“closed the gap between how easy it was to steal it [versus] how easy it was to buy it”
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Louis C.K.
Louis Alfred Székely, known professionally as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. C.K. has won six Emmy Awards, and three Grammy Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, three Peabody Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. He was listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2012 and Rolling Stone ran…
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entertainment · American comedian, actor and filmmaker (born 1967) · stand-up comedian · actor · film director · screenwriter · film producer · writer · cabaret performer · dancer · voice actor · comedian · also Louis C.K., Louis Székely, Louis CK, Louis Szekely, Louis C. K., C.K.
Born 12 September 1967 · Q15079
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2026· 9 entries
“I had this three-day part and I figured I”
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“s whole family still lives in Mexico. C.K.”
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Public attention spiked: 8,959 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 2,330, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Louis C.K.’s New Netflix Special ‘Ridiculous’ Is Just Sad And Creepy” (Forbes).
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Forbes: Louis C.K.’s New Netflix Special ‘Ridiculous’ Is Just Sad And Creepy
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Public attention spiked: 10,988 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.7× the usual 2,330, with 4 article edits. Coverage that week: “‘Louis C.K.: Ridiculous’ Review: Comedian Skips Cancellation Talk in Self-Deprecating Netflix Special” (Yahoo).
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Yahoo: ‘Louis C.K.: Ridiculous’ Review: Comedian Skips Cancellation Talk in Self-Deprecating Netflix Special
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His comedy special Ridiculous was released on Netflix, marking his first special released by a major distributor since 2017, when he last partnered with Netflix
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Published video “RIDICULOUS - 2026 Special - Trailer #1”.
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2025· 1 entry
Published video “Order 'Ingram' Now For Christmas”.
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2024· 4 entries
Published video “Adrienne Iapalucci set from Louis CK: Back to the Garden (1/28/2023)”.
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AV Club: You already know the Louis C.K. scandal (and lack of consequences) that Sorry/Not Sorry recaps
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Published video “Homelessness (from Louis CK: Back to The Garden)”.
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Published video “Jesus and the Fig Tree (from Louis CK: Back to The Garden)”.
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2023· 6 entries
Yahoo: Louis C.K.’s Ups and Downs Over the Years: ‘Louie’ Success, Sexual Misconduct Scandal and More
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AV Club: Louis C.K. documentary producer says multiple accusers didn't want to participate in film: "A sobering reality"
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Released album “Louis C.K. at the Dolby”.
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Published video “Travel / Zoo (Outtake from Louis C.K. at The Dolby)”.
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Published video “92% (Outtake from Louis C.K. at The Dolby)”.
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Published video “Abortion by Louis C.K.”.
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2022· 4 entries
Published video “Robert Kelly and Louis CK on RK’s new special KILL BOX”.
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Released album “Sorry”.
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Published video “Louis CK Joe list movie promo yet again”.
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“Some things I think are very conservative, or very liberal. I think when someone falls into one category for everything, I”
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2021· 2 entries
MarketWatch: Does Louis C.K. deserve a second chance? The controversial comedian is on the comeback trail with a newly released special
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Released album “Sincerely Louis C.K.”.
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “Long-Distance Relationship”.
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2018· 4 entries
And titled The Cops, following two Los Angeles patrolmen
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Returned to stand-up comedy, and in 2019, he announced an international tour
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However, FX CEO John Landgraf stated to Variety, "I love Louie and I love Louis C
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That the fallout had taken him through "hell and back" and cost him approximately $35 million in lost income
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2017· 2 entries
Hosted Saturday Night Live for a fourth time, where he received strong reviews for his opening monologue in which he tackled white privilege, and bits about a racist chicken, and talking animals
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Admitted to several incidents of sexual misconduct following the release of an article in The New York Times
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2016· 3 entries
Released the first episode of the tragicomic drama series Horace and Pete to his website, without any prior announcements
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Created and starred in his self-funded web series Horace and Pete, and co-created the shows Baskets and Better Things for FX
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Selected the Fistula Foundation as the beneficiary of his Jeopardy
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Live at Madison Square Garden”.
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Released album “Live at the Comedy Store”.
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Louie (2014).
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And May 16, 2015, and received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for both episodes
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2013· 2 entries
Released album “Oh My God”.
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Together with the other cast members of American Hustle
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2012· 5 entries
And was subsequently Primetime Emmy Award-nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Louie (2012).
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Released album “Live at the Beacon Theater”.
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Live at Madison Square Garden in 2016, and Sincerely Louis C
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And Rolling Stone ranked him fourth on its 2017 list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time
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2011· 3 entries
Released album “Hilarious”.
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– for the Louie episode "Pregnant" and for his special Live at the Beacon Theater
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By selling Live at the Beacon Theater on his website, C
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Word - Live at Carnegie Hall”.
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2009· 1 entry
Helping his standup career to propel forward
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “Chewed Up”.
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And was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy or Variety Special
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2007· 5 entries
Released album “Shameless”.
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“Trump is not your best. He's the worst of all of us. He's a symptom to a problem that is very real. But don't vote for your own cancer. You're better than that.”
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Which aired on HBO and was later released on DVD
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Hosted a three-hour phone-in show on the service at the request of Opie & Anthony, during which he advised callers on their relationship troubles
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“Please stop it with voting for Trump. It was funny for a little while. But the guy is Hitler. And by that I mean that we are being Germany in the 30s. Do you think they saw the shit coming? Hitler was just some hilarious and refreshing dude with a weird comb over.”
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2002· 2 entries
During the US Comedy Arts Festival where he masturbated in front of them
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Voiced Brendon Small's estranged father, Andrew Small, in the animated sitcom Home Movies
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Live in Houston”.
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When he released his debut comedy album, Live in Houston, directly through his website
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2000· 1 entry
And performed on the stand-up showcase series Comedy Central Presents the following year
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1999· 1 entry
Which featured independent short films, including some made by C
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1996· 1 entry
HBO released his first half-hour comedy special
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1993· 2 entries
“Brien kept C.K. in comedy by hiring him, as he planned to quit comedy the following day if he had not been hired for Late Night with Conan O”
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Unsuccessfully auditioned for Saturday Night Live, although he did later work with Robert Smigel, writing on the TV Funhouse shorts for the program
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1985· 1 entry
At an open mic night at a comedy club in Boston, Massachusetts, during the apex of the comedy boom
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1967· 2 entries
Born 1967-09-12.
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The son of software engineer Mary Louise (née Davis) and economist Luis Székely
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