Dom Irrera to Headline at Stress Factory

Dom Irrera, as his Web site notes, is a comedian who can be called a "blend of regular-guy presence and relaxed, effortless delivery."

The comedian will do four shows at the this weekend--Friday, March 9, at 8 and 10:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 10, at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for the early shows and $20 for the late shows.

Irrera got his first break on Rodney Dangerfield's "Nothing Goes Right" comedy specials for HBO. In 1989, Irrera's own HBO "One Night Stand" earned him his first CableACE award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special.

In '95 he won a second CableACE for the Showtime stand-up series he hosted, "Full Frontal Comedy." That same year he received a second CableACE nomination in the writing category for his work on Comedy Central's animated series, "Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist." He also starred in a solo stand-up special for HBO in '92, titled "Command Performance.”

He has performed on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Late Show with David Letterman,""Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "The View," and made several appearances on "Oprah."

An avid sports fan, Dom hosted four seasons of Comedy Central's irreverent football show, "Offsides," where he conducted hilarious on-the-field interviews with football greats. He also hosts the NFL Networks show “Hang Time” and stars as the judge on Direct TV’s Supreme Court of Comedy. He also hosted Comedy Central's "Behind the Scenes at the American Comedy Awards: specials in '98 and '99.

Irrera was a series regular on the '98 Fox comedy "Damon," starring Damon Wayans and his guest-star credits include "Seinfeld" (he played an annoying prop comic needling Jerry in the memorable episode), "Becker," "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "King of Queens."

In addition, Dom voiced the character Ernie, the demolitions expert, on Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold." Other notable animation work includes multiple seasons voicing Duke The Dog in “Barnyard.”

His film work includes a featured role in Robert Townsend's "Hollywood Shuffle," a cameo in the Coen Bros. Film, "The Big Lebowski,” "The Fourth Tenor,” starring old pal Rodney Dangerfield, and he played himself in the Rodney Dangerfield / Dom De Luise film, "The Godson."

When it comes to festivals, Dom has pretty much played 'em all: Earlier, we touched on his becoming a fondly-regarded fixture at both Just For Laughs, in Montreal, and Cat Laughs, in Ireland. He also has appeared at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in Australia, and at Edinburgh Festival's Assembly Hall in Scotland. It was there that he received the "Herald Award" for artistic excellence.

In 2010 Dom performed in the prestigious one person show slot in Montreal with his sold out run of “Plugged, Unplugged and Plugged again."