- Born
- Birth nameJay Dante Rusciolelli
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Dante is a stand-up comedian, appearing in over 40 TV shows. He was a cast member on Season 5 of the NBC show Last Comic Standing, and performs to sold-out crowds all over the world 40 weeks a year. He has also performed for more US troops than any other comedian except Bob Hope. He was the Abbot at the Friars Club in Beverly Hills.
As an actor, Dante has appeared in over 20 films and TV shows and in commercials, including being the spokesman for Miller Beer. He had his own sitcom on B.E.T. called The Blackberry Inn.
Dante was also a writer for Joan Rivers on the hit E! TV show Fashion Police and owns Golden Artists Ent, which make movies and TV shows, book live acts, and manage talent and a personal manager with many household name clients.- IMDb mini biography by: Dante
- SpouseRebekah Kochan(September 1, 2013 - present) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Dante and three other friends from Patrick Henry High School all moved on to become famous. The friends are Faizon Love (The Parent 'Hood (1995), Friday (1995)), Tommy Chunn (Stand-Up Comic), and L. Anthony Ramos (B.E.T.'s The Blackberry Inn (1996)).
- Dante attended U.S.I.U. with friend Jamie Foxx in San Diego.
- Dante has a job so unique, that he may be the only person in the world with it. Dante does warm up comedy on the sets of movies. Most warm up comics do warm up for audiences of sitcoms and talk shows. Any time a movie has thousands of extras in a scene, they only pay about one hundred of them. Dante is hired to keep them entertained with jokes, games and prizes for eight to ten hours.
- Currently holds the title for winning the most stand up comedy awards on Black Entertainment TV.
- Dante has performed for the U.S. troops more than any other comedian since Bob Hope. For over two decades, Dante has performed the United States Military in the U.S. and all over the globe.
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