by Louis CK, including Tomorrow Night. Additionally, he portrayed the re-occurring character "Angry Poet" in Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In 1998, Shapiro released his first comedy CD called Unconditional Love, which Billboard called "hard-edged and uncompromising".
In the 2000s, he performed stand-up comedy nationally and internationally, debuting a one-man show in 2007 in the Edinburgh Festival, and touring Australia in 2009. He had his first video game appearance in 2008, portraying the character Mason Waylon on the radio station PLR in Grand Theft Auto IV, a guest on a talk show who eventually drills holes in the heads of the two other guests. In 2014–15, he appeared in the role of Marc Maron's eccentric neighbor, Bernie, in the IFC comedy series Maron.
In film, his roles include Top Five by Chris Rock, portraying T-Rick in the movie Project X, and acting in the German comedy Timeless. His known TV role is as Jerry in Lucky Louie by Louis C.K. on HBO. Additionally, he appears in a scene originally filmed for the pilot of Louie.
His first book Unfiltered, containing over 200 previously unreleased writings, was released in 2012 along with his second CD, Catalyst for Change.
In 2013, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Most Popular Rick Shapiro Trailers
Total trailers found: 14
01 March 2012
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
10 September 1996
A paroled short order cook and a waitress go on the run with a bag of diamonds that accidentally falls into their possession, prompting two warring gangs to come after them.
01 January 1990
The short called “Caesar’s Salad” that won at the Chicago Film Festival and the New Orleans Film and Video Festival.
28 October 2017
Jason has made up his mind: he's going to live in the wilderness for a year. One problem: he's never been camping.
10 April 1998
A troubled man tries to highjack a ferry in order to go to Bolivia.
12 April 1993
This film was shown at Sundance, the MOMA New Directors New Films Fest, and won the grand prize at the Aspen Short Fest.
01 August 2014
Struggling 'B' movie Director blackmails a serial killer to be the star of his next film.
29 June 2001
Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people.
01 January 1998
Louis C.K. wrote this one with Rick Shapiro, who stars as a neurotic Jewish mother. It’s easily the raunchiest of C.
31 January 1986
A high-school guitarist contends with an unhappy home environment while working to get his band noticed by a music promoter.
15 September 1989
Donna and Michael are getting married. But first, they have to plan the reception, get the tux, buy the rings, and cope with their own uncertainty about the decision.
05 June 2018
An ill-tempered older man, Duvall, and his caregiver, Mercedes, struggle to get along, especially after she tries to get him to talk about his son's suicide.
27 November 2016
Time travel comedy with an international cast: In 1932, Arnold disappears and suddenly finds himself in 2020.
23 January 1998
Charles is the owner of a photo-shop. He is not too friendly and spends his evenings alone, and one day he finally decides to get a social life.
