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] also criticized Dane Cook's material in a '']'' article from October 2006, claiming a joke he performed was originally done by ].<ref> by Rob Sheffield, '']'', October 19, 2006.</ref>

====Controversy====
On July 24, 2006, Cook asked for a guest spot at the ] comedy club in ]. Initially he was set to go up at the end of the night, but upon arriving at the club he requested to go up before the headliner, ]. Cook went over his allotted time, and after several minutes of the "wrap it up" light flashing, the club cut his microphone and attempted to "play him off" with music. Cook acted as though it was a mistake and continued his set for another five minutes until the process was repeated. Cook then dropped the mic and walked off-stage, furious. Kelamis then refused to take the stage, and later referred to Cook's actions as "the most arrogant thing that I've ever seen in my life".<ref name="2119laq"> Guy Macpherson, . ''The Province'', July 25, 2006.</ref> ], the founder of the comedy club chain, quickly apologized and blamed the club's manager. Breslin stated in support of Cook, "I'm on Dane's side totally, 100 percent." Breslin added that Kelamis was the last show that evening and there was no reason he could not have gone on late, stating "the tradition is that stardom trumps everything".<ref name="2119laq"/>

When asked by '']'' magazine "What's something you did recently you wish you could take back?" Cook responded, "I went onstage and was the rudest, most obnoxious version of myself. Women came up to me after and said, 'Don't ever say those things again. That was horrible!'".<ref>People magazine, November 17, 2008, page 142</ref>

===Film===
Cook has had small movie roles but his two most noticeable ones are '']'' as "The Waffler", and opposite ] in 1999's ''].''<ref></ref> Also In 2005 he appeared in the film '']'' as the unhygenic chef Floyd.

In 2006 Cook starred in his first leading role as the slacker box boy Zack Bradley in '']'', which co-starred Jessica Simpson and Dax Shepard. The movie debuted at #4 just behind '']''. The movie was made on a $12 million budget, and has earned a little over $28 million in the United States.

In June 2007 Cook co-starred in his first dramatic role as the devious photographer "Mr. Smith" in '']'', which starred ]. The film debuted at #4 at the box office, just behind '']''. The movie grossed $10,017,067 in the opening weekend.<ref></ref>

In September 2007 Cook starred as Dentist Charlie Logan in '']'', which co-starred Jessica Alba and Dan Fogler. The film was the second-highest grossing film (#1 Comedy) at the U.S. box office in its opening weekend, grossing $13.6 million in 2,612 theaters. The film went on to have a total box office tally of approximately $35 million U.S. and $24 million foreign.

A month later, Cook co-starred as Mitch Burns in '']'', which starred Steve Carell. The film grossed $11.8 million in 1,921 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #2 at the box office. As of July 6, 2008, it has grossed $62,745,217.

In 2008 Cook starred as air purifier call-center supervisor Tank Turner in '']'' with ], ], and ]. The film grossed $8.2 million and debuted at #3 at the box office, just behind '']'', and got a 50-50 rating on fandango.com.<ref></ref>


==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album
! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| ]
! width="35"| Heatseekers
! width="35"| Independent
! width="35"| Comedy
! width="35"| Canada
|-
| 2003
| ''''']''''' <small>
* Released: July 22, 2003
|align="center"| 67
|align="center"| 19
|align="center"| 25
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| -
| <small>
* US Sales: 1,215,409
* World Sales: TBA
|-
| 2005
| ''''']''''' <small>
* Released: July 26, 2005
|align="center"| 4
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| -
| <small>
* US Sales: 1,264,748
* World Sales: TBA
|-
|-
| 2007
| ''''']''''' <small>
* Released: November 13, 2007
|align="center"| 11
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 20
| <small>
* US Sales: TBA
* World Sales: TBA
|-
| 2009
| ''''']''''' <small>
* Released: May 19, 2009
|align="center"| 4
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| 22
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| -
| <small>
* US Sales: TBA
* World Sales: TBA
|-
| align="center" colspan="8"| <small>"&mdash;" denotes the album didn't chart.</small>
|}

===Other releases===
*2006: '']'' (3DVD)
*2007: ''The Lost Pilots'' (DVD) Sony Pictures Television.

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="28" rowspan="2"| Year
! width="260" rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="6"| Chart positions
! width="214" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! width="86"| <small>]</small>
! width="86"| <small>]</small>
! width="86"| <small>]</small>
! width="86"| <small>]</small>
! width="86"| <small>]</small>
! width="86"| <small>Germany</small>
|-
| 2006
| "I'll Never Be You"
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 100
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 4
| -
|-
| 2007
| "Forward"
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| -
|}

Cook co-wrote and performed the song "Ruthie Pigface Draper" for the ] movie with ].<ref></ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997 || '']'' || Tim ||
|-
| '']'' || Fair Cop ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1999 || || David ||
|-
| '']'' || Nick Miranda ||
|-
| '']'' || The Waffler ||
|-
| 2000 || '']'' || Himself || Stand-up comedy series<br />Episode: '']''
|-
| 1999–2001 || '']'' || Himself || Episode: April 12, 1999<br />Episode: March 14, 2001
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2002 || ''L.A.X.'' || Terrell Chasman ||
|-
| '']'' || Bob ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2003 || '']'' || Officer Fraioli ||
|-
| '']'' || Dane ||
|-
| '']'' || Roman Polanski || TV Movie
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004 || '']'' || Sausage Mascot || Voice
|-
| '']'' || Neal Luff ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005 || '']'' || Floyd ||
|-
| '']'' || George ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2006 || '']'' || Zack Bradley ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2007 || '']'' || Online Penguin || Voice
|-
| '']'' || Mr. Smith ||
|-
| '']'' || Chuck/Charlie ||
|-
| '']'' || Mitch Burns ||
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2008 || '']'' || Tank Turner||
|-
|}

{{Commons category|Dane Cook}}
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| '']'' || Ryan ||

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Refimprove|date=September 2009}}

==External links==
*{{imdb name|id=0176981|name=Dane Cook}}
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;News articles and interviews
*Cook, Dane. , November 4, 2009
*Cook, Dane. . ''SPIN.com'', November 2009.
*Barone, James. . ''Submerge Magazine'', October 2009.
*Kolakowski, Nick. . ''Private Air, August 2008.
*Bensinger, Graham. . ''ESPN The Magazine, December 2007.
*Bolohan, Scott. . ''Real Detroit Weekly, November 21, 2007.
*Gonulsen, Jason. . ''Glide Magazine'', November 12, 2007.
*Shmuel Reuven. . ''JewReview.net'', May 28, 2007.
*Gladstone, Neil. . ''AOL Comedy'', November 2, 2006.
*Havrilesky, Heather. . ''Salon'', September 3, 2006.
* ]. . ''Time'', May 8, 2006. From ] issue.
*Kharakh, Ben. . ''One Trick Pony''. January 2006.
*Casey, Susan. . ''Entertainment Weekly'', September 30, 2005.

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