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Drew Carey

Comedian / Game Show Host

Drew Carey was a journeyman standup comedian in 1995 when he got his own TV series during the wave of "standup sitcoms" that followed the success of the show Seinfeld. Carey's comic material was based on his working-class Cleveland roots, his blocky crew-cut-and-black-glasses appearance, and his raucous bachelorhood. Carey's sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, was a hit and ran until 2004. In 1997 he published the book Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined. Carey also signed on as the host and emcee of the American version of the British TV improv show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, which ran in various network formats from 1998-2006. He hosted a similar animation-improvisation variety show called Drew Carey's Green Screen from 2004-05. In November of 2007 he succeeded Bob Barker as the host of the long-running game show The Price Is Right. That same year he began hosting another game show, the CBS prime-time program Power of 10.

Extra credit: Carey joined the Marine Corps reserves in 1981, a job which he credits with establishing his signature buzzcut-and-black-glasses look... Carey's first film role was a bit part in the 1993 movie Coneheads, alongside fellow comedians Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman and Chris Farley.

Blog posts mentioning Drew Carey:
Drew Carey is 50!

Four Good Links

The Drew Carey Show

The official site for his show, from Warner Bros.

Come on Down, Drew Carey!

2007 E! Online article about The Price Is Right

Drew Carey's Cleveland

Cleveland.com offers a timeline of his life through the 1990s

GoldenRoad.Net

Fans chat about daily episodes of The Price is Right

Vital Stats

Birth

23 May 1958
(age 50)

Birthplace

Cleveland, Ohio

Death

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Best Known As

The star of TV's The Drew Carey Show