Patrice Oneal
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| Patrice Oneal | |
| Born: | December 7, 1969 (age 37) Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Medium: | Stand-Up, Television, Radio |
| Nationality: | American |
| Years active: | 1992 – Present |
| Genres: | Black Humor, Observational Humor, Satire |
| Subjects: | dating, racism, race relations, American politics |
| Influences: | Richard Pryor, George Carlin |
| Notable works and roles: | The Opie & Anthony Show |
| Website: | www.patriceoneal.com |
Patrice Oneal (born Patrice Lumumba Malcolm Oneal on December 7, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He's considered to be a comedian's comedian, known for his cutting crowd work and the cringe-inducing way he is able to make his audience uncomfortable to get laughs. Although he has recorded numerous specials for TV he has never recorded an album or DVD, hoping that word of mouth will bring people to his shows. Oneal has professed his fear of success multiple times on the Opie and Anthony show.
[edit] Biography
Oneal was named after the first Prime Minister of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba and suffers from diabetes.
A star high school football player, he was recruited to play for the Northeastern University football team, but Oneal quit football to study theatre arts and pursue stand-up comedy. He graduated from Northeastern.
He was a regular guest on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He was also featured in Contest Searchlight along with Denis Leary and Lenny Clarke. He has had half-hour specials on Showtime and Comedy Central Presents. He frequently performs at comedy clubs in New York, including Caroline's and the Comedy Cellar on occasion. Oneal has a bold and loud style and he always voices his opinions. In October 2005, he had a half-hour HBO stand-up special as part of the series One Night Stand.
Oneal also had a very brief stint as a script writer for the World Wrestling Federation on both of their major shows Monday Night RAW and SmackDown! in 2000.
In 2004, he starred in the Comedy Central animated stand-up comedy program Shorties Watching Shorties, with Nick DiPaolo. He also supplies the voice of Harold Jenkins on the animated program O'Grady. Additionally, he is a regular visitor to the Opie and Anthony program on XM Satellite Radio's channel 202, "The Virus". He is the "Second back-up third-mic" after Jimmy Norton and Bill Burr. He has guest starred as T-Bone on an episode of Arrested Development. Oneal also had a recurring role as Lonny on The Office.
On March 11 and March 18, 2006, Oneal hosted a relationship advice show on XM Satellite Radio. Although originally titled Bitch Management, it later became known as The Black Philip Show (in a parody of the Dr. Phil Show) at the urgings of Gregg 'Opie' Hughes. The show ran on the High Voltage channel, and was listened to by many of High Voltage's regular listeners. On November 25, 2006, the High Voltage channel changed its name to The Virus, and Patrice started up his old show again. It now airs on certain Saturdays at 9pm-12am.
In January 2006, Oneal began hosting the weekly VH1 program Web Junk 20. He quit after hosting the first two seasons.
Patrice has also been a part of Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour with other comedians in 2006 and 2007.
