| 1978 | Scored a perfect 30 from the judges on NBC's 'The Gong Show' at age 19, launching his career as a celebrity impressionist after winning a local talent contest's all-expenses-paid trip to Hollywood for the tryout. |
| 1988 | Won the comedy category as National Winner in the Universal Studios and MCA Records 'Reach for the Stars' talent competition, an early national credential that validated his celebrity impressions before he expanded into casino and club bookings. |
| 1991 | Turned pro as a full-time stand-up comedian and landed a national television spot on ABC's 'America's Funniest People,' taking home the runner-up cash prize for his celebrity impressions before a nationwide audience of home viewers. |
| 1994 | Claimed the 'Best Area Comedian' title in the Albany Times Union Readers' Poll for the first time, an honor local readers would hand him again in multiple years through 2016 as his regional stand-up following grew. |
| 2002 | Captured the Comedy Grand Champion title at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, besting competitors from multiple countries and divisions with a rapid-fire celebrity impression routine during the finals round of the national competition. |
| 2013 | Headlined a December holiday party booking in Glenville, New York, earning a five-star client review on The Bash for his celebrity impressions act, one of several corporate and private engagements verified on the platform that year. |
| 2014 | Delivered a corporate function booking in Lake Placid, New York, that June, earning another five-star client review on The Bash for his fast-paced stand-up impressions act performed live for staff at the company's gathering that day. |
| 2015 | Sailed aboard the WW Durant on Raquette Lake for a Friday, September 4 stand-up comedy cruise booked through the Raquette Lake Navigation Company, entertaining ninety-minute-sail passengers with his celebrity impressions for twenty dollars a ticket. |
| 2016 | Performed at a client's fiftieth birthday party in Wallingford, Connecticut, that April, drawing a five-star review crediting his celebrity impressions set with making the milestone celebration memorable for the guest of honor and assembled family. |
If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, then Steve Van Zandt really knows how to give a compliment. Since 1978, when at the age of 19 he garnered a perfect 30 score on NBC’s “The Gong Show”, Steve has been dazzling audiences across the country with his amazing talent for mimicking famous people. Today he is regarded as one of the best comic impressionists on the comedy scene. Steve can be seen in the country’s top comedy clubs, Las Vegas’ Caesars Resort and Casino, and at Atlantic City’s Tropworld. He also regularly appears as the opening act for top-named performers such as Michael Bolton and Howie Mandel, and has twice been featured on the ABC’s America’s Funniest People and Comedy Central.” The next time your event requires a humorous angle, compliment it with Steve Van Zandt and accept no other “imitations”!