Rich Francese is one of America's premier comedians.  A rare show business triple threat who excels at Stand up Comedy, Writing, and Acting.

A former staff writer for the legendary Saturday Night Live, and regular performer at all the New York City comedy clubs, Rich is a nationally headlining comedian with scores of successful television appearances.

He has appeared on the following national television shows, ABC'S The View, NBC'S Late Night with Conan O'Brien,  ESPN's Cold Pizza, Showtime's White Boyz in the Hood, and Comedy Central's Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn just to name a few of his most recent performances.

Rich is also a regular sketch player on NBC'S Late Night With Conan O'Brien having made over a hundred appearances in that capacity.  Rich has also kept the audiences entertained with sketch appearances on MTV, A&E, HBO's Chris Rock Show, and Comedy Central.

As an actor, he has appeared NBC's Law & Order, CBS's Guiding Light and the films Spike of Bensonhurst, and Night at The Roxbury, as well as having appeared in numerous national television commercials.

Rich also created, wrote, and produced a comedy/variety show called The Dons of Comedy, which was performed in theaters up and down the East Coast as well as The Main Showroom in Atlantic City's Trump Marina.

Rich was recently selected to participate in the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival and was honored to have his comedy routines selected to be featured in two books.