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Anthony Anderson is an American comedian, film actor, and television actor who began his professional career in 1995. Born in Compton on August 15, 1970, he resides in Los Angeles and holds United States citizenship. He attended Hollywood High School and Howard University. Anderson has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Disney Legends award. His comedic influences include Richard Pryor, Bernie Mac, and Steve Martin. He speaks English and has two children.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1593
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Deconstructing Church
- Living Word Fellowship of Texas
- Lisa Glomb - CleverGirl43
- Core
- ALCATRAZ HISTORY True or False 3-D
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian and game show host. He is best known for his leading roles in drama series such as Marlin Boulet on K-Ville, and as NYPD Detective Kevin Bernard on the NBC crime drama Law & Order and comedy sitcom television series Guys with Kids as well as leading roles in comedy series such as Andre "Dre" Johnson on Black-ish. He had major…
Known for
- Scary Movie — Mahalik2026
- Star Search — Self - Host2026
- G20 — Derek Sutton2025
- Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television — Self2025
- Hollywood Squares — Self2025
- The Real Full Monty — Self - Host2024
- We Are Family — Self - Host2024
- Buy It Now — Self2024
- You People — Barber #12023
- Trippin' with Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris — Self2023
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-08-15 ) August 15, 1970 (age 55) , Compton, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Howard University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor comedian host
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Spouse
- Alvina Stewart ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2023 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexandre
- Family name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Compton
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Hollywood High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Anthony Anderson 2010.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- Anthony Anderson
- date of birth
- 1970-08-15
- name in native language
- Anthony Anderson
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- social media followers
- 521850
- writing language
- English language
- influenced by
- Steve Martin
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Encyclopedic overview
Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is known for his leading roles in television shows such as Andre "Dre" Johnson on the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022) and NYPD Detective Kevin Bernard on the NBC crime drama Law & Order (2008–2010, 2022). He has also acted in films such as Big Momma's House (2000), Barbershop (2002), Kangaroo Jack (2003), Agent Cody Banks 2 (2004), Hustle & Flow (2005), The Departed (2006), Transformers (2007), and Scream 4 (2011).
Anderson starred in the short-lived sitcoms All About the Andersons (2003–2004) and Guys with Kids (2012–2013). Anderson has also hosted or been a guest panelist on a variety of game shows. Anderson served as host of the ABC version of the game show To Tell the Truth (2016–2022) and he is the host of the Fox game show We Are Family (2024–). He hosted the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2024. In 2025, he was named host of Netflix’s reboot of the talent competition series Star Search to debut the following year.
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