Ray Romano

Ray has been nominated for 12 SAG awards. He was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He won in 2003. He was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. All nominations were for Everybody Loves Raymond.

Ray's on-screen daughter for Everybody Loves Raymond was named after his real-life oldest child (and his only daughter) Ally. Also, in the series pilot, Ray and Debra's twin boys were named Gregory and Matthew, just like Romano's real twin sons, but Romano felt it was too weird to have all his TV kids have the same names as his real kids, so they had the twins changed to Geoffrey and Michael.

Ray's daughter Alexandra "Ally" Romano made several appearances on Everybody Loves Raymond as Molly, the best friend of his on-screen daughter Ally, and the daughter of Ray Barone's arch-nemesis, Peggy the Cookie Lady.

Ray quit going to Queens College after gaining only fifteen credits in three years. Only to go back to Queens College, in which he excelled making it to the Dean's List for three years while studying accounting.

His mother's name is Lucie and she was a piano teacher.

His father's name is Albert and he was an engineer in Forrest Hills of Queens, New York.

His favorite color is blue.

His favorite movie is "A Simple Plan".

His favorite car is a 69 Malibu.

He is the author of a book, "Everything and a Kite," based on his comedy.

He has a dog named Nemo.

Rays favorite food is pizza.

He is the middle child of three boys.

Ray is an avid New York Mets Fan.

Ray once admitted to being jealous of fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

Ray gave one of his Emmy Awards to a baker who regularly sent him treats while he was a struggling comedian.

Ray released a CD titled Ray Romano: Live at Carnegie Hall and kindly donated all of its proceeds to the September 11 Fund.

Ray dropped out of Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, New York to go to Hillcrest High School.

Ray is due to appear in a film out next year called 'The Grand'.

By the time Everybody Loves Raymond ended, Ray was earning $1.8 million per episode.

His salary in 2001 was $19,000,000.

He is one of the TV's highest paid actors.

He has performed at the White House Correspondents Dinner for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

His first comedy performance was in a comedy troop called No Talent.

He was classmates with comedienne Fran Drescher in high school and has even guest-starred as his Ray Barone character on The Nanny.

He was the final contestant on Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and walked away with $125,000 for the NYPD's D.A.R.E. Unit.

He is 6' 2.5" tall.

He was born December 21st, 1957 in Queens, New York.

Ray has been married to Anna Scarpulla since 1987 and have four children.

Ray shares his birthday with actor Kiefer Sutherland.

Ray has signed on to do a new movie called The Grand, which includes Dennis Farina, Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Jason Alexander. The film, set during a poker tournament in Las Vegas, begins shooting in July 2006.

Ray Romano had a role on a Simpsons episode as a roof repair-man.

In 2006, Ray was ranked #55 on Forbes "Top 100 Celebrities."

Currently resides in Los Angeles.

Ray is Italian-American.

He originally wanted to be an accountant.

Ray has four children; Alexandra, 16, twins Matthew and Gregory, 13, and Joseph, 8.

Anna Scarpulla is his wife.

Ray made a fourth guest appearance on "The King of Queens" on the episode which first aired on November 28th, 2005.

In 1985 he took a job as a bank teller.