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Andy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman
  • Born: January 17, 1949
  • Died: May 16, 1984
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor, Comedian, Performance Artist

Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman was an American comedian, performance artist and wrestler. While often called a comedian, Kaufman preferred to describe himself instead as a "song and dance man". He has sometimes been called an "anti-comedian". He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, once saying in a rare introspective interview, "I am not a comic, I have never told a joke. ... The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him... My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can."