Russell Peters

Russell Peters Net Worth

Russell Peters Net Worth: Russell Peters is a Canadian comedian who has a net worth of $55 million. Born September 29, 1970 in Toronto, Canada, Russell Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. The comedian has set records for sales and attendance (at a comedian's performance) in 2007 with the first comedian sellout at Toronto's Air Canada Centre and a sales record in 2009 in London. In 2010, he was cited as having attracted the largest audience in Australia for a stand-up comedian. When his popularity grew, his performances spread out to the United States, New Zealand, Ireland, Afghanistan, Sweden, South Africa, India, Caribbean countries, the Philippines, Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Denmark, Norway, Lebanon, Oman, the Netherlands and Malaysia, among others. His style of comedy is what's known as observational comedy and he uses humor to highlight racial, ethnic, class and cultural stereotypes, often referring to his own life experiences growing up in an Anglo-Indian family. He impersonates various dialects and accents during act to poke fun at the groups. Peters is widely known for his punch lines, "Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad" and "Be a man! Do the right thing!"