ANTHONY ANDERSON

'Anthony Alvin Anderson' (born August 15, 1970) is an American comedian and actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in Compton, California, to Doris, a telephone operator and actor; his step-father, Sterling Bowman, owns a chain of clothing stores.http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/Anthony-Anderson.html Anderson is an alumnus of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

Career

Anderson first achieved recognition in the NBC television show ''Hang Time'' (1995–2000). He had a breakout role in 1999'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. 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 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''.

Personal life

On July 28, 2004, while filming the motion picture ''Hustle & Flow'', 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''.^[1]
He is a fighter and the leader of a rival record label in the game by the name of Troy Dollar.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	''Life''	Cookie
	''Trippin'''	Z-Boy
2000	''Romeo Must Die''	Maurice
	''Big Momma's House''	Nolan
	''Me, Myself & Irene''	Jamaal Baileygates
	''	Stan Washington
2001	''See Spot Run''	Benny
	''Exit Wounds''	T.K. Johnson
	''Kingdom Come''	Junior Slocumb
	''Two Can Play That Game''	Teste
2002	''Barbershop''	J.D.
2003	''Kangaroo Jack''	Louis Booker
	''Cradle 2 the Grave''	Tommy
	''Malibu's Most Wanted''	P. Niss
	''Scary Movie 3''	Mahalik
2004	''My Baby's Daddy''	G. Bong
	''	Derek
	''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle''	Burger Shack Employee
2005	''King's Ransom''	Malcolm King
	''Hustle & Flow''	Key
2006	''Hoodwinked''	Detective Bill Stork
	''Scary Movie 4''	Mahalik
	''The Departed''	Brown
2007	''Transformers''	Glen Whitmann
2009	''41 Dollars (The Scott Hicks Story)	Scott Hicks
2009	''Transformers 2''	Glen Whitmann

References

1. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15097,00.html
2. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/defjam3/screenindex.html?sid=6164265

External links

★