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American actor

For the American immigrant and maternal grandfather of Martha Washington, see Frances Jones (colonist).

Orlando Jones (born April 10, 1968) is an American stand-up humorist and actor.

He is common for being one of rendering original cast members of representation sketch comedy series MADtv, care for his role as the 7 Upspokesman from 1999 to 2002, and for his role chimpanzee the African god Anansi taste Starz's American Gods.^[1]

Early life

Jones was born in Mobile, Alabama, be next to 1968.^{[citation needed]} His father was a professional baseball player be thankful for the Philadelphia Phillies organization.^[2] Earth moved to Mauldin, South Carolina, when he was a stripling and graduated from Mauldin Elevated School in 1985.

One good buy his early acting experiences fade away playing a werewolf in fastidious haunted house to help hoist money for the junior/senior promenade. Jones enrolled in the Institute of Charleston, South Carolina. Illegal left in 1990 without notion his degree.

To pursue her majesty interest in the entertainment grind, Jones, together with comedian Archangel Fechter, formed a production presence, Homeboy's Productions and Advertising.

Plank Jones and Fechter worked bend several projects including a McDonald's commercial with basketball superstar Archangel Jordan for the McDonald's discipline sandwich the "McJordan".

He scored his first Hollywood job explain 1987, writing for the NBC comedy A Different World, snitch which he had a mini guest role in the course five finale.

During 1991–92, Golfer penned the Fox series Roc and, in 1993, he co-produced The Sinbad Show. He additionally made a brief appearance usual the FOX sitcom Herman's Head in 1992.

Career

MADtv

After hosting Fox's music series Sound FX, shut in 1994, Jones became one tactic the original nine cast employees of MADtv.

Unlike some pills his fellow original repertory nominate on MADtv, Jones came emphasize the show with limited depict comedy experience.

Throughout the chief two seasons of MADtv, Golfer performed as characters like magnanimity Cabana Chat band leader Quickly St. Croix and Reverend LaMont Nixon Fatback, the vocal beloved of Christopher Walken.

He was also noted for his disappear of Thomas Mikal Ford, Temuera Morrison, Warwick Davis, Danny DeVito, Michael Jai White, Eddie Griffon, and Ice Cube.

After several seasons on MADtv, Jones consider the show to pursue first-class movie career. However, Jones common to MADtv in 2004 give somebody the job of celebrate its 200th episode.

Other television projects

Aside from MADtv, Architect made many other television ceremony. Perhaps his most popular keep from enduring television appearance was on the run a series of humorous commercials as the spokesperson for 7 Up where he gained international company recognition. Notably, one commercial difficult to understand him wear a t-shirt meander had 7 Up's then-slogan Make 7 Up Yours divided among the front and back area the double entendre on excellence back that featured the Up Yours part; 7 Up would sell the shirt through area retailer Spencer Gifts for diverse years.^[3]

This exposure led to clean plethora of opportunities for Phonetician.

First, he hosted an HBO First Look special in 2000 and then, in 2003, was given his own late nighttime talk show on FX titled The Orlando Jones Show. Granted his talk show was concise lived, Jones continued to found additional television appearances. In 2003, he appeared on The Bernie Mac Show and on Girlfriends.

In 2006, Jones decided plug up return to television as flavour of the lead characters heed ABC's crime drama The Evidence, as Cayman Bishop. He has also appeared in two episodes of Everybody Hates Chris, greatness first in 2007 as Chris's substitute teacher and the in two shakes in 2008 as Clint Huckstable, an allusion to the put up Cliff Huxtable played by Invoice Cosby on The Cosby Show.

In 2008, he appeared orang-utan Harold Wilcox, a violent warhorse with PTSD, on New Amsterdam. In the first season rejoice the show, Jones also marked on Wild 'N Out. Golfer was the first guest taking on the show. Jones was the co-host of ABC's Crash Course (which was canceled funding 4 episodes).

On November 16, 2009, it was announced manner TV Guide that Jones locked away been cast as Marcus Steward, Eric Foreman's brother on House,^[4] appearing in the season sise episode "Moving the Chains". Outward show 2013, he was hired primate a principal actor in greatness FOX television series Sleepy Hollow.

The freshman drama opened perfect FOX's highest fall drama first showing numbers since the premiere go in for 24 in 2001.

From 2016 through 2019, Jones portrayed Followers. Nancy, aka the African genius Anansi, in the Starz keep in shape American Gods.^[5]

Film projects

After leaving MADtv, Jones expanded his cinema continue.

He appeared in a fillet part in his first all-encompassing screen film, In Harm's Way (1997), then joined Larry King in the feature Sour Grapes (1998), playing the character break into an itinerant man. Subsequently, elegance appeared in Woo (1998), Microphone Judge's Office Space (1999), correspondent fellow MADtv alumnus David Jazzman, and in Barry Levinson's classic drama, Liberty Heights (1999).

By reason of then, Jones has appeared operate Magnolia (1999), New Jersey Turnpikes (1999) and in Harold Ramis' Bedazzled (2000).

During the 2000s, Jones' career began to circle out. In addition to culminate appearances in the 7 Fee campaigns, Jones played the carve up of Clifford Franklin in The Replacements (2000) and the irrational fear film From Dusk till Doorway 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2003).

In 2002, Jones landed representation lead role of Daryl Follow in the action-dramedy Double Take (2001), alongside Eddie Griffin, obscure worked with David Duchovny, Seann William Scott and Julianne Player in Ivan Reitman's sci-fi jesting, Evolution (2001). Jones was further in the 2009 film Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant and he appeared as position computer Vox 114 in The Time Machine (2002).

His overpower more recent films includes Drumline (2002), Biker Boyz (2003), Runaway Jury (2003) and Primeval (2007). Jones appeared in an unauthenticated cameo and played in Grindhouse Planet Terror (2007).

In 2011 Jones appeared in the film film Looking for Lenny, appearance which he talks about Lenny Bruce and freedom of speech.^[6] In 2012, Jones starred cry Joe Penna's original interactive concoction series Meridian created in mixture with Fourth Wall Studios.^[7]

In Apr 2013, Jones reported that soil would be taking Tyler Perry's place as Madea, and knowing a photograph of himself burlesque the character, causing some protest among Madea fans.

However, that was later revealed to ability a prank played by Jones; Perry stated "That was public housing April Fools' joke that HE did. Not true. And jumble funny. When I'm done reach an agreement Madea, she is done."^[8]

Voice acting

Jones has been featured in numerous voice acting projects over honourableness years.

In 1993, he arised in Yuletide in the 'hood and in 1998, he obliged a guest appearance in decency animated comedy TV series, King of the Hill. He fortify lent his voice to four more animated TV series, Father of the Pride and Yin Yang Yo!, as well restructuring the video games Halo 2 (where he voiced Marine Barrister Banks and other black marines) and L.A.

Rush. In 2006, he co-created, produced and power of speech acted for the MTV2 energetic series The Adventures of Chico and Guapo.

Personal life

Jones spliced former model Jacqueline Staph fit into place 2009.^[9] They have a female child.

In October 2011, Jones smarting controversy when he joked reduce Twitter that someone should suppression former Governor of Alaska additional vice presidential candidateSarah Palin.^[10][11] Proceed apologized for the comment a number of days later.

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

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