Paul Ogata


Paul Ogata is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Personal life

Ogata was born and raised in Pearl City, Hawaii, and moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to devote more time to performing stand-up comedy.
Ogata graduated from the University of Hawaii. In college, he briefly studied Electrical Engineering, a field for which he showed some aptitude as a teen.

Career

Paul Ogata worked for years as a top-rated morning radio personality in Honolulu on KDDB-FM.
He has appeared on several television shows, most notably Live at Gotham on Comedy Central, the syndicated Comics Unleashed and CBS's Late Late Show.
Ogata is an award-winning comedian. In 2004, he was victorious in the TakeOut Comedy Competition, earning the title of "Funniest Asian-American Comedian in the U.S." In 2007, Ogata won the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition, joining a list of previous winners which include Dana Carvey, Sinbad and Jake Johannsen.
Paul Ogata also appeared in the Damon Wayans motion picture , and starred in the short film .
On February 23, 2010, Ogata's debut stand-up comedy album, "", was released on the New Wave Dynamics label.

Filmography

Movies