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BIOGRAPHY
In
just ten years as a stand up comedian, John DiResta has made some very
serious progress. First came the title, New York's Funniest Cop, which
John won back in 1993 and he is still the champ. He then turned his
twelve miserable years as a New York City Transit cop into the hit off
Broadway show BEAT: A Subway Cop's Comedy. John wrote and starred in
BEAT, which ran for five months at the Kaufman Theater on 42nd St. The
New York Times called it "UPROARIOUS". BEAT was then turned into the
Paramount sitcom "DiResta" which ran on the U.P.N. Network for one
full season.
John
is also no stranger to the talk show circuit. He has been on the
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Howie Mandel Show, Politically
Incorrect, The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder, and recently appeared
on The Craig Kilborn Late Show on CBS. Back in 1998 Tom Snyder told
USA Today "John DiResta has been one of my favorite guests of all
time." John did four appearances with Tom in a sixteen month period.
What
John is most proud of is his guest appearance with the King of all
Media, Howard Stern. The segment was seen on both Howard's 'E' show
and his Saturday night CBS show. John proudly made a second appearance
on the Stern show in May of 2002.
John
can also be seen on the big screen. He played in the movie "Mickey
Blue Eyes," staring Hugh Grant and James Caan. John plays a cop in the
movie "Gloria" with Sharon Stone and instead of a cop in the movie
Mrs. Congeniality, John plays an FBI agent along with Sandra Bullock
and Benjiman Bratt. John can also be seen in the movie 15 Minutes,
along with Robert DeNiro, and Ed Burns.
You
can catch John's live act at the Improv on Melrose, or in NYC at
Carolines on Broadway. |