Anthony Anderson
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1970-08-15
- 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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Acting · 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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Anthony Alexandre Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has starred in his own sitcom All About the Andersons, as well as the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show during the fifth and final season of the show. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas such as K-Ville, The Shield and Law & Order. He has also had supporting roles in films such as Transformers, The Departed, and Agent Cody Banks 2: <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anthony+Ande
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5 total works indexed
- Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data
· 2014 · cited 60,325x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,535x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,223x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,371x
- Maximum entropy modeling of species geographic distributions
· 2006 · cited 14,481x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 15 August 1970
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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
- composer
- Educated at
- Hollywood High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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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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