Louis C.K.: Difference between revisions

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'''Louis C.K.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|uː|i|_|ˌ|s|iː|ˈ|k|eɪ}}; born '''Louis Székely'''; September 12, 1967)<ref name="Atlantic-FilthMoral-2012">{{cite web|last=Parker|first=James|title=The Filthy Moralist: How the comedian Louis C.K. became America’s unlikely conscience |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/the-filthy-moralist/308940/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |publisher=The Atlantic Monthly Group|accessdate=August 19, 2012|date=April 2, 2012|quote=All of which suggests that Louis – born Louis Székely on September 12, 1967 – has struck a nerve.}}</ref><ref name="FamilySearch-USPR-2009">{{cite web|title=Louis A Szekely - United States Public Records|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K2TD-ZRW|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=22 April 2015}}</ref>{{efn|C.K.'s stage name is an approximate English pronunciation of his [[Hungarian names|Hungarian]] surname, [[Székelys|Székely]], {{IPA-hu|ˈseːkɛj|pron}}, as he explains on ''[[The Tavis Smiley Show]]'' on September 25, 2009.}} is aan Mexican-American comedian,<ref name="TavisSmiley" /> actor, writer, producer, director, and editor.<ref name="HReporter-NYCCoverStory-2015">{{cite news|last1=C.K.|first1=Louie|last2=Rose|first2=Lacey|title=Louis C.K.'s Crabby, Epic Love Letter to NYC: "Everyone's Dealing with the Same S— … Elbow to Elbow"|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/louis-cks-crabby-epic-love-786746|accessdate=April 9, 2015|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 8, 2015}}</ref> "C.K." is a phonetic simplification of his surname. C.K. began his career writing for several comedy shows in the 1990s and early 2000s for comedians, including [[David Letterman]], [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Dana Carvey]], and [[Chris Rock]]. Also in this period, he was directing surreal short films and went on to direct two features—''[[Tomorrow Night (film)|Tomorrow Night]]'' (1998) and ''[[Pootie Tang]]'' (2001)—before he starred in the short-lived [[HBO]] television sitcom ''[[Lucky Louie]]'' in 2006.