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Brad Garrett grew up in Woodland Hills outside of Los Angeles. He began performing his act at various Los Angeles comedy clubs, getting his start at the Ice House in Pasadena and the Improv in Hollywood. In 1984, he became the first $100,000 grand champion winner in the comedy category of "Star Search" (1983). In 1989, the Las Vegas Review Journal named him the Best Comedian working on the strip.
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Brad Garrett went to Hale Junior High School in Woodland Hills, California and graduated from El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, in 1978. He ... attended University of California, Los Angeles for around two months before dropping out to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. Although he is renowned for comedy roles, his acting career ranges from animation, family drama, comedy and adventure.
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Standing 6 feet 8-1/2 inches tall, Garrett grew up in Woodland Hills outside of Los Angeles. His father was a hearing aid specialist working in geriatrics and his mother was a housewife. Garrett spent a whopping six weeks at UCLA before going into stand-up comedy full time. He began performing his act at various Los Angeles comedy clubs, getting his start at the Ice House in Pasadena and the Improv in Hollywood. In 1984, he became the first $100,000 grand champion winner in the comedy category of "Star Search" (1983). This led to his first appearance, at age 23, on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962), making him one of the youngest comedians ever to perform on the show.
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Garrett was born in Woodland Hills, California to Barbara Colton, a housewife, and Al Gerstenfeld, a hearing aid specialist working in geriatrics. He has two older brothers, Jeff and Paul. He attended
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