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Denis Leary was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Nora and John Leary, Irish immigrants who had grown up together. After a childhood in the 1960s, Leary went to Emerson College in Boston, where he tried his hand at acting and writing. He was a charter member of Emerson’s Comedy Workshop, and taught at the college for five years after graduating. By that point he had written several pieces for magazines and had worked at stand-up comedy for a time. In 1990 he and his wife Ann flew to London to perform in the BBC’s Paramount City. That weekend Ann’s water broke. Their planned weekend trip became a stay of months, and Denis, with not a whole lot to do in London, wrote a one-man comedy act. He brought friends in from the States, and they wrote songs to perform on stage. Leary, with Chris Phillips and Adam Roth on guitar, performed “No Cure For Cancer” at the Edinburgh International Arts Festival in Scotland. Despite some protests about the title, the show won the Critic’s Award and the BBC Festival Recommendation. The next year the show was moved to America, and it was eventually taped and broadcast on Showtime (No Cure for Cancer (1992) (TV)). The show spawned a book, CD, cassette, and a videotape. It also started Leary’s movie career. Since then, he has starred in several films and has had two of his own TV series.
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  • agzdaredz

    Dude below states the fucking obvious!!! Why do people come on here to have a go FUCK OFF!

    last month

  • CrimeInSheldon

    It is actually unreal how much of the 'No Cure For Cancer' is lifted from Hicks.

    December 2011

  • geraitada

    hi there! if someone has Denis Leary - At the Rehab song, maybe you could share it with me? pm me! :}

    October 2011

  • KingFahtah

    Is that meant as a compliment....I think he would take it that way tbh

    October 2011

  • CoyoteDuster

    biggest prick ever

    October 2011

  • OldGinkGink

    I love this guy

    September 2011

  • Adriannafiore

    How could anyone not love Denis Leary? If I weren't a lapsed Catholic before I watched him, I would be now.

    July 2011

  • janetsnakehole

    "Balless, soulless, spiritless, corporate little bitch sucker of Satan's cock. [7]" - YEP.

    June 2011

  • SkyCathedral

    He steals

    June 2011

  • asbestos_pie

    Balless, soulless, spiritless, corporate little bitch sucker of Satan's cock. [6]

    April 2011

  • Moestitia

    Me like.

    December 2010

  • Haz567

    is the entire merit of this guys body of work based on early plagiarism or what

    December 2010

  • PlayWithMorFeel

    @Farcough Oh you mean the smoking joke Leary used to replicate?

    November 2010

  • Farcough

    Leary > Hicks. Yeah Hicks liked smoking , we get it , no need to tell the same jokes over and over.

    November 2010

  • doqtor

    Balless, soulless, spiritless, corporate little bitch sucker of Satan's cock. [5]

    October 2010

  • KrassEstranged

    Why has this man not been killed? I really want to see the corpse of Bill Hicks come up and strangle this fuck with a red neck's mullet 'til his face turns blue and with his last breath he says sorry to the world for being such a Scat Muncher. yeah..

    September 2010

  • Jalinde

    arsehole and life's gonna suck are made of win in my eyes. One of my fave comics anyway :D

    August 2010

  • BeenInsane

    Last.fm keeps recommending me him because I listen to Bill Hicks. I know the reccs system isn't exactly scientific, but still...

    August 2010

  • braindead88

    Balless, soulless, spiritless, corporate little bitch sucker of satan's cock. [4]

    August 2010

  • Piotrekes

    Balless, soulless, spiritless, corporate little bitch sucker of satan's cock. [3]

    June 2010
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