Patrice Oneal
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Patrice Oneal is a standup comedian and popular guest on The Opie and Anthony Show. He often fills in for Jim Norton when he's away doing standup. Patrice also hosts the show Bitch Management during The Saturday Night Virus. He has frequently appeared on Sean Hannity's radio and television shows.
Bio
Patrice got his first real taste of standup at a place called Estelle's in Boston. He was heckling a comic, and the comic suggested maybe Patrice thought he could do better. Patrice did and the following week he went on stage at Estelle's and brought down the house. From there he went on to work at the Comedy Connection, then moved to working the clubs in and around Boston, New England, and New York.
A regular on the now defunct Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Patrice has appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien three times and The Late Show with David Letterman twice. He currently has a semi-recurring role as Lonnie, a warehouse employee, on NBC's The Office. Previously, he had recurring roles on both NBC's The Colin Quinn Show and Comedy Central's Contest Searchlight. Patrice also played the role of Pit Bull in the Chappelle's Show sketch entitled "The Players Ball".
As a stand-up comedian, he has performed at both the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs and the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Additionally Patrice has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, NBC's Comedy Showcase, as well as having his own half-hour special on Showtime.
His film credits include: The 25th Hour directed by Spike Lee, In the Cut with Meg Ryan, and Head of State with Chris Rock.
Presently, Patrice has been producing a podcast which can be seen on his website PatriceOneal.com. The podcast features new content weekly in the form of sketches. They are produced by For Your Imagination; a production company based out of New York City.
Fun Facts
- Known for going to Rio de Janiero, bringing with him a steel briefcase filled with various glass dildos, and using said glass dildos on Brazilian prostitutes while saying "Calmo, calmo" ("Calm, calm" in Portugese) and rubbing her stomach to soothe the violently orgasming prostitute.
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- Earlier in his career, he was booed at the Apollo. When asked about this, Patrice said "I came out there nice and arrogant" and "got taught a big fat lesson".
- Was falsely imprisoned for rape for 2 months when he was 17 years old. He told the story on the air with Opie and Anthony in December 2005. Prior to that airing, Patrice had never shared the story publicly.
- While driving back from a gig, Patrice stopped at a rest area to get some sleep when a man walked up to his car saying "It's cold out here." Patrice thought the guy was just cold and told him to go indoors to warm up. After the guy walked back to his own car, Patrice realized the guy wasn't really cold and he was actually looking for gay sex. (January 16, 2006, after 1st break)
- During talk about American Idol and one of the sexually-confused messes that appeared on it, Patrice mentioned how men can't sing certain songs without changing the lyrics. It was during this exchange that "It's Raining Stuff" was born.
- During the Homeless Charlie controversy, Patrice appeared on The Big Story with John Gibson on the Fox News Channel and was so obscene Gibson had to apologize for his comments.
- His last name is spelled inconsistently on his own promotional materials, sometimes as "Oneal" and sometimes as "O'Neal".
