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Facts of Dane Cook

Date of Birth: 1972 , March-18
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 6 Feet
Name Dane Cook
Birth Name Dane Jeffrey Cook
Father George F. Cook
Mother Donna Jean Ford
Nationality Ameriacn
Birth Place/City Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ethnicity White
Profession Comedian
Net Worth $ 30 Million
Eye Color Dark-Brown
Hair Color Dark-Brown
Education Arlington High School
Awards Teen Choice Award for Choice Comedian
Movies Good Luck Chuck, Planes

Quick Timeline of Dane Cook

1972 Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
1992 Performed at Boston Garden
1997 Appeared in the movie, Flypaper
1998 Appeared in the comedy show, Premium Blend
2003 Released his first comedy album, Harmful If Swallowed
2013 Voice acted in the movie, Planes
2000 Won Pixie Awards
2007 Won Teen Choice Awards
2007 Won ShoWest Convention, USA

Detail Timeline of Dane Cook

March 18 , 1972

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Dane Cook was born as Dane Jeffrey Cook and he was one of the seven children of his parents Donna Jean and George F. Cook. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. He is an American and is of Irish, English and Scottish descent.

October 30 , 1992

Performed at Boston Garden

His stand up career started in the early 1990s. On 30th of October 1992, when WBCN's "Rock of Boston" music concert was held at the Boston Garden, he performed with the band Spin Doctors and from 1994 he began performing in New York City.

1997

Appeared in the movie, Flypaper

He is also an actor and has starred in several movies and TV series. In 1997, he starred in the movies like Flypaper and Buddy. He is also popular in the world for starring the role of David in the movie Spiral.

1998

Appeared in the comedy show, Premium Blend

He is a great comedian and his career took a peak in the late 1990s. He got his rise in fame in 1998 after he began performing in the stand-up comedy series Premium Blend. He has also performed at the Comedy Central Presents. 

July 22 , 2003

Released his first comedy album, Harmful If Swallowed

He has been influencing people as stand-up a comedian. He became popular in the late 1990s after he began performing in the comedy series Premium Blend. He has also released several comedy albums on his own and his debut comedy album Harmful If Swallowed was released on 22nd of July 2003. 

2013

Voice acted in the movie, Planes

He is also a talented voice actor. He has also voice acted in the movie Planes and Planes: Fire & Rescue. He provided the voice of Dusty Crophopper in both of these movies. He is an executive producer of the movie 400 Days. 

2000

Won Pixie Awards

He is also popular in the world for starring the role of David in the movie Spiral. For this role he got his one and only nomination in Pixie Awards in 2000. He won this award that year for Best Actor in an i-Feature Film.

2007

Won Teen Choice Awards

Till now he has been nominated in Teen Choice Awards for four times and out of these four nominations he has been honored one. He won this award for the first time in 2007 for Choice Comedian.

2007

Won ShoWest Convention, USA

He has also been honored with several prestigious awards in his life. In 2007, he was also honored with ShoWest Convention, USA. He won this award that year for Breakout Performance of the Year. In 2007, he also got listed in the Forbes Magazine. 

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Dane Cook has been in several relationships. He briefly dated American recording artist Nicole Scherzinger in 2007, Jessica Simpson in 2006, and Julianne Hough in 2010. He dated American actress Raquel Montero from 2004 to 2009, and Amanda Cerny from 2011-14.

Currently, he is dating My Name Is Asia alum, Kelsi Taylor. Dane and Kelsi started dating in July 2017. Kelsi is 26 years younger than him yet the pair have really gotten along with each other. 

Though Dane was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts. There he was enrolled at Arlington High School. As a child, he was a shy guy and he was even afraid to share his feelings with his parents. But this problem was not the problem in the later stage of his life as he began appearing in several school plays at the later hour of his high school. His stand-up career started in the early 1990s.

On the 30th of October 1992, when WBCN's "Rock of Boston" music concert was held at the Boston Garden, he performed with the band Spin Doctors and from 1994 he began performing in New York City. In 1997, he starred in the movies like Flypaper and Buddy. He rose to fame in 1998 after he began performing in the stand-up comedy series Premium Blend. He has also voiced in the movie Planes (2013) and its 2014' sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue.

His net worth is said to be around $30 million. Between June 1, 2009, to June 1, 2010, Dane Cook had an income of $21 million, making him the second highest-earning comedian in 2010 following Jeff Dunham in the Forbes list of Highest-Earning Comedians of 2010.