Rory Albanese
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Rory Albanese a Long Island
Long Island
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, New York
New York
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 native, is an executive producer and writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which he joined in 1999. Albanese is also an accomplished stand-up comedian. His family is of Albanian origin who had migrated into Italy during the Ottoman Invasion.

Stand Up

In the summer of 2006 he joined Lewis Black
Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor. He is known for his comedy style, which often includes simulating a mental breakdown, or an increasingly angry rant, ridiculing history, politics, religion, trends and cultural phenomena...

's "Red White and Screwed" tour performing with Lewis all over the country. Most recently, Albanese has been seen performing with Daily Show correspondents John Oliver
John Oliver (comedian)
John Oliver is a British stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won an Emmy in 2009. He also plays a recurring character, Professor Ian Duncan, on the television series Community...

 and Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt Cenac is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is currently working as a correspondent and writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.-Early years:...

, as well as headlining his own shows at clubs and colleges throughout the country.

Other Work

He is the voice of 'The American' on The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...

podcast known as the Bugle
The Bugle
The Bugle is a weekly satirical news podcast, hosted by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman, and distributed by TimesOnline. New episodes of The Bugle are released on Fridays with related material appearing on the official website.- Offshoots :...

.

Upcoming TV & Film Work

Albanese's first half-hour comedy special premiered April 2, 2010 on Comedy Central. It was also recently announced that he and John Oliver have just signed a film deal with Paramount Studios for an undisclosed sum.

Personal life

Albanese graduated from Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

's College of Communication in 1999.

Legal Issues

Was arrested on September 27, 2010 for misdemeanor assault involving a 9/11 truther outside of a Jon Stewart appearance.

External links

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