- Born
- Birth nameRaymond Albert Romano
- Height6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
- Ray Romano grew up in Forest Hills, Queens. He performed in the NYC comedy club circuit before landing a guest spot on The Letterman Show. It was here that he propelled his TV show Everybody Loves Raymond.
He was also the voice of the Mammoth in the extremely successful Ice Age Series Movies.
He is also the inspiration for the character 'Paul', written by his brother Rich in the film "The Investigator".- IMDb mini biography by: Joe Nemo
- SpouseAnna Romano(October 11, 1987 - present) (4 children)
- ChildrenJoseph Romano
- ParentsLucie Romano
- RelativesRichard A. Romano(Sibling)Robert Romano(Sibling)
- Jokes about dealing with his parents, wife, and children
- Nasal voice
- Self-deprecating sense of humor
- Brother is an actual sergeant for the New York Police Department. Ray and his brother were featured on a 2001 NYPD recruiting poster.
- Ray originally planned to become an accountant.
- Father of 4 children: Alexandra Romano (born 1990), twins Matt Romano and Gregory Romano (born 1993) and Joseph Raymond Romano (born February 16, 1998) with his wife, Anna Romano.
- Final contestant (i.e. "slowest finger") on Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999), walking off with $125,000 for the NYPD's D.A.R.E. Unit. (5/4/2000)
- Named one of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001."
- At The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2000): "I feel like this is a dream - and I apologize for how I dressed some of you."
- Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they're born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.
- It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.
- Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness.'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis.
- [on celebrity golf fundraisers] I get asked to do a lot of these, and I can't do 'em all, but I do as many as I can, and especially the ones where there's a personal connection. And with this one, my wife is doing fine because of a lot of the people who are here today.
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) - $19,000,000 /year(2001)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) - $1,800,000 per episode
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