With more than twenty years as a stand-up, Louis C.K. is one of the most honest and respected comedic voices of his generation, finding success in television and film as well as the live stage.

As a stand-up, Louis made the leap from stand-up clubs to theaters with his current national theater tour, “Louis C.K.: Chewed Up,” which was taped as an hour special to premiere later this year.  His first hour HBO special, “Louis C.K.: Shameless,” premiered on January 13, 2007 to critical acclaim and was released on DVD in June.

In addition to “Chewed Up” and “Shameless,” Louis starred in two HBO “One Night Stand” half-hour stand-up specials, a “Comedy Central Presents” special, HBO's “25th Anniversary Young Comedians” special and is a regular on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”  

Louis created and starred in HBO’s first traditional sitcom, “Lucky Louie,” about the struggles of first time parenthood.  The complete first season of “Lucky Louie” is available on DVD.  

As a filmmaker, Louis is best known for his cult classic Blaxploitation spoof, “Pootie Tang,” which he wrote and directed.  Louis’ first feature film, “Tomorrow Night,” an independent film that he produced, wrote, and directed, premiered at The Sundance Film Festival in 1998.  Louis’ most successful short film, “Ice Cream,” screened at Sundance and the “New Directors, New Films” series at MOMA in 1994.  “Ice Cream” went on to be sold in several foreign television markets and can still be seen on Bravo.

Louis will star in the new Ricky Gervais film, “This Side of the Truth,” alongside Jennifer Garner and Rob Lowe.  In June Louis will be seen in “Diminished Capacity” with Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda.  He was recently seen in “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” with Martin Lawrence, Mike Epps and Cedric the Entertainer.

Louis is currently co-creating a sitcom for CBS with Pamela Adlon who played his wife on “Lucky Louie.”  The two will star in the comedy about a married couple who have been together too long and have too many children.

Louis’ live comedy CD, “Louis C.K. Live in Houston” and a DVD of his short films are available through his website: www.louisck.com.