Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation ; Vicious Circle ; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden ; and Isolated Incident . In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went platinum. He performed an HBO special in the Fall of 2006, Vicious Circle, a straight-to-DVD special titled Rough Around The Edges (which is included in the album of the same name), and a Comedy Central special in 2009 titled Isolated Incident. He is known for his use of observational, often vulgar, and sometimes dark comedy.

Dane Cook: Vicious Circle is a live stand-up comedy special performed for HBO written and produced by Dane Cook. It was aired on September 4, 2006. It was then released on DVD November 28, 2006, with the tagline, "What goes around has come around." The DVD includes the original unaired version and a "DANEgerous" edition.

The Soundtrack from Dane Cook's Tourgasm was released in 2007 on Rhino Records. The album features rock tracks from mostly unsigned and/or indie talent. Every other track however are comedy tracks by the Tourgasm cast (Dane Cook, Jay Davis, Gary Gulman, Robert Kelly ) pulled directly from the show.