Ray Romano facts for kids
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Ray Romano at the Night of Comedy 9 benefit to support the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (CAAF) in Beverly Hills, California on April 30, 2011. Photography taken by Angela Georgia.
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| Birth name | Raymond Albert Romano |
| Born | December 21, 1957 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Medium | Film, stand-up, television |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, satire |
| Subject(s) | Everyday life, marriage, parenting, family, friends, self-deprecation |
| Influences | Bob Newhart |
| Spouse | Anna Romano (1987–present) |
| Children | Joseph Romano, Matthew Romano,Gregory Romano and Alexandra Romano |
| Parent(s) | Albert Romano (died 2010) & Lucie Romano |
| Notable works and roles | Raymond Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond Manfred "Manny" in Ice Age film series Joe Tranelli in Men of a Certain Age |
| Emmy Awards | |
| Outstanding Comedy Series 2003 Everybody Loves Raymond 2005 Everybody Loves Raymond Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 2002 Everybody Loves Raymond |
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| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2003 Everybody Loves Raymond |
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| American Comedy Awards | |
| Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series (Leading Role) 2000 Everybody Loves Raymond |
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Ray Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter. He is best known as the star of the television series Everybody Loves Raymond and as the voice of Manny in the Ice Age film series.
Personal life and family
Romano was born in Queens, New York, the son of Lucie (née Fortini), a piano teacher, and Albert Romano (November 7, 1925 – March 11, 2010), a real estate agent and engineer. He is of Italian descent. He grew up in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. He has an older brother, Richard (born in 1956), a sergeant with the NYPD, and a younger brother, Robert, a second grade teacher in New York City. Romano married his wife, Anna Scarpulla, in 1987. They met while working at a bank together. They have four children.
Romano's character's daughter on Everybody Loves Raymond was named after his real-life daughter. Also, in the series pilot, Ray and Debra's twin boys were named Gregory and Matthew, after Romano's real-life twin sons, but Romano felt it was inconvenient to have all his TV children have the same names as his real children, and changed the twins' names to Geoffrey and Michael on screen. He also said his brother was not pleased with Ray Barone's TV brother.
Romano's family has made various appearances in the show.
In February 2012, Romano revealed that his wife Anna had successfully battled stage one breast cancer in 2010. Romano told People magazine that "the reason we're going public is to share our experience, yeah, but to have an effect. Our goal is to help people."
