Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian who played Detective Tommy Manetti on the television series The Job , and is currently playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the critically-acclaimed FX series Rescue Me . He has performed on Comedy Central Presents and was nominated twice for the American Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up. Ferrara frequently performs stand-up at Caroline's and the Comedy Cellar, both of which are in Manhattan. Ferrara also tours often, performing stand-up at the top clubs around the country. Ferrara is also a frequent guest on the Opie and Anthony show on XM Satellite Radio and (in the past) nationwide syndicated "terrestrial" radio stations. He is a close friend of co-host Anthony Cumia, as they grew up together on Long Island in New York. Ferrara has guest starred four times on The King of Queens , appearing each time as a different character: Once as an IPS driver (who responds with horror when Doug tells him that Carrie's ovaries are "Shrek-shaped," saying "That's your wife!"), once as a driver for a rival delivery company (who pretends to befriend Doug, first by pulling his truck out of a too-small drive-thru, and then by inviting him to a Neil Diamond concert and telling him that he, too, was overweight [as a child]), once as a gay gentleman tapping his foot in a toilet stall, and once as a waiter at Arthur's wedding in the finale. He again worked with Kevin James when he played Sergeant Howard in Happy Madison's the highly successful Paul Blart Mall Cop . He has performed stand-up several times on The Tonight Show , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , and Premium Blend . Ferrara recently appeared in the film The Pack . He had roles in the films Definitely, Maybe and Winter of Frozen Dreams .

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Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian who played Detective Tommy Manetti on the television series The Job , and is currently playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the critically-acclaimed FX series Rescue Me .

He has performed on Comedy Central Presents and was nominated twice for the American Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up. Ferrara frequently performs stand-up at Caroline's and the Comedy Cellar, both of which are in Manhattan. Ferrara also tours often, performing stand-up at the top clubs around the country.

Ferrara is also a frequent guest on the Opie and Anthony show on XM Satellite Radio and (in the past) nationwide syndicated "terrestrial" radio stations. He is a close friend of co-host Anthony Cumia, as they grew up together on Long Island in New York.

Ferrara has guest starred four times on The King of Queens , appearing each time as a different character: Once as an IPS driver (who responds with horror when Doug tells him that Carrie's ovaries are "Shrek-shaped," saying "That's your wife!"), once as a driver for a rival delivery company (who pretends to befriend Doug, first by pulling his truck out of a too-small drive-thru, and then by inviting him to a Neil Diamond concert and telling him that he, too, was overweight [as a child]), once as a gay gentleman tapping his foot in a toilet stall, and once as a waiter at Arthur's wedding in the finale.

He again worked with Kevin James when he played Sergeant Howard in Happy Madison's the highly successful Paul Blart Mall Cop .

He has performed stand-up several times on The Tonight Show , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , and Premium Blend . Ferrara recently appeared in the film The Pack . He had roles in the films Definitely, Maybe and Winter of Frozen Dreams .