Michael Blackson

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Michael Blackson
Born	November 28, 1972 (1972-11-28) (age 38) Ghana
Other names	Click-Click, Boy, Mike Blackson, Michael K. Blackson
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Michael Blackson (born November 28, 1972) is Ghanaian-American actor and comedian. He uses his Ghanaian and American life experiences in his stand up comedy routine in a slight Ghanaian accent. Blackson has been called the most original foreign stand-up comic in the country.

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 , TV series 30 Rock, 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). In 2010, he appeared in B.o.B's "I'll Be In the Sky" music video. In 2011, he recently appeared on BET "The Mo'Nique Show" which his appearance had him trending on Twitter& also going on his third appearance on TBS Series Are We There Yet. In 2011, Michael recently starred on Starz's Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up which had 2 million views on Youtube and Showtime's Shaquille O'Neal All Star Comedy Jam plus he is currently headlining Shaq All Star Comedy Jam Tour.

Film and television appearances

• Repos, 2007
• BET Awards, 2005
• P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy, 2005
• Dave Chapelle Show Commercial, 2005
• Nelly "Err Time" Music Video Cameo, 2005
• Junior M.A.F.I.A., Music Video Cameo, 2005.
• 30 Rock, 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 ComicView Grandstand Competition, 2000–2008

- ATL, 2008

• My American Nurse 2, 2010
• B.o.B. "I'll Be In The Sky", Music Video Cameo, 2010
• Are We There Yet?, 2011
• Get Money (2011)
• The Mo'Nique Show, 2011
• 2011 Starz Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up
• 2011 Showtime Shaq's All Star Comedy Jam

References

• http://www.michaelblackson.com
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085837
• http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shaquille-oneal-presents-all-star-comedy-jam---live-from-dallas-debuts-on-demand-93137844.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1887522/
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085837/filmotype
• http://www.starz.com/originals/MartinLawrencePresents1stAmendmentStandUp/Ep410CortneyGeeMarkVieraMichaelBlackson
• http://caentertainment.com/bios/MichaelBlacksonbio.htm
• For Inquiries contact Moses Jean-Pierre @[e-mail]

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Name	Blackson, Michael
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Date of birth	November 28, 1972
Place of birth	Ghana
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