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= Larry Omaha = Larry Omaha is a Stand Up Comic of Native American heritage, Yaqui-Zapotec to be more specific. He was previously employed as a Government Investigator but left his job to become a stand-up comic, although on the comedypro.com website, his former employment is listed as being a TV writer. . Larry is known for his comical stories about the "Rez" (Native American reservations) and his jabs at American hypocrisy which inspired the Las Vegas Sun to label him, "A very hip comic who clicks with all generations." Larry's clean act has garnered him numerous tv and corporate appearances. He is currently seen on the Showtime Comedy Special "Goin' Native." He's also been on "Mind of Mencia," "Comics Unleashed," and he appears as Nightwolf in the next release of Mortal Kombat 9.

Before becoming a comedian Omaha made money in college by driving a taxi and later drove for the UPS (United Postal Service) delivering packages like a mad man. He listed his worst job ever when he was digging ditches for laying gas lines. He was quoted saying it was brutal but at least he wasn't digging grave sites. .

Career
Due to his upbringing and insight on multi-ethnic America, Omaha is on great demand on the casino and corporate circuit. In his bio, Omahaʻs birthplace is listed as the banks of the Missouri river, and spent his childhood fighting flood waters, snakes, and coyotes on the Midwestern plains; Omaha speaks about some of his experiences growing up in the plains as part of his comedy act. At age nine he was a shoe shine boy, and of all his customers, he stated he thought that the prostitutes were the kindest and best tippers. As a teenager Omaha loved billiards as he would hustle people playing pool, although this could also be a joke, as he was quoted saying, "Anybody for a game of 9-ball? In high school, a counselor had told him that he wasn't college material, to which he later said, he ended up attending law school and became a comedian who performed at over 200 colleges.

His biography lists him as having 20 siblings and cousins, this has not been fact checked, and he has joked that he had lived in a two bedroom house built by his uncle where had to battle his 20 siblings and cousins for food and space. In his comedic repertoire he is known to turn Native American stereotypes upside down and inside out, using them as part of his act, although his indigenous humor is very well accepted by most audiences. His comical stories about his youth were hailed by the Los Angeles Times as refreshing, funny, and universal. .

Omaha on IMDB is credited as an actor and producer known for Mortal Komat (2011), A Guy Walks Into a Bar (2011), and The Blackout (2009). He has recently appeared on Comedy Central's "Stand Up Revolution"; ABC’s “No Ordinary Family;” HBO’s “Erotic Traveler” ; Showtime’s “Goin’ Native”; and he is credited as the voice of Nightwolf in “Mortal Kombat 9.” He returned from retirement in 2017, performing at the Ha Ha Comedy Club. In the past Larry Omaha has performed with Gabriel Iglesias, an American Stand-up comedian, even performing on a European tour with him in 2015. He was also featured in Gabriel Iglesiasʻs Stand up Revolution show.

Topics which he has covered during his stand up comedian skits include: stupid stereotypes, whacked out relatives, the horrors of computer dating, why Santa avoids Indian reservations as well as privileged rich neighbors. His comedy is done in a way which he does not use shocking language, and unlike other comedians who target their audiences for laughs, he engages them and retells his comical stories about his youth and life. In 21 Days, a horror movie which he starred in, he stated that he had to learn four lines in the Navajo language, but it took him two weeks to memorize it; something he said got his tongue tired. On his credits page, his special skills are listed as: Stand up comedy, Horseback, Juggling, Motorcycle, Improv, Billiards, Table Tennis and praying.

Filmography
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