Ray Romano

Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter who recently portrayed as Vic Margolis (a guest cast) in the sitcom series Kevin Can Wait.

He recently played as Raymond (Ray) Barone in CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, including as Manny the Mammoth in Ice Age series and Joe Tranelli in TNT's comedy-drama series Men of a Certain Age. He also played as Rick Moreweather in Epix dramedy series Get Shorty.

He is the friend of actor-comedian Kevin James.

Early life
Romano was born in Queens, New York, the son of Lucie (Fortini), a piano teacher, and Albert Romano (November 7, 1925 – March 11, 2010), a real estate agent and engineer. He grew up in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. He has an older brother, Richard (born in 1956), a sergeant with the NYPD, and a younger brother, Robert, a second grade teacher in New York City.

Personal life
He is currently married to his wife Anna Romano (nee Scarpulla) since October 11, 1987, when they met while working at a bank together. They have four children including Alexandra "Ally" (daughter, b. 1990), Matthew "Matt" and Gregory "Greg" (twin sons, b. 1992) and Joseph Raymond "Joe" (son, b. 1998). His on-screen daughter for Everybody Loves Raymond was named after his real-life daughter. Also, in the series pilot, Ray and Debra's twin boys were named after Greg and Matt, Romano's real twin sons, but Romano felt it was too weird to have all his TV kids have the same names as his real kids, so they changed the twins' names to Geoffrey and Michael on screen.

Competitions
Romano competed in the World Series of Poker in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015.

In early 2010, Romano starred in the second season of The Golf Channel's original series The Haney Project in which Tiger Woods' former coach Hank Haney attempts to improve the golf games of different celebrities and athletes. Romano's goal was to finish the show being able to break 80. Romano took time off from the show to be with his father, Albert Romano, who died in March 2010. Romano is also a regular competitor in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where he finished fifth in 2012 with his partner, Australian professional Steven Bowditch. It was the first time Romano had qualified for the final round after failing to do so on 11 successive occasions. He also competes annually in the American Century Championship, a celebrity golf tournament owned by NBC and held at Lake Tahoe each July.

Appearance

 * Season 1
 * Beat the Parents