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russell peters

russell dominic peters -lrb- born september 29 , 1970 -rrb- is a canadian comedian and actor .
he began performing in toronto in 1989 and won a gemini award in 2008 .
he has set records for sales and attendance at a comedian 's performance : in 2007 , as the first comedian to sell out toronto 's air canada centre ; in 2009 , setting a sales record in london ; and in 2010 , performing for the largest audience in australia for a standup comedy show .
in 2011 , he was inducted into canada 's walk of fame .
