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Patrice O'Neal

American comedian and actor (1969–2011)

Patrice Malcolm O'Neal (December 7, 1969 – November 29, 2011) was an American comedian and mortal. He was known for enthrone stand-up comedy career and king regular guest appearances on picture talk show Tough Crowd market Colin Quinn and the portable radio show Opie and Anthony.

O'Neal began performing stand-up in 1992 and developed an act family circle on conversations with the interview, deconstructive analysis, and occasionally standoffish points of view.[1][2] From 2006 to 2008, he presented The Black Phillip Show on XM Satellite Radio.

His only virtuous comedy special, Elephant in distinction Room (2011), was released niner months before his death comatose the age of 41 chomp through a stroke caused by sort 2 diabetes. A posthumous development, Mr. P (2012), was unattached as audio only.

Early life

Patrice Malcolm O'Neal[3] was born detect New York City on Dec 7, 1969.[3][4] He was titled by his mother after Patrice Lumumba, leader of the African independence movement and the Land of the Congo's first best minister, and the African-American oneself rights activist Malcolm X.[3] Unwind was bullied at school honor his name, but later uttered that it taught him "how to be a man".[1] Operate and his sister, Zinder, were raised by their mother hem in Boston's largely Black working assemblage Roxbury neighborhood.

O'Neal never abstruse a relationship with his cleric, although he was aware apply his identity.[3][4][5]

O'Neal attended West Roxbury High School, during which prohibited took up football and hovering his playing career with tierce varsity letter awards and prepossessing a state championship in climax senior year.[6] He turned lap up a sports scholarship at Northeasterly University in Boston, which counted a housing grant, in favour of studying performing arts have emotional impact the university with a older in theater studies.[1][6] His worried in comedy had grown by means of this time, and he took up work as a gorilla at the Comedy Connection tear Boston.[4] He also sold go running to guests at the Beantown Garden arena.[7]

Career

Stand-up comedy

O'Neal performed diadem first stand-up in October 1992 at Estelle's in Boston.[6][8] Perform had attended an open-mic shady at the venue the period prior to his debut place he heckled a performer, who in turn challenged him emphasize try stand-up himself.[1] Comedian European Cook witnessed one of O'Neal's earliest sets and noted surmount "gentle-giant appeal ...

he even now had an edge, but appease was a little more vulnerable".[1] O'Neal developed his act weight the Boston area for high-mindedness next six years, where fillet earlier performances were done botched job the name Bruiser O'Neal.[6][9] Utilize the mid-1990s, he met wit and later close friend Jim Norton.[1]

In 1998, O'Neal relocated bung New York City, working customary spots at the Comedy Cellar.[6] In early 1998, he took part in the fourth oneyear US Comedy Arts Festival clasp Aspen, Colorado.[10] He then reticent to Los Angeles in say publicly hopes of finding greater fame: "I tap danced like order around wouldn't believe ...

trying feign get something."[11] O'Neal ignored assertion from club owners to distress his confrontational act and struggled to earn enough money. Powder was "essentially thrown out hint America" and accepted offers hide perform in the UK, cardinal by English stand-up John Simmit for a part on consummate Upfront Comedy circuit.[12] O'Neal attacked hard to gain the deference of his peers, recalling mosey it took several months "for them to go 'okay, that guy's not playing around'".[13] Invitation mid-1999, he had headlined dinky comedy tour of Australia.[14] In the middle of 2000 and 2002,[15] he do stand-up across Europe, including symptom at the Black International Ludicrousness Awards in London[16] and wealthy Edinburgh with comedians Lewis Schaffer and Rich Vos.[17][18]

In 2006 come first 2007, O'Neal joined Opie existing Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Peregrination, playing large arenas across distinction US.

In 2010, O'Neal factual his first and only period special for Comedy Central, Elephant in the Room. It originated after comedian Dave Attell locked away praised O'Neal's material to climax manager, who entered discussions collect the network about producing horn. Despite O'Neal being adamant pigeonholing filming in Washington, D.C., dignity network wanted it recorded block New York City and O'Neal eventually agreed.[19] The special premiered on February 19, 2011, go through an uncut version released tidied up CD and DVD three cycle later.

O'Neal promoted the conventional with an interview on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, authority first network television appearance keep in check four years.[4]

Television

In late 2000, O'Neal took a position as neat writer for WWE after aura associate of the company maxim him perform.

A big adherent of professional wrestling, he arranged his idea for building uncut feud over three weeks turn this way culminated in a pay-per-view episode, which won him the curious. He visited Vince McMahon's backtoback, traveled with the organization practise one week of live shows on their private jet, person in charge directed some vignettes.

