Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay: Biography in Details

Who is Andrew Dice Clay?

Andrew Dice Clay is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, and producer. He became famous with a brash, macho, offensive personal known as ‘The Diceman’ in the late 1980s.

Andrew became the first stand-up comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden for two consecutive nights in 1990.

Who are the parents of Andrew Dice Clay?

He was born on September 29, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. He was given the birth name as Andrew Clay Silverstein.

His mother’s name is Jacqueline and his father’s name is Fred Silverstein.

His father was a real estate agent and a boxer. He belongs to a Jewish family. He has a sister. Andrew used to entertain his family with impressions at the age of five.

He started playing drums and was inspired by the sounds of big band music. He holds American citizenship and his ethnicity is Ashkenazi Jewish.

Andrew Dice Clay: Education, School/College University

He attended James Madison High School, Brooklyn. He then pursued higher education but dropped out to become a full-time comedian.

Andrew Dice Clay: Professional Life and Career

He debuted his stand-up career when he gave his audition at Pips comedy club in Sheepshead Bay in 1978.

He played the character of ‘The Diceman’ based on Jerry Lewis as Buddy Love from The Nutty Professor which transformed into John Travolta in Grease. Andrew made his acting more powerful and portrayed in The Improv, Catch a Rising Star, and Dangerfield’s.

He relocated to L.A in 1980 and worked at Comedy Store where he changed his stage name to Andrew Clay. He landed his first film role in ‘Wacko’ in 1982. His first sitcom roles were on ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘Different Strokes’.

Later, he played in ‘Making the Grade’ in 1984, ‘Casual Sex?’ in 1988. He portrayed the regular role of Max Goldman in ‘Crime Story’ from 1986 to 1988.

Andrew made his breakthrough in 1998 after he performed at an all-male Big Brother Association dinner event. The show became a hit and 20^th Century Fox offered him a film deal the next day. Andrew came with the comedy album ‘Dice’ in March 1989.

He became the first comedian to sell out two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1990 where 38,000 people were present.

He met his agent Dennis Arfa at Dangerfield’s, and started his role in the 1990 film ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane’ and he received Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his performance.

Andrew released ‘No Apologies’ in 1993, ‘Assume the Position’ in 1995, ‘Filth’ in 1998, ‘I’m Over Here Now and Banned for Life’ in 2000, ‘Dice: Undisputed’ in 2007,

Andrew Dice Clay: Awards, Nominations

He was awarded Razzie Award in the category Worst Award for ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane’ in 1991 and nominated for that award for ‘Dice Rules’ in 1992.

Andrew had been nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in the category ‘Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture’ for ‘A Star Is Born’ in 2019.

He was also nominated for Gold Derby Awards in the category Ensemble Cast for ‘Blue Jasmine’ in 2014.

Andrew Dice Clay: Net Worth($10 million), Income, Salary

He has an estimated net income of around $10 million as of 2022, and his main source of income is his professional career.

His salary and income are under review.

Is Andrew Dice Clay involved in any rumors and controversies?

He was banned a lifetime from appearing on the network after he performed at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, where he included his adult versions of the Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

He was the first celebrity to be fired after he entertained the idea of quitting while in Donald Trump’s presence and called him Trump ‘Donny Trump’ in ‘The Celebrity Apprentice 2’.

Andrew appeared as Johnny Drama’s co-star in ‘Jonny’s bananas’ in July 2011 and in an episode of ‘Raising Hope’ on November 29, 2011.

He made his appearance in Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ on July 26, 2013. He hosted ‘The Blue Show’ in 2015 and competed with his wife in the Fox reality cooking series ‘My Kitchen Rules’ in 2017.

Andrew launched his new podcast ‘I’m Ova Hea’ Now’ on the GaS Digital Network in September 2018.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

He has a height of 5 ft. 11 inches. He has black and white hair and light brown eyes.

Other information regarding his dress size, shoe size, etc. is not available.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

He has around 86.5k followers on Instagram, about 98k followers on Twitter, and around 157k followers on Facebook.

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