Carrot Top Biography

Name : Carrot Top

Date of Birth : 25 February 1965, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA

Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Occupation :Actor, comedian, writer

Scott Thompson was born on February 25th, 1965 in Coco Beach, Florida. Today Scott is better known by his stage name Carrot Top, an American comedian known for his bright red hair and is often lampooned for his prop comedy style.

Becoming a pop culture icon is a difficult thing to achieve but Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson has done just that. With over two decades of comedic performance in his rear view mirror, Carrot Top is one of the most popular, recognizable and successful comedians in America. After years of playing out to sold-out shows throughout the country, he has now become a Las Vegas icon as well, recently inking a long-term deal with the Luxor Resort and Casino.

After getting his degree, Carrot Top worked as a courier for a bank while honing his comedy act. After his first full year as the comic, he quit comedy all together out of frustration. At the time, he was in dire financial straits. As his car was repossessed, Carrot Top took jobs delivering bread, cleaning office buildings and even shucking oysters. A year later, after a single show, he ran into a club owner inquired, "What do you mean you're not doing comedy?" That manager offered Carrot Top his club's 1987 New Years Eve show. That's when everything turned around for the red haired prop comic. By 1990, Carrot Top was booking gigs outside Florida. Comedy clubs gigs across the country followed, leading up to Carrot Top's first TV appearance on the Comic Strip Live.

Following the special, Carrot Top became a regular cast member on the New Hollywood Squares alongside Lance Bass, Ralphie May and Vivica Fox. Meanwhile he continued to make guest appearances right until the last episode was taped on May 31st, 2004. This was followed by a sitcom guest appearance as himself on the George Lopez show. In fact, most of his TV appearances from this point involved Carrot Top portraying himself. In 2005, he joined a cast of who's who in comedy as they presented their take on the dirtiest joke ever told in the Paul Provenza documentary the Aristocrats.