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Ray Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New
York) is an Italian American actor and comedian.
Before breaking into show business, he had planned
to become an accounting|accountant. He is
currently married to Anna Scarpula, and they have
four children, including one pair of twins. Ray
was featured on a 2000 in television|2000 episode
of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, on which he won
$125,000 (USD) for the NYPD's D.A.R.E. Unit. In
2001 in television|2001, he was named one of E!'s
top 20 entertainers of the year. In the same year,
he was featured with his brother (a sergeant in
the NYPD) on a New York Police Department
recruiting poster. He recently became the highest
paid television actor in history as the star of
CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond. His salary in 2001
was $19,000,000. 


==Filmography==

===Acting===
*Eulogy (2004) movie – Skip Collins
*Welcome to Mooseport (2004) movie – Handy
Harrison 
*Ice Age (movie)|Ice Age (2002) (voice) movie
– Manfred
*Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) TV Series
– Ray Barone|Raymond Barone
*The King of Queens (1998– ) (guest star) TV
series –  Raymond Barone
*The Simpsons (2005) (guest voice) TV series
– Ray Magini (appeared in the 350th episode
of that show, as Homer Simpson's supposedly
imaginary friend)
*Ice Age 2 (2005) (voice) movie – Manfred

===Writing===
*Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)

===Trivia===

* Ray Romano is rumored to have a big penis,
though some speculate that this may be unfair
stereotyping in line with Hollywood's legacy of
focusing on the sexuality of Italian and Italian
American males. 

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Ray Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New
York) is an Italian American actor and comedian.
Before breaking into show business, he had planned
to become an accounting|accountant. Romano is
currently married to Anna Scarpula, with whom he
has four children, including one pair of twins.
Ray was featured on a 2000 in television|2000
episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, on
which he won $125,000 (USD) for the NYPD's
D.A.R.E. Unit. In 2001 in television|2001, he was
named one of E!'s top 20 entertainers of the year.
In the same year, he was featured with his brother
(a sergeant in the NYPD) on a New York Police
Department recruiting poster. He recently became
the highest paid television actor in history as
the star of CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond. His
salary in 2001 was $19,000,000. 

==Filmography==

===Acting===
*Eulogy (2004) movie – Skip Collins
*Welcome to Mooseport (2004) movie – Handy
Harrison 
*Ice Age (movie)|Ice Age (2002) (voice) movie
– Manfred
*Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) TV Series
– Ray Barone|Raymond Barone
*The King of Queens (1998– ) (guest star) TV
series –  Raymond Barone
*The Simpsons (2005) (guest voice) TV series
– Ray Magini (appeared in the 350th episode
of that show, as Homer Simpson's supposedly
imaginary friend)
*Ice Age 2 (2005) (voice) movie – Manfred

===Writing===
*Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005)


==Trivia==
Romano was originally cast to play Joe in the
now-canceled American television Situation
comedy|sitcom NewsRadio, but was fired prior to
getting Everybody Loves Raymond. It was revealed
that his particular brand of verbal comedy did not
mix well with the fast-paced repartee of the rest
of the cast.


== External links ==

* http://www.rayromano.com/ Official Fan-Site
* imdb name|id=0005380|name=Ray Romano



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