Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla

Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964 in Los Angeles County , California ) is an American comedian , writer , presenter , film producer , voice actor , actor and director . He moderated the eponymous "The Adam Carolla Show" which is entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the most downloaded podcast.

Life

Adam Carolla grew up in North Hollywood , where he attended Colfax Elementary School, and later Walter Reed Middle School. He graduated from North Hollywood High School , but received it years later due to a library sentence. For fun, he entered "Lakers" as his middle name when he applied for a driver's license. At the age of 18 he was already living in a shared apartment, during which time he briefly attended Los Angeles Valley College. In the early 1990s he met the comedian group "The Groundlings" while studying in an improvisation group . In his spare time he worked as a boxing trainer, including coaching comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who was challenged by KROQ in 1994 . This helped him get a job on "The Kevin & Bean Show" at KROQ.

Filmography (selection)

actor

• 1998: Crazy About Corey (Hairshirt)
• 1998: Art House
• 1999: City, Friends & Sex
• 1999–2014: The Man Show (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2000: One or none
• 2002: MADtv (TV series, episode 7x16)
• 2002: Frank McKlusky - man for special cases (Frank McKlusky, CI)
• 2002: Son of the Beach (TV series, episode 3x01 Penetration Island )
• 2003: Windy City Heat
• 2005: The Bernie Mac Show (TV series, episode 5x03 Marathon Mac )
• 2006: Farewell Bender
• 2007: The Hammer
• 2007: Head, Heart and Balls ... or Why I Gave Up Smoking Pot
• 2008: The Sarah Silverman Program. (TV series, episode 2x11 Pee )
• 2009: Ace in the Hole
• 2009: Wild Chicks
• 2010: Cubed (TV series, episode 1x31)
• 2010: Untitled Adam Carolla Project
• 2010: Federal Bureau of Manners: The Nod
• 2011: The Car Show (TV series, episode 1x12 Luxury for All )
• 2011: Division III: Football's Finest
• 2014: Bar Rescue (TV series, episode 3x36 Scoreboard to Death )
• 2014: Tom Green Live (TV series, episode 3x06)
• 2015: Road Hard
• 2016: Going Racing with Adam Carolla (TV series, 6 episodes)

Voice actor

• 2000: Captain Buzz Lightyear - Star Command (TV series, as Commander Nebula )
• 2000: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (video game, as Commander Nebula )
• 2000-2014: Family Guy (TV series, 10 episodes, as Death )
• 2003–2007: Crank Yankers - wrongly connected! (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2004: Untitled Phil Hendrie Project
• 2004: Save Virgil (short film, as Virgil )
• 2004–2007: Drawn Together (TV series, as Spanky Ham )
• 2006: Family Guy Video Game! (Video game, as Death )
• 2008: The Wizards of Waverly Place (TV series, episode 2x09 Taxi Dance , as Burt the Cab )
• 2009: The Goode Family (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2010: The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! (as Spanky Ham )
• 2010: Kick Buttowski - Nobody Can Do Everything (TV series, episode 1x14, as one-eyed Jackson )
• 2012: Ralph Enough (as Wynnchel )
• 2012: Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (video game, as Death )

Screenwriter

• 1999–2003: The Man Show (TV series, 77 episodes)
• 2002–2007: Crank Yankers - wrongly connected! (TV series, 72 episodes)
• 2003: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Late night show, 73 episodes)
• 2005: Too Late with Adam Carolla (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2007: The Hammer
• 2009: Ace in the Hole
• 2010: Untitled Adam Carolla Project
• 2010: CollegeHumor Originals (TV series, episode 1x63 Bathroom Etiquette )
• 2015: Road Hard
• 2015: Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
• 2017: Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live
• 2018: Academy Awards 2018

Director

• 2011: The Birchums
• 2014: The Man Show (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015: Road Hard
• 2015: Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
• 2016: The 24 Hour War

producer

• 2002–2007: Crank Yankers - wrongly connected! (TV series, 70 episodes)
• 2003: Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust (TV series)
• 2003: Windy City Heat
• 2004: Bar Mitzvah Bash!
• 2005: Too Late with Adam Carolla (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2005: The Adam Carolla Project (TV series)
• 2005–2006: The Andy Milonakis Show (TV series, 16 episodes)
• 2007: The Hammer
• 2009: Alligator Boots
• 2009: Ace in the Hole
• 2010: Untitled Adam Carolla Project
• 2011: Sports Show with Norm Macdonald (TV series, 9 episodes)
• 2011: The Birchums
• 2014–2015: Catch a Contractor (TV series, 30 episodes)
• 2015: Road Hard
• 2015: Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
• 2016: The 24 Hour War
• 2016: Going Racing with Adam Carolla (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2017: Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live (TV series, 5 episodes)

Web links

• Adam Carolla in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From March 2009 to March 2011 59,574,843 downloads
2. ↑ Adam Carolla's biography
3. ↑ Biography of Adam Carolla (IMDb)