Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor of Indian descent. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on Forbes list of the world's highest-paid comedians, and became the first comedian to get a Netflix stand-up special. He also won the Peabody Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for producing Hip-Hop Evolution (2016). He currently lives in Los Angeles.