In 1992, Peters met American comedian George Carlin, one of his biggest influencers, who advised him to get on stage whenever and wherever possible. He has since gone on to perform in several countries. Peters began performing in Toronto in 1989. Peters's older brother, Clayton, serves as his manager. By the 1990s, he was a well-connected DJ in the Toronto scene. Peters also became a fan of hip hop in his youth. He eventually learned boxing, which helped him resist the bullying. In school, he was regularly bullied because of his ethnicity. He attended Chinguacousy Secondary School for grades 9–10, and North Peel Secondary School in Bramalea, Ontario, Canada for grades 11–12. When Peters was four, he and his family moved to Brampton, Ontario, Canada. His extended family lives in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Peters was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 29, 1970, to immigrants from India, both of Anglo-Indian descent, Eric and Maureen Peters, who had moved to Canada in 1965 from Jalandhar, Punjab, India and Kolkata, West Bengal, India respectively. He also won the Peabody Award and the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for producing Hip-Hop Evolution (2016). In 2013, he was number three on Forbes ' list of the world's highest-paid comedians, and became the first comedian to get a Netflix stand-up special. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008.

Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer.

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