About Bob Saget | The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget | Comedy Central

For some, Bob Saget is known world-wide for his television roles and set a precedent by simultaneously starring in two top-ten primetime series- the long-running sitcom Full House while also serving as the eight year host of America's Funniest Home Videos. For others, Bob is known by a more 'adult' audience-- through his edgier stand-up comedy, theater, television, and film work.

The two worlds will come together on August 17 for The Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget. And this fall Bob returns to the suburb in the CW comedy, Surviving Suburbia.

Over the past year Bob made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award winning play The Drowsy Chaperone, he hosted the hit NBC quiz show 1 vs. 100 working without a script to adlib the hour program, he starred in his own hour HBO special, That Ain't Right, which is available on DVD, and he kicked off a national theater tour.

Bob wrote, directed, and produced (with David Permut) the hugely successful DVD release, Farce of the Penguins, an R-rated live action comedy, made entirely of stock documentary footage. 'Farce' is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, and stars the voiceover talents of Lewis Black, Mo'Nique, Tracy Morgan, Christina Applegate and himself. The film also features scores of guest appearances by some of the biggest and funniest names in comedy. It was released by THINKFilm and Lions Gate Films on January 30, 2007, and has sold incredibly well, especially with the college audiences.

Saget directed the college cult favorite feature film Dirty Work, and also helmed and executive produced the powerful telefilm For Hope, which starred Dana Delany in a story loosely based on the life and struggle of his sister, Gay, who passed away in 1994 from scleroderma. He continues to work on behalf of scleroderma research and awareness, serving as an active member of the Board of Directors of the Scleroderma Research  More

Foundation, for which he hosts and co-produces three major fundraising events every 18 months in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the organization's base city.

His other credits include starring in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway play, Privilege, written by Paul Weitz (In Good Company) and directed by Peter Askin (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) as well as appearing in the acclaimed comedy documentary film, The Aristocrats, earning rave reviews from The New York Times and Newsweek. In the past few years, he's played the murderer on Law & Order: SVU, poked fun at his self-image on HBO's Entourage, guest-starred on Showtime’s series Huff, and had a hit music video from MTV, Rollin' With Saget, which he starred with his friends, Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone. The video has had millions of hits on the web and won the FUSE TV Award.

Though it all, Bob remains committed to his career as a standup comedian, and continues headlining sold-out concert halls, casinos and colleges across America. His packed-house audiences all grew up watching him, and love to see his adult stand-up, which completely blows up his TV images of past as well as leaving them rolling in the aisles.

He resides in Los Angeles and is the extremely proud father of three daughters.

For more on Bob visit www.bobsaget.com. Less