"Louis C.K. (/ˈluːi ˌsiːˈkeɪ/; born Louis A. Székely; September 12, 1967)[1][2][a] is a Mexican-American comedian,[3] actor, writer, producer, director, and editor.[4] "C.K." is a phonetic simplification of his surname. C.K. began his career in the 1990s and early 2000s writing for several comedians including David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Dana Carvey, Chris Rock and also for other comedy shows. Also in this period, he was directing surreal short films and went on to direct two features—Tomorrow Night (1998) and Pootie Tang (2001)—before he starred in the short-lived HBO television sitcom Lucky Louie in 2006. Louie, an acclaimed semi-autobiographical comedy-drama series that C.K. created, stars in, writes, directs, executive ..."