Andrew Dice Clay

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Andrew Dice Clay
Pseudonym "Dice" or "Diceman"
Birth name Andrew Clay Silverstein
Born September 29, 1957 (1957-09-29) (age 51)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medium Stand-up, television, film
Nationality United States
Years active 1978 – present
Genres Character comedy, black comedy, satire, insult comedy
Subject(s) human sexuality, sexism, race
Influences Redd Foxx, Lenny Bruce, Rocky Marciano
Influenced Jim Florentine, Jeff Duran, Artie Lange
Notable works and roles The Day the Laughter Died
Ford Fairlane in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Website andrewdiceclay.com

Andrew "Dice" Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein on September 29, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and comedian. Dice performed his first HBO Special in Philadelphia called, The Diceman Cometh, in 1989, and had his first starring role in a feature film (as "Ford Fairlane") entitled, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, in 1990.

His popularity waned after this period. In 2002, he divorced his wife and focused in part on raising his two sons.[1] In 2007, he attempted a comeback with the reality TV series Dice: Undisputed.[2]

He has been considered controversial for his profanity[3] and for the sexism and misogyny in his routines, for which he was banned from MTV and boycotted by Sinéad O'Connor and Nora Dunn, the former a guest and the latter a cast member on a 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live that Clay hosted.[2]

He appeared as a part of NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice 2 and was the first celebrity to be fired, after he had openly entertained the idea of quitting while in Donald Trump's presence. On Sirius XM Satellite Radio's Howard Stern Show, Clay had stated that the The Celebrity Apprentice 2 was edited to exclude situations where Donald Trump had treated Clay poorly based on his comic treatment of women rather than his accomplishments[4]. Throughout the season, each celebrity will be raising money for a charity of their choices; Clay had selected StandUp For Kids.[5]

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