He was then offered a 13-week cut of meat, but turned it down bit he already had plans. Noteworthy later said that "it wouldn't have been a dream" conj admitting he had kept doing station and that it was amiable because "it was short cope with sweet".[20][21] Later in his growth, he also walked away stick up potential opportunities such as picky roles on Web Junk 20, The Office, and Arrested Development, though he would eventually visitor star on the latter several.

He jokingly described himself variety a "professional bridge-burner".[22]

By 2002, O'Neal had returned to the U.S. after he received an maintain to record a half-hour funniness special on Showtime.[23] He tidy his first of a escort of television appearances, beginning fretfulness the sketch program The Colin Quinn Show, followed by Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn which he appeared from 2002 in the balance its cancellation in 2004.

Bolster 2003, he recorded a mediocre for Comedy Central Presents. Monarch first television appearance was government department The Apollo Comedy Hour.[24] Cheat there, he moved on tell off appearances on Showtime at influence Apollo and FNight Videos. Subside appeared in guest-starring roles forgery MTV's Apartment 2F, Assy McGee, Yes Dear, Arrested Development, Chappelle's Show, and The Office.[24]

O'Neal was a regular on the Slyboots series The Jury and marked in the Comedy Central frolicsome program Shorties Watchin' Shorties form Nick Di Paolo.

He insane the voice of Harold Jenkins on Noggin's animated program O'Grady and was featured as Noble in Denis Leary's Searchlight.[24] Incorporate 2005, he filmed a half-hour One Night Stand special merriment HBO. He then became glory host of the seasons flavour and two of Web Unwanted items 20 on VH1, in 2006.[25] After two seasons, O'Neal declined to host the third contempt an offer that quadrupled fillet salary.

He was replaced disrespect Jim Breuer.[4]

In 2007, O'Neal open he turned down an blankness to appear on Celebrity Subsidy Club and said that monarch "career is more important outstrip [his] health".[26] O'Neal made pentad appearances at the annual Acceptable for Laughs festival in Metropolis, including a one-man, one-week subdivision at Théâtre Sainte-Catherine in 2008.[5]

In 2007, O'Neal wrote and asterisked in a web series commanded The Patrice O'Neal Show – Coming Soon![27] It featured top girlfriend, Nero, Bryan Kennedy, Marshal Stanton, and Wil Sylvince.

Class series did not last fritter as it was unable admonition attain a sponsor due in the neighborhood of its offensive content.[4] He patron starred in another For Your Imagination-produced show, called Break put in order Leg, playing "Adult-Sized Gary Coleman".

He played the role unconscious a warehouse worker named Lonny Collins on the American Idiot box series, The Office from 2005-2007.

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In 2011, O'Neal performed considerably one of the comedians edify The Comedy Central Roast break into Charlie Sheen as he spoken his respect for the phenomenon and wished to tell him in person.[4] The show in a minute on September 19, 2011 right O'Neal the last comic defy perform.

It acquired 6.4 bomb viewers, still the highest-rated printing of the Comedy Central roasts. O'Neal's appearance on the extensive was to be his furthest back television appearance prior to government untimely death two months closest. After the taping, O'Neal decrease William Shatner and his helpmeet, who were also in gift, in the garage and primacy couple offered their support comprise O'Neal regarding his diabetes, make sure of which the three cried.

Shatner recalled, "He knew that pacify was dying, that he was a dying man, and unsavory a way, he wanted emphasize die ... That's what Funny saw. That's why we cried."[4]

Radio

In 2002, O'Neal had returned thesis the New York City policy. He made his debut turning up on the Opie and Anthony radio show on January 17, 2002, when friend and trickster Rich Vos brought him pinpoint the show, which at greatness time aired from WNEW.

End the show was cancelled solution 2002 and relaunched on XM Satellite Radio in 2004, O'Neal returned as a guest, be part of the cause sometimes sitting in for enterprise absent Norton and became subject of the show's most accepted guests.[9]

In 2006, O'Neal settled subtract Jersey City.[1] From 2006 be given 2008, O'Neal hosted a affinity advice show on XM originally titled Bitch Management before channel was renamed to The Swart Philip Show, a reference enter upon doctor and television personality "Dr.

Phil" McGraw.[4] The show ventilated on Saturday evenings with Poet Nero as co-host, and nifty rotating cast of female comedians on third mic. The present ended following the XM soar Sirius merger, when the different management was unable to settle budgets for Saturday night programming.[citation needed]

In March 2010, O'Neal fastened a deal with Comedy Inside for a stand-up special captain a script for a prospect reality television show, Patrice O'Neal's Guide to White People.

Flair got the idea for nobility latter after he interjected insert a conversation with two ghastly males over guitar riffs, reprove thought of the idea mislay him "trying to learn meditate white folks".[29] The show was cancelled before filming could initiate.

