Kyle Cease

Kyle Cease (born September 19, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, and motivational speaker.

Biography

While still keeping residence in Bothell, Washington, his hometown, he was cast as Bogey Lowenstein in the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You. Right after the film, he moved to Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} Two years later he was featured in Not Another Teen Movie, as the slow clapper.^{[citation needed]} In the same year, he released his first CD, Wait Your Turn.^{[citation needed]} He has made appearances on The Martin Short Show, One on One, Tuned Up, VH1's Super Secret Movie Rules, and in 2005, the movie The Hand Job.^{[citation needed]} Kyle has released a DVD of his nationwide tour called One Dimple.^{[citation needed]} The DVD contains a road documentary, commentary and a performance clip of him on Premium Blend. He also acted as a bit player in Comedy Central's soap-opera-spoof series Strip Mall.^{[citation needed]}

Kyle Cease had a Comedy Central Presents special in 2006.^{[citation needed]} He had made various appearances in podcasts such as Geekdrome and Weezy and the Swish.^{[citation needed]}

On January 10, 2007, Kyle Cease announced on his official Myspace blog that he would begin shooting a one hour stand-up special for Comedy Central, due to positive response from his Comedy Central Presents.^{[citation needed]} On March 15, 2007, Cease announced the special would be titled Weirder, Blacker, Dimpler. Filming was completed on March 30 in Seattle, Washington at the Moore Theater in downtown Seattle.

Kyle was also one of the contestants in the Comedy Central show Reality Bites Back.

In 2009, Kyle was ranked #1 on Comedy Central's Standup Showdown.^{[citation needed]} In June 2011 at the Longevity Now Conference, Kyle described how he was able to win the competition in spite of being up against comedic legends. Kyle decided to host a podcast and at the end of each episode, he thanked every fan who voted for him by name. On the first day, 400 people voted and Kyle thanked every single person. Each subsequent day, Kyle thanked every fan who voted. He attributes this to his success as it helped cultivate a substantial word of mouth following.

Filmography

• 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• The Hand Job (2005)^{[citation needed]}
• Weirder, Blacker, Dimpler (2007)^{[citation needed]}

Albums

References

External links

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