Editing Ray Romano (section)

==Career==
His early comedy career started when he competed in the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search in 1989, directed by ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' short film producer [[Neal Marshad]] and appeared on [[The Comedy Channel (United States)|The Comedy Channel]]. His career included many outlets, such as [[Comedy Central]], where he had been a recurring guest voice on the show ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]''. He also was a contestant on ''[[Star Search]]'' in the stand-up comedy category. He was cast to play Joe (originally named Rick) on the American television [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[NewsRadio]]'', but was fired and replaced with [[Greg Lee (actor)|Greg Lee]] in the pilot and then [[Joe Rogan]] for the rest of the show. He then appeared on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' doing his stand up routine which formed his ties with [[CBS]]. Shortly thereafter, he became the star of his own show, ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' on [[CBS]], that featured a cast and format more suitable to Romano's brand of humor. His work on the series earned him six [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, a category he won in 2002. He also shared two Emmy Awards as an executive producer when his show won as Outstanding Comedy Series in 2003 and 2005.<ref name=Emmys>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=ray+romano&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year%5Bmin%5D=&field_nominations_year%5Bmax%5D=&field_nominations_year_op=%3E%3D&field_nominations_year%5Bvalue%5D=1949-01-01&field_nominations_year_1%5Bmin%5D=&field_nominations_year_1%5Bmax%5D=&field_nominations_year_1_op=%3C%3D&field_nominations_year_1%5Bvalue%5D=2020-01-01&field_award_category=All|title=Ray Romano Primetime Emmy Awards and Nominations|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Television Academy]]|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref>

Romano performed the opening monologue at the 1998 [[White House Correspondents' Association]] dinner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remarks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-1 |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=The American Presidency Project}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pace |first=Leah |date=16 April 2019 |title=White House Correspondents Dinner hosts from the year you were born |url=https://stacker.com/stories/2861/white-house-correspondents-dinner-hosts-year-you-were-born |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=Stacker}}</ref>

Romano and his comedian friend [[Kevin James]] starred in the salesman comedy ''[[Grilled (film)|Grilled]]'' as two [[average Joe]]s of the same profession who are both desperate to land a big sale.

Romano was featured on a 2000 episode of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'', on which he won $125,000 for the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]]'s [[Drug Abuse Resistance Education|D.A.R.E.]] unit.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} The following year, he and one of his brothers appeared on a New York Police Department recruiting poster.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In 2004, Romano became the highest-paid television actor in history for his role of Raymond on CBS's ''Everybody Loves Raymond''.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} The show broke another record by having the highest revenue, at $3.9 billion.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

On December 13, 2003, Romano was a guest star, sending a birthday card to [[Bob Barker]] for Barker's 80th birthday on the 27th "Million Dollar Spectacular" special of the CBS game show  ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Romano was the subject of the documentary film ''[[95 Miles to Go]]''. The film documents Romano's road trip for a series of rides across the south of the United States. The film was released in theaters on April 7, 2010, by [[ThinkFilm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428196/|title=95 Miles to Go|author=gavin6942|date=October 16, 2004|publisher=IMDb|access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref> In August 2006 Romano was interviewed in front of a live audience at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] by fellow stand-up veteran [[David Steinberg]], for an episode of ''[[Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg]]''. The program first aired on the [[TV Land]] network in March 2007.

Romano returned to television with a new dramedy for [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] in 2008, ''[[Men of a Certain Age]]'', which he co-created with former ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' writer [[Mike Royce]]. It co-starred [[Scott Bakula]] and [[Andre Braugher]].

Romano made an appearance in the seventh season of [[NBC]] series ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' as Merv Bronte, a nervous job applicant interviewing for the job left vacant by [[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Matthew Aaron |date=23 March 2022 |title=The Office: 10 Best Cameos You Won't Forget |url=https://whatculture.com/tv/the-office-10-best-cameos-you-wont-forget?page=3 |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=WhatCulture}}</ref>

Romano made an appearance in the third-season premiere of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]'' as Nicky, a friend of Mike, who ruined his and Frankie's honeymoon. Romano was the second actor from ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' to be reunited with [[Patricia Heaton]] on ''The Middle''; [[Doris Roberts]] guest starred in three episodes.

He joined the cast of ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'' beginning with its fourth season premiere.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Lynette|last= Rice|title='Parenthood' scoop: Ray Romano to guest star|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/06/19/parenthood-scoop-ray-romano-to-guest-star/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 19, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mitovich|first=Matt Webb|url=https://tvline.com/2013/06/20/parenthood-season-5-ray-romano-returns-as-hank/|title=''Parenthood'': Ray Romano Books Season 5 Encore|work=[[TVLine]]|date=June 20, 2013|access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref> He became a semi regular, playing photographer Hank Rizzoli, who hired and later had a romantic relationship with [[Sarah Braverman]] and developed a friendship with her nephew who has [[Asperger syndrome]]. The role was specifically created for him after he expressed his love for the series and met with creator [[Jason Katims]] on the set of ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fernandez|first=Maria Elena|title=Ray Romano is happy to be playing on Team Max on 'Parenthood'|url=http://www.today.com/entertainment/ray-romano-happy-be-playing-team-max-parenthood-2D11771620|publisher=Today.com|access-date=January 4, 2013|date=January 2, 2013}}</ref>

In 2002, Romano voiced the woolly mammoth [[List of Ice Age characters#Manny|Manny]] in the animated [[Blue Sky Studios]] film ''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]''. He has since reprised the role in four sequels: ''[[Ice Age: The Meltdown]]'' (2006), ''[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]'' (2009), ''[[Ice Age: Continental Drift]]'' (2012), and ''[[Ice Age: Collision Course]]'' (2016), along with two TV specials, and is set to return for [[Ice Age 6|sixth film]] in 2026.<ref name="IceAge6"/>

From 2017 to 2019, Romano played a leading role in three seasons of the ''[[MGM+]]'' television show ''[[Get Shorty (TV series)|Get Shorty]]'', created by [[Davey Holmes]] and co-starring [[Chris O'Dowd]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5761496/-Get-Shorty ''Get Shorty'']</ref>

In 2019, Romano starred in the Netflix comedy film ''[[Paddleton]]'' and portrayed mob lawyer [[Bill Bufalino]] in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The Irishman]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nordine |first=Michael |date=February 21, 2018 |title=The Duplass Brothers Shot a Secret Movie With Ray Romano as Part of a Four-Picture Deal With Netflix |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/duplass-brothers-netflix-ray-romano-1201931185/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>

Romano is set to play [[Jim Valvano]] in an upcoming film about him.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cain |first=Brooke |date=May 10, 2022 |title=Ray Romano will play Jimmy V in new movie about NC State basketball coach |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article261279102.html |website=The News & Observer |accessdate=May 11, 2022}}</ref>