Occupation Stand up comedy Full name Michael Blackson Role Actor | Name Michael Blackson Years active 1993–present Nationality Ghanaian | |
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Born November 28, 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-11-28 ) Ghana Other names Click-Click, Mike Blackson, Michael K. Blackson, Michael Black Movies Next Friday, Repos, One Night in Vegas, Black Supaman, Internet Dating Similar People DeRay Davis, Master P, Mike Epps, Walter Latham, Corey Holcomb Profiles | ||
Comedian and actor michael blackson comments at the penn wood high school anti bullying program
Michael Blackson (born November 28, 1972) is a Ghanaian-born American actor and comedian.
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- Comedian and actor michael blackson comments at the penn wood high school anti bullying program
- Comedian michael blackson makes sway in the morning cry with laughter
- Stand up career
- Acting career
- Film and television appearances
- References
Comedian michael blackson makes sway in the morning cry with laughter
Stand up career
Born in Ghana, Michael Blackson moved to USA in 1987. As he approached adulthood it was a friend of his who recommended Michael try stand up. They both wrote some material for Michael to perform in the local open mic comedy clubs of Philadelphia. Blackson then ventured to New York. As a new and up and coming comedian his celebrity comic of admiration is the Great Eddie Murphy, Blackson developed his comedic talent in the unkind comedy clubs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in 1992. Michael Blackson has performed in many well-known comedy competitions such as the 1992 USA Comedy Central Tour in Philadelphia, the 1993 Schlitz Malt Liquor Comedy Tour in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and the 1996 Urban Comedy Festival in New York City. In 1999-2000 Blackson also competed in the Laffapolooza Comedy Festival in Atlanta and the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition in Oakland, California in 2001.
Acting career
Blackson moved up the acting ladder with his most notable onscreen performance as "Angry African Man" in the 2000 comedy film Next Friday, produced by Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision [1]. In 2005 he released his top-selling comedy sketch CD entitled Modasucka: Welcome to America [2]. Also in 2005, he made an appearance on, TV series 30 Rock, P. Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO [3], and starred in a commercial for the Chappelle Show on Comedy Central. In 2007, he was in the movie Repos with Master P (written and produced by Master P). In 2010, he appeared in B.o.B's "I'll Be In the Sky" music video. In 2011, he recently appeared on BET "The Mo'Nique Show" which his appearance had him trending on Twitter& also going on his third appearance on TBS Series Are We There Yet. In 2011, Michael recently starred on Starz's Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up which had 3 million views on Youtube and Showtime's Shaquille O'Neal All Star Comedy Jam; plus he is currently headlining Shaq All Star Comedy Jam Tour. Blackson appeared on the Judge Joe Brown show in 2011 as a defendant for not showing up for a scheduled gig. He lost the case. He also appeared on one of rapper Chief Keef's 2013 mixtape Bang Pt. 2, but on skits.