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Russell Peters was born in Toronto, Ontario to Eric and Maureen Peters, and raised in Brampton. He is of Anglo-Indian descent. His father was born in Bombay, India and worked as a federal meat Inspector and his mother was born in Calcutta, India. He has an older brother named <s>Julio</s> Clayton who was also born in Calcutta. Peters began performing in Toronto, Ontario in 1989. He has since also performed in the UK, Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Denmark, South Africa, the Caribbean, Vietnam, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, India, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, and the United States Trinidad among other places. His comedy special ''Russell Peters: Outsourced'', aired on Comedy Central on August 16, 2006. The DVD version features his uncensored performance. The DVD has been popular, especially in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies. Outsourced remained on the National DVD Chart over one and a half years after release. He also [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|gained popularity in most Asian countries]].
Peters' comedy focuses largely around his Indian upbringing and racial stereotypes, as he often parodies his parents and [[N
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{{quote| ('''in an Asian voice''') "Be a man!"}}
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* [[Oh Crap]] / [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Russell's reaction to hearing his dad's [[Catch Phrase]] as a kid.
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