Drew Carey - Definition and Overview

Drew Alison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an actor and comedian famous for his black-rimmed glasses. A former United States Marine reservist, he adopted his trademark crew cut during his time in the service.

After a period spent performing stand-up comedy and supporting roles on a number of television shows, he was given his own sitcom on ABC, The Drew Carey Show, in which he plays the assistant manager of personnel at a department store in Cleveland, Ohio. Carey also hosts the United States version of the improv comedy show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?

For The WB's 2004-2005 prime time schedule, Carey co-produces and stars in Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, an improvisational comedy spin-off of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

External links

• Drew Carey (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-1504/) at TV Tome
• CNN: Drew Carey leads 'smoke-in' to protest ban (http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9804/01/drew.carey/)

1st ever star to ever enter the royal rumble match in 2001, he then eliminated himself when Kane came out.