Kel Mitchell

Infobox actor


name = Kel Mitchell
birthname = Kel Johari Rice Mitchell
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|08|25
location = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
yearsactive = 1994 —
homepage =
spouse = Tyisha Hampton-Mitchell (1999-2005) 2 children

Kel Johari Rice Mitchell (born August 25, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his role as Kel Kimble in the Nickelodeon sitcom, "Kenan & Kel" & All That. He currently resides in Compton, California.

Acting career

Kel Mitchell became well-known as an the dead guy, who overdosed on Orange Soda. Kel Mitchell's character in "Kenan & Kel" made him famous for antics and persona.

Outside of his ventures with Kenan Thompson, Mitchell was the voice of a mild-mannered and playful dog named T-Bone in the children's cartoon series Clifford the Big Red Dog alongside the late John Ritter, from 2000 to 2003. In 2006, he was hired as spokesmodel for KFC, constantly using the phrase "____ a little". Additionally, he also made an appearance in the 2004 Kanye West music video "All Falls Down" as a luggage collecting hotel valet. In 2005, Mitchell portrayed Manny Sellers in the sitcom One on One with Kyla Pratt, and in 2007 Kel started in BET's new series "Take the Cake". Some of his other credits include "Honeydripper" and "Mystery Men".

Music career

Kel Mitchell has also been focusing on his music career. In 1996 he was a featured rapper on IMx's Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hit "Watch Me Do My Thing" as his Good Burger character, Ed. On his official MySpace page, he has done several parodies in Weird Al Yankovic-fashion of hit songs including, "Scariest Girl" which is a parody of "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston, "Hot Grease Poppin" which is a parody of "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" by T.I., "Chin" which is a parody of "Shawty Is a 10 By The-Dream, "Same Curl" which A parody of "Same Girl By R. Kelly And Usher Raymond. In "Same Curl", he makes fun of Michael Jackson's curly hair in the 80s from his Thriller days. He has also made a parody of Usher Raymond's Love in This Club called "Love with These Nubs" and sang in the song We're all Dudes by Less Than Jake.

Filmography

Movies

*"Good Burger" - (1997)
*"Peoria Babylon" - (1997)
*"Mystery Men" - (1999)
*"The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" - (2000)
*"Ganked" - (2005)
*"" - (2006)
*" Honey dripper" - (2007)
*"X's & O's" - (2007)
*"See Dick Run - (Coming in 2008)

Television

*"All That " - (1994-1999)
*"Kenan & Kel" - (1996-2000)
*"The Steve Harvey Show" - (1996)
*"Sister, Sister" - (1997)
*"Figure It Out" - (1998-1999)
*"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" - (1998)
*"The Rosie O'Donnell Show" - (1998)
*"The Amanda Show" - (1999)
*"Cousin Skeeter" - (1999)
*"Clifford the Big Red Dog" - (2000-2003)
*"The Nick Cannon Show" - (2002)
*"The Parkers" - (2003)
*"Dance 360" - (2004-2005)
*"One on One" - (2005-2006)
*"I Love Toys" - (2006)
*"Take the Cake" - (2007)
*"Attack of the Show" - (2008)

Other

*"Caught on Tape"
*"Kel Videos Live"

References

*http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/kelmitchell.asp
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005239/bio

External links

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*imdb name|id=0005239|name=Kel Mitchell
* [http://www.youtube.com/mrkelmitchell YouTube Channel]