Celebrity Name : Andrew “Dice” Clay

Celebrity Real Name : Andrew Silverstein

Date of Birth : September 29, 1957

Birth Location : Brooklyn, New York

Biography Of Andrew Silverstein :
Andrew “Dice” Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein on September 29, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. Notorious for his highly profane comedy, his popularity and success peaked during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Clay has worked on various show business projects to this day with a more modest degree of success. Rick Rubin was quoted on the “E! True Hollywood Story: Andrew Dice Clay” as saying to the effect “What’s the bad news? That he’s making seven figures in Vegas?”, a reference to Clay’s popular Las Vegas Strip comedy shows. He was ranked number 95 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 Greatest Standups of All Time. Clay’s most famous performance was his live comedy stunt during the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards that earned him a “lifetime ban” due to his profane language and offensive nature of his jokes.

Early career:
As Andrew Clay, he made sitcom appearances on M*A*S*H and Diff’rent Strokes. He then landed roles in movies such as Making the Grade, starring Judd Nelson (1984) (playing a character named “Dice”), Pretty In Pink (1986) (credited for the first time as Andrew “Dice” Clay). As Andrew Dice Clay, he also had a regular role on Crime Story from 1986–1988. This was followed by a series of less-notable films. He eventually turned from acting towards stand-up comedy, focusing on the character “Dice” as in Pretty in Pink. Possibly named after The Dice Man, a novel by Luke Rhinehart, the persona was that of a highly racist, homophobic woman-hating street-wise Brooklyn tough. Although Clay always maintained that the “Dice” in his stand-up act was merely a character that he played onstage, it was often hard for the general public to differentiate between the persona and the actual person; to many, they were interchangeable.[wikipedia]