A comic who worries about everything?
You’re kidding right?
“No, not when you’re dealing with Bruce Smirnoff.”
His stage persona is a cross-between Woody Allen and Rodney Dangerfield – autobiographical and self-deprecating.
Seated on a stool, Bruce Smirnoff cordially engages members of the audience, speaking to them as if they were in his living room. It is a pleasant and unforced approach. His delivery is as smooth as fresh cream and in-between the one-liners he shows photos that accent his life.
Bruce Smirnoff was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on October 2, 1956. His show business career began at the age of eight when his parents; Nathan and Barbara, took him to Grossinger’s resort in the Catskill mountains, where he saw the great comedian, Dick Shawn, perform. It was then that Bruce got bit by the “show-biz bug.”
While attending film school at Boston University in 1975, Bruce began performing stand-up and became part of the tremendous comedy boom that ultimately swept bean town in the 80’s.
During his summer breaks at BU, Bruce went back to the Catskills to work on the social staff at the Brickman hotel. While there, he met and became friends with some of the true comic forces in the country, including his friend and mentor, the great, Jackie Mason. Bruce earned a B.S. in film at Boston University.
After graduation, Bruce landed in Los Angeles and became the host and house emcee at Budd Friedman’s Improv on Melrose Ave. In L.A., he studied 4 years with “the Harvey Lembeck comedy workshop.” The comedy explosion of the eighties and nineties propelled Smirnoff to night club performances from Maine to Alaska and television appearances on over two dozen national television programs.
In 1996, he launched his critically acclaimed, award winning, one man show, “Other Than My Health I Have Nothing… And Today I Don’t Feel So Good.” The show ran two years in Los Angeles then made stops in Toronto, New York, Cleveland, and Kansas City. The narrative recounts Bruce’s strange, funny, and 100% true encounters with some of Hollywood’s largest icons. One L.A. critic at the Montreal comedy festival called this 90 minutes of show business disaster stories “So unbelievable, it’s believable!” The show was received with standing ovations. In 1999, Bruce won the prestigious ADA award in Los Angeles, accepting it from comedy legend, Freed Willard.
In 1996, he launched his critically acclaimed, award winning, one man show, “Other Than My Health I Have Nothing… And Today I Don’t Feel So Good.” The show ran two years in Los Angeles then made stops in Toronto, New York, Cleveland, and Kansas City. The narrative recounts Bruce’s strange, funny, and 100% true encounters with some of Hollywood’s largest icons. One L.A. critic at the Montreal comedy festival called this 90 minutes of show business disaster stories “So unbelievable, it’s believable!” The show was received with standing ovations. In 1999, Bruce won the prestigious ADA award in Los Angeles, accepting it from comedy legend, Freed Willard.
In January of 2001, Bruce fulfilled a lifelong dream of moving to New York, but after two very cold winters, the dream was over, and he moved to Miami Beach, Florida.
Bruce can be seen at “the comedy stop” in Las Vegas, Laughlin, and Atlantic City. When in New York you can catch him at the Comic Strip and Dangerields. Of course when he’s in Los Angeles, look for him at the Comedy Store and Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip. Currently, Bruce is performing all over the globe entertaining on some of the world’s finest and prestigious cruise ships.
As an opening act he has had the thrill and honor of opening for stars; The Righteous Brothers, Buddy Rich, Rosemary Clooney, Peter Nero, Gregory Hines, Du Du Fischer Julio Iglesias, Robert Klein, Kenny Loggings, Hall Linden, and Andrew Dice Clay.
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