Rocky LaPorte

Who is Rocky LaPorte?

Rocky LaPorte is an American actor and a performer of stand-up comedy. In 2005 he had his own stand-up special on Comedy Central Presents. After the comedian Tim Allen watched Rocky on The Tonight Show, he claimed Rocky as his "favorite new comic" and brought him on to play in his movie, The Shaggy Dog. Rocky visited Iraq with Drew Carey and the trip became a Showtime movie called "Patriot Act: a Jeffrey Ross Home Movie" which played on Showtime.

Rocky was a finalist in the eighth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing. He was eliminated in the season's 11th episode, finishing in fifth place. By finishing in the top five, Rocky qualified to perform on the Last Comic Standing Tour, taking place in the Fall of 2014.