Michael Blackson
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Michael Blackson is Ghanian-American actor and comedian. He uses his Ghanian and American life experiences in his stand up comedy routine in a slight Ghanian accent. Blackson has been called the most original foreign stand-up comic in the country.
Biography
Michael Blackson was born on November 28, 1972 in Ghana, West Africa. Blackson first arrived in the United States in April 1985.
Stand up career
Having been inspired by the comedy styling of Eddie Murphy [1] Blackson developed his comedic talent in the unkind comedy clubs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in 1992. Michael Blackson has performed in many well-known comedy competitions such as the 1992 USA Comedy Central Tour in Philadelphia, the 1993 Schlitz Malt Liquor Comedy Tour in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and the 1996 Urban Comedy Festival in New York City. In 1999-2000 Blackson also competed in the Laffapolooza Comedy Festival in Atlanta and the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition in Oakland, California in 2001.
Acting career
Michael Blackson moved up the acting ladder with his performance in the 2000 comedy film Next Friday, produced by Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision [2]. In 2005 he released his top-selling comedy sketch CD entitled Modasucka: Welcome to America [3]. Also in 2005, he made an appearance on P. Diddy's Bad Boys of comedy on HBO [4], and starred in a commercial for the Chappelle Show on Comedy Central. In 2007, he was in the movie Repos with Master P (written and produced by Master P).
Film and television appearances
- Repos, 2007
- BET Awards, 2005
- P.Diddy Bad Boys of Comedy, 2005
- Dave Chapelle Show Commercial, 2005
- Nelly “Err Time” Music Video Cameo, 2005
- Junior Mafia, Music Video Cameo, 2005.
- BET Club Comicview, 1993-2004
- Live In Hollywood, UPN & FOX, in 2003-04
- Freeway “Flipside”, Music Video Cameo, 2003.
- Showtime [5] in Harlem, 2003
- Philly’s Most Wanted “Please Don’t Mind” Music Video
- Next Friday, Newline Cinema, 2000
- BET’s Live from LA with Michael Colyar, 1999
- BET ComicView Grandstand Competition, 1998
- HBO Snaps, 1995
- Russell Simmons HBO Def Comedy Jam, 1994
References
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085837/
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