Dane Cook
Stand-up comedian · Los Angeles, CA

Dane Cook

Who Dane Cook is

Dane Cook is a stand-up comedian and actor from Cambridge, Massachusetts, based in Los Angeles, known for long-form observational storytelling. He broke through on Comedy Central's Premium Blend in 1998, released the albums Harmful If Swallowed and Retaliation, hosted Saturday Night Live in 2005 and 2006, and played two sold-out shows in one night at Madison Square Garden in 2007. His specials include Vicious Circle for HBO, Isolated Incident for Comedy Central and Troublemaker for Showtime, and his films include Good Luck Chuck and the animated Planes.

At a glance

Born
1972
Based in
Los Angeles, CA
Style
Storytelling
Stand-up specials
Above It All, Troublemaker, Isolated Incident and 3 more
Albums
I Did My Best: Greatest Hits Album, Isolated Incident, Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden and 3 more
On screen
Saturday Night Live, Premium Blend, Just for Laughs and 5 more
Official site
danecook.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: danecook.com ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Comedians like Dane Cook

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Career timeline

  1. 1972Born
  2. 1995Maybe This Time (Kyle, 1995–1996) On screen
  3. 1998Premium Blend (stand-up, 1998) On screen
  4. 2000Comedy Central Presents (2000, Comedy Central) Special
  5. 2003Harmful If Swallowed (2003) Album
  6. 2005Saturday Night Live (host, 2005, 2006) On screen
  7. 2005Retaliation (2005) Album
  8. 2006Vicious Circle (2006, HBO) Special
  9. 2006Vicious Circle (2006) Album
  10. 2007Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden (2007, DVD) Special
  11. 2007Good Luck Chuck (Charlie Logan, 2007, film) On screen
  12. 2007Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden (2007) Album
  13. 2009Isolated Incident (2009, Comedy Central) Special
  14. 2009Isolated Incident (2009) Album
  15. 2010I Did My Best: Greatest Hits Album (2010) Album
  16. 2011Louie (himself, 2011) On screen
  17. 2013Planes (Dusty Crophopper, voice, 2013, film) On screen
  18. 2014Troublemaker (2014, Showtime) Special
  19. 2016Just for Laughs (Montreal festival, 2016) On screen

Questions about Dane Cook

Where is Dane Cook performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: danecook.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Above It All, Troublemaker, Isolated Incident, Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden, Vicious Circle and Comedy Central Presents.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Saturday Night Live, Premium Blend, Just for Laughs, Tourgasm, Maybe This Time and Louie, among 8 credits.

Where are they based?

Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1972.

Who are some comedians like them?

Gabriel Iglesias (also in Planes), Hannibal Buress (also in Louie), Louis C.K. (also in Louie), Sinbad (also in Planes) and Daniel Tosh (also in Premium Blend).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026