Artie Lange was born October 11, 1967 in Livingston, New Jersey, U.S, is a Stand-up comedian, television actor, film actor and author. Lange performed his first stand-up comedy at the age of nineteen at The Improvin Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Lange started his first major acting role for the film titled Puppet in 1996. He released his first stand-up comedy DVD titled it’s the Whiskey Talkin in 2004 and wrote his first book, Too Fat to Fish in 2008. He is known for his roles in the film Adventures of Serial Buddies, Supertwink, The Bachelor and Dirty Work.