Tommy Davidson

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Rushon in "Booty Call"
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Womack/Sleep'n Eat in "Bamboozled"
Oscar Proud in "The Proud Family" and "The Proud Family Movie"
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Tommy Davidson (born November 10, 1965) is an American film and television actor.

Born in Washington, D.C., U.S., Davidson was adopted when he was 2 years old. He is the product of an interracial adoption, with his parents being white and he being black. He attended high school at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland. After graduating, he enrolled at the University of the District of Columbia, but dropped out shortly thereafter.

Career

Davidson started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1980s, performing in various comedy clubs throughout the Washington metropolitan region, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. His first major exposure came on the variety show "In Living Color", where he played various characters, including his impersonation of Sammy Davis, Jr. and being the victim of Homey D. Clown.

In 1991, he released "Illin in Philly", a VHS tape of a stand-up performance, which was aired regularly on Comedy Central in the 1990s. He has also appeared in the films "", with Jim Carrey, "Booty Call" and "Juwanna Mann", both with Vivica A. Fox.

Davidson provided the voice for Oscar Proud, the father in the Disney animated series "The Proud Family". He also is set to star in the new Disney series The Johnsons. He also was a recurring character on MADtv's "Real **********ing Talk" sketches.

In an episode of Comedy Central's Live at Gotham show he hosted the comedy show with amateur acts trying to make a name for themselves.

"In Living Color"

Characters

* Angel (The Prison Cable Network)
* Annoying Waiter
* Byron Hedley ("Hey Mon")
* Howard Tibbs III ("Funky Finger Productions/B.S. Brothers")
* Little Kid ("Homey the Clown")
* Main Man
* Pookie
* Snack 'n Shack Cook ("Snack 'n Shack")
* Sweet Tooth Jones ("Hollywood School of Self Defense")
* Continuous Victim ("Wanda")
* Jumper ("The Scream Team")
* Puff Smokey Smoke
* Oscar Proud ("The Proud Family")

Impersonations

* Antonio Fargas
* Elton John
* Emmanuel Lewis
* K-Ci
* MC Hammer
* Michael Jackson
* Sammy Davis Jr.
* Spike Lee
* Tupac Shakur
* Rocky
* Rambo
* Sugar Ray Leonard
* Stevie Wonder
* Sylvester Stallone
* John Madden
* Cher
* Juwanna Mann
* Straight
* Sue Johannson
* Rick Astley
* Puff Smokey Smoke

External links

*imdb name|id=0203508|name=Tommy Davidson