Birth name Anthony Johnson Nationality American | Years active 1990–present | |
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Born May 5, 1965 (age 51)
Compton, California, U.S. ( 1965-05-05 ) Genres comedy, observational comedy, satire, improvisational comedy, blue comedy Mediums Stand-up comedy, Film, Television Movies Friday, I Got the Hook‑Up, The Players Club, House Party, Menace II Society Similar Adrienne‑Joi Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Reginald Ballard, Master P, Angela Means | ||
Anthony Johnson (born May 5, 1965), sometimes credited as A. J. Johnson, is an American actor and comedian.
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Career
Born in Compton, California, Johnson began acting in his early twenties. In 1990 he landed a starring role as E.Z.E. in House Party, after which he started doing stand-up in bars in Los Angeles. He later appeared in Lethal Weapon 3 as a drug dealer and in Menace II Society. His biggest role was in the 1995 comedy Friday, as Ezal, a crackhead and thief. He has also appeared in Panther, The Players Club, B*A*P*S, I Got The Hook Up, Def Jam's How to Be a Player and Repos, and in rap videos: in Dr. Dre's "Dre Day" (1992), he played Sleazy-E, a parody of Eazy-E, and he appeared again as Sleazy-E in the video for Eazy-E's "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" (1993), this time being assaulted.
Personal life
On July 30, 2009, Johnson had a heart attack at LaGuardia Airport in New York on his way to a comedy show. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in Queens, where he recovered.
Films
TV shows
