Anthony Anderson

He tied the nuptials with his college sweetheart, Alvina, in 1995. The couple is blessed with two children.

Anderson has Type 2 Diabetes, and hence he actively promotes diabetes awareness. He indulges in daily exercise and invokes people to do so.

Anthony Anderson was born on August 15, 1970 to Doris and Sterling Bowman in Compton, California. His mother was a telephone operator and background actress, while his father was a clothing chain owner.

Young Anderson soon followed the footsteps of his mother and started appearing in television commercials. His promising talent earned him a seat at Los Angeles Performing Arts High School. A drama scholarship furthered his foray into entertainment as he gained admission in Howard University. In 1993, he graduated with a theatre arts degree.

Anderson’s first stint with stand-up comedy was a major disaster. His role of ‘Tasty Tony, the One and Only, and if there's another, he's a phony’ for The Comedy Act Theater was a complete mess. However, taking Guy Torry’s words of consolation and encouragement, he did not budge.

He appeared in television movie, ‘Alien Avengers’ in 1996. It was his role-play in ‘Avengers’ that earned him a guest appearance in the NBC Saturday morning teen sitcom, ‘Hang Time’. Soon he was made a regular. Anderson capped the role of Teddy Brotis, a high school basketball enthusiast.

In addition to appearing in ‘Hang Time’, he took to acting in several other television shows, including ‘In The House’ and ‘NYPD Blue’.

Anthony Anderson’s career’s big break came in 1999 with the film, ‘Life’. Set in the 1930s, the film was prison comedy and had established stars such as Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Same year, he starred in two more flicks, ‘Liberty Heights’ and ‘Trippin’.

Year 2000 was a year of advancement for Anderson in terms of career. He portrayed the role of Nolan in the comedy film, ‘Big Momma’s House’. The film was well appreciated and so was his character. Same year, he appeared in other films such as, ‘Romeo Must Die’, Urban Legends: Final Cut’ and ‘Me, Myself and Irene’; the role in latter earning him rave reviews.

Anderson is best known for the 2003 sitcom, ‘All About the Andersons’. Self-written, produced and starred, the show was a major hit during its one-year of runtime. It gave a glimpse of Anderson’s early life, when he had moved back home after graduation but was jobless. His role-play of Detective Kevin Bernard in ‘Law & Order’ was also memorable.

He has played to perfection the second fiddle in blockbuster films like, ‘Life’, ‘Barbershop’, ‘Big Momma’s House’, ‘The Transformers’, ‘The Departed’ and so on.