This is an accepted version of this page Rick Shapiro (born April 13, 1959) is a Los Angeles–based comedian and actor.

[2] Besides performing regularly on stage,[2] throughout the 1990s he acted and starred in multiple films by Louis CK, including Ice Cream (1993) and Tomorrow Night (1998).

He is performing stand-up comedy nationally and internationally, debuting a one-man show in 2007 in the Edinburgh Festival,[5][6] and touring Australia in 2009.

In film, his most recent roles are in Top Five by Chris Rock, portraying T-Rick in the movie Project X, and acting in the German comedy Timeless.

[14] Shapiro is mainly known for his stream-of-consciousness monologues on stage that can run for more than an hour, in which he addresses many topics that are controversial or considered taboo by most comedians.