{"id":767,"date":"2025-11-03T21:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=767"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:01:13","slug":"ray-romano-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/ray-romano-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Romano High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"celeb_name\">Ray Romano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Birthdate:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dec 21, 1957<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High School:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Hillcrest-High-School\/2914?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillcrest High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yearbooks:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/19569?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1972<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/5065?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1975<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yearbook photos of Ray Romano from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Hillcrest-High-School\/2914?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillcrest High School<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Archbishop-Molloy-High-School\/5703?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Archbishop Molloy High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ray-romano-yearbook-photo.png\" alt=\"Ray Romano 1975 high school senior yearbook portrait\" class=\"wp-image-768\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/young-ray-romano.png\" alt=\"Ray Romano 1972 high school freshman yearbook portrait\" class=\"wp-image-769\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Archbishop-Molloy-1972-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"Archbishop Molloy High School 1972 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Archbishop-Molloy-1972-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Archbishop-Molloy-1972-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hillcrest-High-School-1975-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"Hillcrest High School 1975 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hillcrest-High-School-1975-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hillcrest-High-School-1975-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/5065?page=202&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/19569?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Raymond \u201cRay\u201d Albert Romano<\/strong>&nbsp;(born December 21, 1957) is a comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is a 1975 graduate of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Hillcrest-High-School\/2914?s=80640\">Hillcrest High School<\/a>, in Queens, NY, and also attended&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Archbishop-Molloy-High-School\/5703?s=80640\">Archbishop Molloy High School<\/a>&nbsp;(also in Queens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romano first got into comedy in 1989, when he entered the Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search. He soon began making appearances elsewhere \u2013 as a contestant on&nbsp;<em>Star Search<\/em>, as a recurring guest voice in the cartoon series&nbsp;<em>Dr. Katz<\/em>, and doing standup comedy on&nbsp;<em>Late Night with David Letterman<\/em>. Early acting work included a guest appearance on&nbsp;<em>The Nanny<\/em>, with fellow Hillcrest class member Fran Drescher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1996, Romano began starring as Ray Barone in the comedy series&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>, in the role for which he is arguably best known. This popular show ended its run in 2005. His next starring role was in&nbsp;<em>Men of a Certain Age<\/em>&nbsp;(2009-2011), a series for which he was also co-creator. He was also the voice of Manny the mammoth in the&nbsp;<em>Ice Age<\/em>&nbsp;film series. In addition to other television and film appearances, Romano has participated in the World Series of Poker and competes regularly in the AT&amp;T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More recent work has included a recurring character in&nbsp;<em>Parenthood&nbsp;<\/em>(2012-2015), a part in the 2017 film&nbsp;<em>The Big Sick<\/em>, and a starring role in the upcoming series&nbsp;<em>Get Shorty<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Comedy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series (Leading Role)<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>. 1999 \u2013 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Film Institute Award for&nbsp;<strong>Best Male Actor in a Television Series<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>. 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emmy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>. 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emmy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Comedy Series<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>. 2005<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People\u2019s Choice Award for&nbsp;<strong>Favorite Male Television Performer<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>. 2002-2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People\u2019s Choice Award for&nbsp;<strong>Favorite Male Television Star<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/em>. 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Romano Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter Birthdate:&nbsp;Dec 21, 1957 High School:&nbsp;Hillcrest High School Yearbooks:&nbsp;1972&nbsp;|&nbsp;1975 Yearbook photos of Ray Romano from&nbsp;Hillcrest High School,&nbsp;Archbishop Molloy High School &nbsp;&nbsp; Raymond \u201cRay\u201d Albert Romano&nbsp;(born December 21, 1957) is a comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is a 1975 graduate of&nbsp;Hillcrest High School, in Queens, NY, and also attended&nbsp;Archbishop Molloy High School&nbsp;(also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6768,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions\/6768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}