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BIRTHDAY

April 22, 1959

Seattle, WA

RECENT CREDITS

Nobody Knows Anything (FILM) Oct. 1, 2003

Courting Courtney (FILM) Mar. 20, 1998

Hot Shots! Part Deux (FILM) Jan. 1, 1993

Hot Shots! (FILM) Jan. 1, 1991

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BIOGRAPHY

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A master of improvisational comedy, tall, rangy, and rubber-faced, Ryan Stiles is best known for playing comic Drew Carey's best friend in the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show. Born in Seattle, Stiles entered the entertainment industry as a standup comedian in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was not the career his parents had hoped he would choose, but Stiles managed to make a living for a few years. In the mid-'80s, Stiles switched gears and joined the Second City comedy group in Toronto, renowned for its highly topical and fast-paced sketches. There, Stiles grew adept at improvising; in 1990, he transferred to the Los Angeles Second City troupe and, before long, the six-foot, five-inch redhead was working on television and in feature films. He made his film debut in Rainbow War (1986). Stiles' early television credits include guest-starring roles on Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Mad About You. Outside of The Drew Carey Show, he had his greatest success as a regular on the British improvisational series Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, which found an American audience on the Comedy Central cable network. During the show's run (1988-1993), it won four CableACE awards. The show was revised and updated, as a replacement series on ABC, in the summer of 1998. The show was hosted by Drew Carey.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Headlines

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May. 19, 2004

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Posted: May. 14, 2000

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