Editing Dane Cook (section)

{{Short description|American actor and comedian (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image              = Dane Cook.jpg
| alt                = Cook adjusting a tie
| caption            = Cook in 2011
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1972|3|18|mf=yes}}
| birth_name         = Dane Jeffrey Cook
| birth_place        = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| education          = 
| occupation         = {{hlist|Comedian|actor}}
| years_active       = 1990–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Kelsi Taylor|September 23, 2023}}
| website            = {{URL|danecook.com}}
| module             = {{Infobox comedian|embed=yes
| medium       = [[Stand up comedy|Stand-up]], film, television
| genre        = [[Observational comedy]]
| subject      = {{hlist|[[Human behavior]]|[[human sexuality]]|[[American politics]]|[[gender differences]]}}
}}
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'''Dane Jeffrey Cook''' (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He is known for his use of [[observational comedy|observational]], often [[blue comedy|vulgar]], and sometimes [[black comedy|dark comedy]]. He released six comedy albums: ''[[Harmful If Swallowed]]'' (2003), ''[[Retaliation (Dane Cook album)|Retaliation]]'' (2005), ''[[Dane Cook: Vicious Circle|Vicious Circle]]'' (2006), ''[[Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden]]'' (2007), and ''[[Isolated Incident]]'' (2009).

He is one of the first comedians to use a personal webpage and [[Myspace]] to build a large fan base,<ref name="abclocal1">{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2006 |title=Dane Cook – Not Funny? |work=abclocal.go.com |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=entertainment&id=4748071 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519141501/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=entertainment&id=4748071 |archive-date=19 May 2007}}</ref>
and in 2006 was described as "alarmingly popular".<ref name="salon2006">{{cite web |last1=Havrilesky |first1=Heather |title=Overcooked |url=https://www.salon.com/2006/09/03/dane_cook/ |website=[[Salon.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018221137/https://www.salon.com/2006/09/03/dane_cook/ |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |date=September 3, 2006}}</ref> 
Cook starred in numerous films such as ''[[Employee of the Month (2006 film)|Employee of the Month]]'' (2006), ''[[Good Luck Chuck]]'' (2007), and ''[[My Best Friend's Girl (2008 film)|My Best Friend's Girl]]'' (2008). He also acted in ''[[Mystery Men]]'' (1999), ''[[Waiting... (film)|Waiting...]]'' (2005), ''[[Dan in Real Life]]'' (2007), ''[[Mr. Brooks]]'' (2007) and provided the lead voice role in the 2013 animated sports comedy film ''[[Planes (film)|Planes]]'', and its 2014 sequel ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]'' as Dusty Crophopper. 

He was the second comedian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/back-on-the-road-comic-dane-cook-has-back-to/article_8dde52fa-4ccd-58a4-98f6-30721be743a2.html|title=Back on the road, comic Dane Cook has back-to-back Rocksino shows|last=Mona|first=Breanna|website=The News-Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27|archive-date=2019-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227182216/https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/back-on-the-road-comic-dane-cook-has-back-to/article_8dde52fa-4ccd-58a4-98f6-30721be743a2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> (after [[Andrew Dice Clay]]) to sell out [[Madison Square Garden]]'s large arena space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/06/six-comics-aziz-ansari-is-joining-as-msg-worthy.html|title=Six Comics Aziz Ansari Is Joining as Madison Square Garden-Worthy|last=Wright|first=Meg|date=12 June 2014|website=www.vulture.com|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref> In 2006, ''Retaliation'' became the highest-charting comedy album in 28 years and went [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]].<ref name="time">{{cite magazine|last=Zoglin|first=Richard|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187407,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614094339/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187407,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2006|title=Time's 100 Most Influential People|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2006-04-30|access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref> He performed an [[HBO]] special in late 2006, ''Vicious Circle'', a straight-to-DVD special titled ''Rough Around The Edges'' (which is included in the album of the same name), and a Comedy Central special in 2009 titled ''Isolated Incident''.