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Perry Fran Caravello is an American actor, comedian, and internet personality. He is best known for his role in the 2003 movie Windy City Heat and the host of the internet stream Perry Caravello Live.
Career[]
Caravello started acting and standup comedy around 1988, and early in his career was trying to get into The Comedy Store when then host Don Barris challenged him to have his chest shaved onstage with a razor and no soap. Caravello did the stunt and was given a regular spot at the comedy club. This was the beginning of frequent comedic collaborations between Caravello and Barris, along with Tony Barbieri (aka "Mole"). All of which were typically at the expense of Perry. Caravello has alleged that in 1992 he was coerced into giving a handjob to a casting director in order to get a role in a movie.
In 2003, Caravello starred in the Comedy Central reality movie Windy City Heat, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and written by Barris and Barbieri. All three co-starred as well. The movie was one elaborate prank on Perry who was under the impression he had landed his first starring role in a major motion picture. The movie followed him from the beginning being cast in the picture to the conclusion of the "one-night only" premiere where he was awarded a trophy for his outstanding work. Jimmy Kimmel's Jackhole Productions produced the movie.
He had roles in Hot Package, Derek and Simon, and Virtuosity and was also an extra in Austin Powers in Goldmember where he can be seen multiple times during the prison rap scene.
After Windy City Heat, Caravello started working with Richard Heene on a project called Psyience Detectives in which they played storm chasing detectives. The project ended during production in 2006 when the two men got involved in a physical altercation while filming. After the Balloon boy hoax perpetrated by Henne, Caravelllo made frequent TV appearances in which he was interviewed in regard to Henne's character. He was then invited on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he was lampooned for taking advantage of his "15 minutes of fame" in light of the incident.
In 2010, Caravello, Barris and Barbieri started a weekly comedy podcast called The Big 3 Podcast, on Adam Carolla's ACE Broadcasting Network. In 2011 the show moved to Barris' own network, before ending in April 2015. Caravello has spoken on Simply Don The Podcast from 2014 through 2020.
Perry was prank-called by The Jerky Boys on the track "Perry's Slacks" on the 2020 album The Jerky Boys.
Perry Caravello Live[]
In November 2020, Caravello launched his own live stream on the platform Twitch (and later expanded to YouTube) with the help of his publicist Tom Brennan. The following Perry obtained from Windy City Heat proved to make his streaming channels successful and began streaming 3 to 4 days a week. This also brought him a whole new audience resulting in being Perry's primary source of income after being out of work for many years.