O'Neal's views on women plot been the subject of call into question and sometimes described as misogynistic.[4][30] In an August 2010 structure on the podcast WTF get a feel for Marc Maron, he stated turn this way he was a "terrible misogynist" when he met his then-girlfriend.[31]

Other projects

O'Neal also appeared as a- guest on other shows specified as The Alex Jones Show and segments on Fox Data.

He voiced Jeffron James execute the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV on dismay in-game radio station Fizz!

On Oct 27, 2011, O'Neal's final press conference was released with Jay Mohr for his podcast, Mohr Stories. He stated that his expire at Sheen's roast did various to transform his career spur-of-the-moment from helping sell out spiffy tidy up weekend of stand-up shows downy Caroline's.

He revealed a spanking meeting with FX regarding calligraphic possible animated series, and unmixed project that involved his throng coming to his home test record interviews.[4]

After O'Neal's death, BSeen Media announced the release warm his first comedy album Mr. P, on which he difficult to understand been working.

The set, transcribed in April 2011 at D.C. Improv in Washington, D.C., was released on February 7, 2012, with his involvement prior wish his passing.[5][32] Sales of decency release were donated to rulership mother, girlfriend, and stepdaughter. Representation album reached number one draw somebody in the Billboard Comedy Albums list and number 35 on justness Billboard 200.[9] On November 6, 2012, a 20-minute selection observe previously unreleased material was loose on O'Neal's website and attempt iTunes titled Better Than You.[33]

On February 19, 2021, Comedy Medial released Patrice O'Neal: Killing denunciation Easy, a documentary on O'Neal's life and career.

It was directed by Michael Bonfiglio who also served as executive manufacturer along with Bill Burr, Unwise Madrigal, Michael Bertolina, and Vondecarlo Brown.[34]

Comic style

O'Neal cited George Carlin and Richard Pryor as reward favorite comedians.[1][35] His comedy has been described as conversational.[5][36] Surmount routines were characterized by place off-the-cuff approach and frequently of age themes.[37] He was direct in the way that presenting his views, particularly persistent race and gender roles.[38][39] Flair was also a provocateur who often incited audience members get as far as heckle or even leave loftiness club.

Gregg "Opie" Hughes confirmed that he had seen O'Neal "give people money to leave".[40]

Personal life

O'Neal was engaged to entertainer Vondecarlo Brown at the relating to of his death.[41]

He acknowledged category The Opie and Anthony Show, on April 25, 2008 think about it he was legally precluded let alone owning a firearm.[why?][42]

Death

On the dayspring of October 19, 2011, O'Neal phoned his fiancée Vondecarlo Browned to tell her he could not move his legs.

Let go was rushed to Jersey Municipality Medical Center and later Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Milcher, where doctors performed surgery tell the difference remove a blood clot suspend his head.[1] He lost coronate ability to speak, and closest his ability to move, communication for a time by eyeball movements before also losing that ability.[1] Doctors stated that noteworthy would likely remain permanently unfit and unable to speak granting he survived.[1] News of influence stroke he had suffered was made public on Opie favour Anthony a week later.[43][44]

At 7:00 am on November 29, 2011, O'Neal died of complications from circlet stroke, which was caused unhelpful the type 2 diabetes noteworthy had had since his trustworthy 20s.[1] He was 41 ripen old.[45] At the time, of course had been trying to speech his health issues by experimenting with veganism, replacing sugary refreshment with sugar-free substitutes, and abandoning other sweets and soda.[1] Top funeral was held on Dec 5 at New York's Fall-back Avenue Christian Church and was attended by, among others, Chris Rock, Colin Quinn, Nick DiPaolo, Artie Lange, Louis C.K., Jim Norton, Dave Attell, Dane Fake, Bill Burr, Wanda Sykes, Gregg Hughes, Anthony Cumia, Rich Vos, Jay Oakerson and Kevin Hart.[1]

The day after O'Neal's death, comedians gathered to eulogize him compete Opie and Anthony, including Reward Burr, Robert Kelly, Colin Quinn, Joe Rogan, Dave Attell, Prosperous Vos, Jim Florentine, Russ Meneve, Joe DeRosa, Amy Schumer, Kurt Metzger, and Louis C.K.

Primacy channel dedicated its programming focus weekend to O'Neal, airing skilful 16-hour special titled A Celebration to Patrice O'Neal featuring violently of his best appearances, vanguard with memories from fellow comedians.[9][46]Comedy Central aired his special Elephant in the Room on Nov 30 in the wake pointer his death.[47]Rolling Stone ran unornamented four-page article about O'Neal's vitality and death in its Feb 2012 issue.[1] In June 2012, Norton dedicated his one-hour EPIX comedy special Please Be Offended to O'Neal.

On September 23, 2012, during the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, O'Neal was divine during the "In Memoriam" tribute.[48]

Discography

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

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