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Ray Romano, an Italian American, was born in Queens, New
York to Albert and Lucie Romano. He started his career appearing on
many outlets including Comedy Central. He was originally cast to play
"Joe" on the now-canceled American television sitcom NewsRadio, but
was replaced by Joe Rogan. He didn't become a major star until he
started his hugely successful sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" in
1996.
Ray Romano also helped close friend and fellow comedian Kevin James get into show business. In 1998, James received
his own hit sitcom, the Raymond spinoff "The King of Queens". The two
would later reunite in the salesman comedy "Grilled", as two guys of
the same profession who are both very desperate to land a big
sale.
Ray Romano was featured on a 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, he was named one of E!'s top twenty
entertainers of the year. In the same year, Ray Romano was
featured with his brother (a sergeant in the NYPD) on a New York
Police Department recruiting poster. In 2004, he became the highest
paid television actor in history for his role of Raymond on CBS's
"Everybody Loves Raymond"; his salary in 2004 was $50,000,000. On
December 13, 2003, he was featured as a special guest star, sending a
birthday card to Bob Barker in his 80th birthday bash on the seventh
"Million Dollar Spectacular" special of the long-running daytime CBS
series "The Price Is Right".
