David Rakoff

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David Rakoff
Born:	1964
Occupation:	essayist, journalist, and actor
Nationality:	Canadian-American

David Rakoff (born 1964) is an essayist, journalist, and actor. Originally from Canada, he obtained dual Canadian-American citizenship in 2003, and currently resides in New York City.

Rakoff has written for the New York Times Magazine, Outside, GQ, Vogue and Salon. He has also been a frequent contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International.

Rakoff's essays have been collected in the books Fraud (2001, ISBN 0-385-50084-X) and Don’t Get Too Comfortable (2005, ISBN 0-385-51036-5).

He was featured on This American Life's holiday show (Episode 305) on December 23, 2005. Audio of this broadcast is available (for free) at the official This American Life website. Rakoff also has the distinction of being the only other person aside from Ira Glass to host an episode of This American Life (Episode 248 - Like It Or Not). He appeared on The Daily Show on October 5, 2006. Other associations with the Daily Show include his lended talent in voice acting in reading the part of Thomas Jefferson for America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction.

Rakoff is a graduate of Columbia University. His brother Simon is a stand-up comedian.

Rakoff played writer Gore Vidal in the film Capote. He also appeared in the film Strangers with Candy.

[edit] External links

• Video interview on his new book, Don't Get Too Comfortable, from CBC News: The Hour
• Daily Show Interview on his book, Don't Get Too Comfortable.
• David Letterman Interview on his book, Don't Get Too Comfortable.
• Reading report from Happy Endings with Jennifer Egan and Peter Behrens, published at bookishlove.net (Nov 2006)