"Funniest Comedian SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO vs JASON MANTZOUKAS"

SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO

Sebastian Maniscalco (/mænɪˈskælkoʊ/; Italian: born July 8, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Born in the Chicagoland area in Arlingt...

Sebastian Maniscalco (/mænɪˈskælkoʊ/; Italian: born July 8, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Born in the Chicagoland area in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Maniscalco began his career in 1998 performing at open mics. He has since released five comedy specials. Maniscalco has also had supporting acting roles in the films Green Book (2018) and The Irishman (2019), playing mobster Joe Gallo in the latter. Maniscalco was born on July 8, 1973, in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois, to Italian immigrants; his father Salvatore Maniscalco, who worked as a hairstylist, immigrated to the United States with his family from Cefalù, Sicily, at the age of 15. His mother Rose Maniscalco was a secretary, and her family has origins in Naples, Campania and Sicily. Maniscalco is a Roman Catholic, and at eight years old, he was an altar boy at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in suburban Mount Prospect, Illinois. He graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1995, where he was the president of the Sigma Pi fraternity chapter, with a degree in communication studies. After moving to Los Angeles in 1998, Maniscalco performed at open mics in bars and bowling alleys while working as a waiter at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where he worked from 1998 to 2005.

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JASON MANTZOUKAS

Jason Mantzoukas (/mænˈzuːkəs/, Greek: Ιάσων Μαντζούκας; born December 18, 1972) is an American character actor, comedian, writer, and podcaster. He i...

Jason Mantzoukas (/mænˈzuːkəs/, Greek: Ιάσων Μαντζούκας; born December 18, 1972) is an American character actor, comedian, writer, and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League, and as one of the three co-hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made? alongside Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael. Mantzoukas has also appeared in the films The Dictator, Sleeping with Other People, They Came Together, Conception, and John Wick: Chapter 3. He has had recurring roles on three TV shows created by Michael Schur: Parks and Recreation (as Dennis Feinstein); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (as Adrian Pimento); and The Good Place (as Derek Hostedtler). He also voices the characters Jay Bilzerian in the Netflix animated series Big Mouth, Alex Dorpenberger in the HBO Max animated series Close Enough, and Rex Splode in the Amazon Prime animated action series Invincible. He is known for often playing "crazy, funny weirdos." Mantzoukas was born with an egg allergy and experiences anaphylaxis if ingested. He has credited this allergy as the cause of his hypochondriac tendencies. He was previously in a relationship with actress Connie Britton.

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