{{short description|American stand-up comedian and actor}} {{Infobox comedian |name=Don Gavin |image= |imagesize= |caption= |birth_name= |birth_date= |birth_place=West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States |death_date= |death_place= |medium=Stand-up, television, film |active= |genre=Observational comedy, satire, black comedy, sarcasm |subject=American culture, everyday life, human behavior, pop culture |influences= |influenced= |signature= |website= |footnotes= |module= |child= |grammyawards= |americancomedyawards= }}
'''Don Gavin''' is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for such films and television series as ''Shallow Hal'' and ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Don Gavin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/431127/Don-Gavin/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319111418/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/431127/Don-Gavin/biography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2014|archive-date=2014-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Comedians Steve Sweeney, Tony V and Don Gavin on FOX 25|work=Myfoxboston.com|date=November 15, 2012|url=http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/20106327/2012/11/15/comedians-steve-sweeney-tony-v-and-don-gavin-on-fox-25}}</ref>
In 1989, Gavin made an appearance on an episode of the Australian variety TV show ''Hey Hey It's Saturday''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Hey Hey it's Saturday {{!}} Stand up Comedy {{!}} Don Gavin {{!}}1989 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzUxMoTY5GU |access-date=2024-03-20 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2020, he appeared on episode 1,418 of ''The Joe Rogan Experience''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Don Gavin |date=2020-01-23 |type=Comedy, Talk-Show |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11789854/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |others=Joe Rogan, Don Gavin |publisher=Joerogan, Spotify}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=#1418 - Don Gavin |date=2020-01-23 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jQQVMOznZTigbZM69dZBT |access-date=2024-03-20 |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{official website|http://www.dongavincomedy.com}} *{{IMDb name|0310530}}
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