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Birth name
  
Byron Allen Folks

Genres
  
Observational comedy

Medium
  
Stand-up, television

Name
  
Byron Allen


Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Comedian

Years active
  
1979-present

Spouse
  
Jennifer Lucas (m. 2007)

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Born
  
April 22, 1961 (age 62) Detroit, Michigan, United States (
1961-04-22
)

Subject(s)
  
Everyday life, American culture

Education
  
University of Southern California

Children
  
Olivia Rose Allen, Chloe Ava Allen, Lucas Byron Allen

Movies
  
The Best of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen

TV shows
  
Comics Unleashed, The First Family, Mr Box Office, Real People, America's Court with Judge Ro

Similar People
  
Kevin A Ross, Skip Stephenson, Sarah Purcell, Cristina Perez, Gloria Allred

Profiles

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Byron Allen Folks, better known professionally as just Byron Allen (born April 22, 1961), is an American comedian, television producer, and the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the U.S. television production company Entertainment Studios.

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Early life and education

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Allen was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began doing stand-up comedy as a teenager in Los Angeles, California.

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Allen’s interest in show business began during his childhood, when he would accompany his mother to NBC studios in Burbank where she worked as a publicist. Free to roam the sound stages, Allen would sneak onto The Tonight Show set, sit behind Johnny Carson’s desk and play talk show host.

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At age 14, Allen put together his first stand-up routine and began appearing on amateur night at comedy clubs throughout the Los Angeles area.

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He graduated from Los Angeles High School.

Career

Comedian Jimmie Walker saw Allen's stand-up act and was so impressed that he invited the 14-year-old comedian to join his comedy writing team alongside promising young comedians Jay Leno and David Letterman. At age 18, Allen made his television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

His show "Jammin" was picked up as "Kickin' It with Byron Allen" in 1992, and by the end of its run had made the list of longest-running United States television series. Allen’s foray into television production began in Los Angeles in 1993 when he founded Entertainment Studios with the launch of his first series — Entertainers with Byron Allen—a weekly, one-hour series profiling the current stars of film and television. Entertainment Studios produces, distributes, and sells advertising for 32 television series, making it the largest independent producer/distributor of first-run syndicated programming for broadcast television globally. Among the company’s top programs are: Emmy-winning Cars.TV, Emmy-nominated America's Court with Judge Ross and We the People With Gloria Allred, Comics Unleashed, Comedy.TV, Beautiful Homes & Great Estates, Pets.TV, Recipe.TV, Career Day and The Young Icons. His company also made its first foray into scripted programming, producing two weekly primetime sitcoms that debuted in September 2012: The First Family and Mr. Box Office.

In 2009, Allen launched six 24-hour HD television networks simultaneously: Pets.TV, Comedy.TV, Recipe.TV, Cars.TV, ES.TV, and MyDestination.TV.

Personal life

Allen married Jennifer Lucas in 2007 and has three children: two daughters, Chloe Ava (born on August 22, 2008) and Olivia Rose (born on April 7, 2010); and a son, Lucas Byron (born on December 11, 2012).

References

Byron Allen Wikipedia