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About Russell PetersPeters was recently named as one of Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Comics of All Time. He started doing stand-up at the age of nineteen at open mics in his native Toronto and spent the next fifteen years honing his craft at clubs across Canada and the UK. In 2004, Peters gained critical and global recognition for his CTV “Comedy Now!” special and soon became the first comedian to sell-out Toronto’s Air Canada Centre in 2007. Peters went on to set attendance records at venues from Madison Square Garden to The Sydney Opera House to London’s O2 Arena – where he broke the UK attendance record for highest number of tickets sold for an individual comedy show.
His subsequent tours were captured in his successful specials broadcast on Showtime and Comedy Central: Outsourced in 2006; Red, White and Brown in 2008; and The Green Card Tour in 2010. In 2013, Peters became the first comedian to create a Netflix Original Comedy Special. Peters’ most recent tour, The Deported World Tour was seen by over 400,000 fans in 40 cities across 20 countries and culminated in the stand-up special, Russell Peters Deported on Amazon Prime in January 2020.
At the end of 2024, Peters’ released his TENTH stand-up special, ACT YOUR AGE Live in Abu Dhabi on media and community platform Patreon. Like many of his firsts, he was the first comedian to stream a ticketed premiere of a stand-up special on Patreon, bringing this experience directly to his fans.
Recorded before a sold-out crowd at The Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi at the end of his Act Your Age World Tour, which was seen by over 300,000 fans in 23 countries over two-and-a-half years. The new special features hilarious personal stories about getting married (again), parenthood, millennials and middle age, as well Peters’ signature lightning- fast audience improv.
Peters has been awarded Gemini, Peabody, Emmy and Canadian Screen Awards for his hosting, producing and acting talents. His last TV series, The Indian Detective set a Canadian viewership record for Bell Media/CTV in 2017 and was released globally on Netflix.
Peters launched his own podcast, ‘Culturally Cancelled with Russell Peters’ on iHeart Media/Cloud 10 and is developing a TV series based on his childhood in Canada in the 1980’s. He was the executive producer on the Crave TV series ‘Late Bloomer’ with YouTube sensation Jus Reign and appeared in the Paramount Pictures feature film, Clifford The Big Red Dog.
Peters resides in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. When not on tour he spends every day with his daughter, Crystianna and son, Russell Santiago. He has a blue belt with three stripes in Jiu Jitsu and is an ardent DJ and hip-hop junkie who tries to get on the turntables for at least a few minutes every day.
Post-Show VIP Meet & Greet Package Includes
One Top Price Reserved Ticket in best available seating
One VIP Laminate + Lanyard
One Signed Poster
One Meet Greet + Photo Opportunity with Russell Peters
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