Darryl Sivad

Darryl Sivad is an actor,^[1] comedian and photographer.

Sivad was born in Detroit, Michigan to Leon and Elna Davis. After graduating from Mumford High School he went on to attend Wayne State University then the Center for Creative Studies where he studied photography.

Photography

He moved to New York City for an apprenticeship with Richard Avedon. He assisted Anthony Barboza and eventually opened Northlight Studio with Kamoigne members C. Daniel Dawson, Ray Francis, Lou Draper and Herman Howard. An award-winning fine art photographer Sivad's photography has exhibited nationally and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of the African Diaspora and the Smithsonian Institution.^{[citation needed]}

Acting

Sivad broke into stand-up comedy when he signed up for a writing course and they assigned him to a comedy course by mistake. He rose from the ranks of stand-up comedy to be knighted by the king of late night Johnny Carson.^{[citation needed]} Sivad’s first appearance on The Tonight Show landed him the lead role on his own ABC sitcom Homeroom when Carl Reiner informed his son Rob Reiner (Castle Rock Entertainment) about Sivad. Sivad is known as a versatile character actor. He has worked alongside such talents as Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and Hilary Duff.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2007	Dexter	Minister
2007	How I Met Your Mother	Officer Roque
2006	'Til Death
2006	We Don't Die, We Multiply: The Robin Harris Story
2004	ER
2004	A Cinderella Story
2003	Two and a Half Men
2001	The Division
2001	NYPD Blue
2000	The Jamie Foxx Show
2000	The Parkers
2000	City of Angels
1996	C-Bear and Jamal	Grandpa
1995–1997	The Naked Truth	T.J.
1993–1995	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1995	Friends
1995	Living Single
1994	Sisters
1993–1994	Roc	Sly
1994	Fear of a Black Hat
1993	Dream On
1991	Talkin' Dirty After Dark
1989	The Joe Longthorne Show
1989	Homeroom

References

1. ^ Weaver, Maurice (November 20, 1989). "'Homeroom' actors try to save series". Sun Journal: p. 8. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lhAqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FmUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1419,3940009&dq=darryl+sivad&hl=en. Retrieved 21 September 2011. 

External links

• Darryl Sivad homepage
• Profile on the New York Times movie directory

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