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Anthony Alvin Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. A dynamic performer with incredible screen presence, African-American funnyman Anthony Anderson became an almost ubiquitous feature player beginning in 1999, providing comic relief in an impressive number of films early on in his career. The California native landed his first professional job at age five, appearing in a television commercial. Twenty years later, he could be seen on the NBC sitcom "In the House", starring LL Cool J. While Anderson's career lulled, the performer was busy with his education, attending a performing arts high school and earning a talent scholarship to the prestigious Howard University. A 1996 cameo in "Alien Avengers,” a segment of the Showtime series "Roger Corman Presents,” led to a regular role as a hefty but capable basketball player on the NBC teen series "Hang Time" (from 1997 to 1998). A guest role on "NYPD Blue" followed in 1998, predating his feature film onslaught, which began with 1999's "Life,” a 1930s prison comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in nearby Compton, California, the son of Doris, a telephone operator and actress; his stepfather, Sterling Bowman, owns a chain of clothing stores. Anderson is an alumnus of the Hollywood High School Performing Arts Center and Howard University. He trained with actors such as Avery Brooks, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. He first achieved recognition in the NBC television show Hang Time (1995–2000). He had a breakout role in 2000's Romeo Must Die. Since then, Anderson has starred in a number of films, including Exit Wounds, Barbershop, and Kangaroo Jack. In 2003, he got his own sitcom on The WB, All About the Andersons, co-starring John Amos. The series was cancelled after only one season. He starred, alongside Jerry O'Connell, as a New Yorker on the lam in the Australian Outback comedy "Kangaroo Jack" and then reunited with DMX for the action feature "Cradle 2 the Grave" before returning to comedy with supporting turns in Jamie Kennedy's "Malibu's Most Wanted" and the horror-spoof sequel "Scary Movie 3" (all in 2003). That same year he co-created and starred in the short-lived sit-com "All About the Andersons" (2003) as a struggling actor who moves in with his parents to provide a stable environment for his young son. Anderson's feature career continued unabated: along with Eddie Griffin and Michael Imperioli, he headlined the limp relationship comedy "My Baby's Daddy" (2004) as part of a trio of immature men suddenly saddled with responsibility when their girlfriends all become pregnant. Then it was on to a co-starring role in the family-friendly sequel "Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London" (2004) as Derek, the handler for Frankie Muniz's underage secret agent. Anderson then took on a recurring role during the 2005 season of the gritty crime drama "The Shield," playing the influential and menacing ex-con Antwon Mitchell, delivering his most compelling and complex performance to date. In March 2005, Anderson began co-starring in The Shield's fourth season as Antwon Mitchell, an ex-convict who poses as a community leader while still running his old street gang. His performance on The Shield earned him much acclaim from critics who had previously dismissed him as a light comedy actor, resulting in him returning to The Shield during the show's fifth and sixth seasons for a few episodes. Anderson also starred in the animated family film Hoodwinked, and had a supporting role in the Best Picture Academy Award-winning film The Departed. Anderson joined an all-star cast that included Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg and Jack Nicholson in “The Departed” (2006), Martin Scorsese’s slick crime thriller that was loosely based on the excellent Hong Kong actioner “Infernal Affairs” (2002). “The Departed” centered on a South Boston cop (DiCaprio) deep undercover inside a crime syndicate ran by Franck Costello (Nicholson), a sexually deviant mob boss who has one of his own gangsters (Matt Damon) inside the police department. As the police struggle to bring down the Costello’s operations, the mob boss manages to stay one step ahead while trying to flush out the mole that he learns has infiltrated his crew. Meanwhile, both moles fight to expose the other before their own cover is blown. “The Departed” received a huge helping of critical kudos prior to its early October release. He starred in the live-action Transformers film, based on the 1980s cartoon Transformers. The spring of 2007 saw Anderson in another regular television role, this time as a cast member of the FOX police drama K-Ville. In 2007, Anderson was also a stand-out emcee on a number of episodes of It's Showtime at the Apollo. Anderson was cast in the NBC crime drama Law & Order in 2008, replacing Jesse L. Martin. Anderson plays the role of Kevin Bernard, a policeman fresh from Internal affairs. He premiered on April 23, 2008. Before this, Anderson had previously played a one-episode role as Detective Lucius Blaine in a 7th season episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Fat". In the game Def Jam: Icon, he provides his voice and likeness to Troy Dollar, a fighter and the leader of a rival record label. He has won some awards and recognition for his acting roles. Currently lives in Los Angeles. He is married to his college sweetheart and they have two children. His photo double in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) was actor Dwayne Winstead. He co-starred in three movies with DMX: Romeo Must Die (2000), Exit Wounds (2001) and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003). Used the line "Don't drop the soap" in two different movies, Barbershop (2002) and King's Ransom (2005). Has family living in the Chicago area. Graduated from Hollywood High School Performing Arts Center. Share a birthday with Ben Affleck, and Debra Messing. Grew up in Compton, California. Attended the 2006 Dominican International Film Festival in Santo Domingo. Attended Hollywood High School Performing Arts Center at the same time as Benito Martinez, his co-star on The Shield. Anderson was a year beneath Martinez. Favorite NFL football player is Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints. In 1995, he married his college girlfriend, Alvina Stewart. The couple have two children. On July 28, 2004, while filming the motion picture Hustle & Flow alongside Terrance Howard, Anderson and crew member Wayne Witherspoon were arrested and charged with raping a female visitor to Anderson's trailer. The charges were later dismissed, but Anderson was still under suit for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on the set of All About the Andersons |
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