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Raymond Romano or "Sugar" Ray Romano (born December 21 1957 in Queens, New York ) is an American Actor and Comedian . EARLY LIFE Romano, an Italian American , was born in Queens, New York to Albert and Lucie Romano. Romano attended Elementary and Middle High School in Forest Hills New York, the same Parochial School that gave us Pia Zadora and David Caruso . Before breaking into show business, Romano had planned to become an Accountant . CAREER Romano started his career as a stand-up comedian, appearing on many outlets including Comedy Central . He was originally cast to play "Joe" on the now-canceled American Television Sitcom '' NewsRadio '', but was fired, to be replaced by Joe Rogan . It was revealed that his particular brand of verbal comedy did not mix well with the fast-paced Repartee of the rest of the cast. Shortly thereafter, he would become the star of his own show, '' Everybody Loves Raymond '', that featured a cast and format which was more suitable to Romano's brand of humor. Romano also helped close friend and fellow comedian Kevin James get into show business. In 1998 , James received his own hit sitcom, the ''Raymond'' Spinoff '' The King Of Queens .'' The two would later reunite in the salesman comedy ''Grilled'', as two guys of the same profession who are both very desperate to land a big sale. Romano was featured on a 2000 episode of '' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? '', on which he won $125,000 (USD) for the NYPD 's D.A.R.E. Unit. In 2001, he was named one of E! 's top twenty entertainers of the year. In the same year, he was featured with his brother (a sergeant in the NYPD) on a New York Police Department recruiting poster. In 2004, he became the highest paid Television actor in history for his role of Raymond on CBS 's ''Everybody Loves Raymond''; his salary in 2004 was $50,000,000. On December 13 2003 , he was featured as a special guest star, sending a birthday card to Bob Barker in his eightieth-birthday bash on the seventh "Million Dollar Spectacular" special of the long-running daytime CBS series '' The Price Is Right ''. PRIVATE LIFE He is married to Anna Scarpulla, with whom he has four children, including one pair of twins. FILMOGRAPHY Acting
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