Adam Ferrara

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Adam Ferrara
Medium Actor, Stand-up
Nationality American
Years active 1992 - Present
Influences Jackie Gleason, Richard Pryor, Chris Rush, [1] George Carlin

Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian who played Detective Tommy Manetti on the television series The Job, and is currently playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the critically-acclaimed FX series Rescue Me.

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He has performed on Comedy Central Presents and was nominated twice for the American Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up. Ferrara frequently performs stand-up at Caroline's and the Comedy Cellar, both of which are in Manhattan. Ferrara also tours often, performing stand-up at the top clubs around the country.

He has performed stand-up several times on The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Premium Blend.

Ferrara is also a frequent guest on The Opie and Anthony Show. He is a close friend of co-host Anthony Cumia, as they grew up together on Long Island in New York.

Performed a stand-up special on Comedy Central entitled Funny As Hell, and was released on DVD the same day.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Flying Blind Gerald 1 episode
1996 - 1998 Caroline in the City Pete Spadaro 3 episodes
1997 Social Studies Dan Rossini 2 episodes
1997 Dads Carl Sr.
1999 The Love Boat: The Next Wave Stan 1 episode
2001 - 2002 The Job Tommy Manetti 19 episodes
2003 Ash Tuesday Greg
2003 Law & Order Monty Bender 1 episode
2004 Noise Young Detective
2004 - 2007 The King Of Queens Various characters
2006 The Last Request Cousin Frank
2006 A Merry Little Christmas Donnie Manning
2006 - present Rescue Me Chief 'Needles' Nelson Recuring role
2008 Definitely, Maybe Gareth
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Sergeant Howard
2009 Winter of Frozen Dreams Burr
2009 The Unusuals Vice Detective #2 Pilot episode
2009 Around The Block Sean
2009 The Pack Cassidy
2009 Dirty Movie Dr. Feelgood

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