High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Greg Giraldo (December 10, 1965 – September 29, 2010) was an American stand-up comedian, television personality, and retired lawyer. Giraldo was best known for his appearances on Comedy Central`s televised roast specials, and for his work on that network`s television shows Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Lewis Black`s Root of All Evil, and the programming block Stand-Up Nation, the last of which he hosted.