He is one of the most versatile and successful comedians working in Hollywood today, loved by the television audiences who never missed his nightly hit series "Family Feud" or his appearances on late night chat shows.

He is adored by standing-room-only crowds in Las Vegas and respected by readers of his books. Louie Anderson is worshipped by the rising comics he mentors and encourages with his honesty and wisdom.
 
Sharing the ups and downs of his childhood experiences as one of eleven children in Minnesota, Louie Anderson crafted comedy routines that rang true for his early club audiences while reducing them to helpless fits of laughter, routines that led him from his career as a counselor to troubled children to the first-place trophy at the 1981 Midwest Comedy Competition. Henny Youngman, who hosted the competition, recognized the diamond-in-the-rough genius of the young comic and hired him as a writer, providing invaluable experience that soon put Louie Anderson in his own spotlight on comedy stages all over the country.
 
In 1995 Louie Anderson put his creative energies to work on the Saturday morning animated series "Life with Louie." The long-running series based on Louie's own childhood and his life with his father won three Humanitas Prizes for writing on a children's animated series, making him the only three-time recipient of this award. It also earned a Genesis Award for its depiction of the proper treatment of animals and, most significantly, two Emmy Awards.
 
Louie Anderson's best selling books include Dear Dad - Letters From An Adult Child, a collection of alternately touching and outrageous letters from Louie to his late father, and Good-bye Jumbo...Hello Cruel World, self-help for those who struggle with self-esteem issues, as only an award-winning comedian could write it.

He has made appearances on network TV in Scrubs, Grace Under Fire, Touched by an Angel and Chicago Hope.