Louis Alfred Székely, known professionally as
Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. C.K. has won three Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as numerous awards for
The Chris Rock Show,
Louie, and his stand-up specials
Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) and
Oh My God (2013). In 2015,
Rolling Stone ranked C.K.'s stand-up special
Shameless number three on their "Divine Comedy: 25 Best Stand-Up Specials and Movies of All Time" list and ranked him fourth on its 2017 list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.