| |
Tommy Davidson (born December 18, 1965 in Washington, D.C., USA) is an American film and television actor. Davidson was adopted when he was 2 years old. He attended high school at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland; he was the product of an interracial adoption, with his parents being white and he being black. After graduating, he enrolled at the University of the District of Columbia, but dropped out shortly thereafter. Davidson started his career as a standup comedian in the late 1980s, performing in various comedy clubs throughout the Washington Metropolitan region, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. His first major exposure came on the variety show In Living Color, where he played various characters, including his impersonation of Sammy Davis, Jr. and being the victim of Homey D. Clown. He has also appeared in the films Booty Call and Juwanna Mann, both with Vivica A. Fox. He currently provides the voice for born loser, harried father, and snack-food mogul Oscar Proud in the Disney animated series The Proud Family. He also was a recurring character on MADtv's Real **********ing Talk sketches.
|
|
|
|
