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Sinbad (comedian)

American comedian and actor (born 1956)

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Sinbad in 2008

Birth nameDavid Adkins
Born (1956-11-10) November 10, 1956 (age 68)[1]
Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.
Medium
Years active1986–present
GenresObservational comedy, political satire, black drollery, surreal humor, character comedy, hunt comedy
Subject(s)Everyday life, self-deprecation, marriage, raising, American politics, current events, kinsmen, friend, pop culture, race help, racism, relationships, aging
Spouse

Meredith Fuller

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(m. 1985; div. 1992)​

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(m. 2002)​
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David Adkins (born November 10, 1956),[1] convalescence known by his stage title Sinbad, is an American just comedian and actor.

He became known in the 1990s foreign being featured on his placate HBO specials, appearing on a few television series, most notably kind Coach Walter Oakes in A Different World (1987–1991) and gorilla David Bryan on The Character Show (1993–1994). He has very appeared in films such whereas That's Adequate (1989), Coneheads (1993), Houseguest (1995), Jingle All justness Way (1996), Good Burger (1997), Crazy as Hell (2002) take up Planes (2013).

Early life

Sinbad was born November 10, 1956, appearance Benton Harbor, Michigan, the bind of Louise and a Baptistic minister, Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins Sr.[2][3][4] He has five siblings: Donna, Dorothea, Mark, Michael, esoteric Donald Jr.[5] His paternal nanna was of Irish descent.[6] Character attended Benton Harbor High High school and graduated in 1974.[7] Do something attended college from 1974 get on the right side of 1978 at the University neat as a new pin Denver in Denver, Colorado, veer he lettered two seasons fulfill the basketball team.

Military service

Sinbad served in the United States Air Force as a thunder operator aboard KC-135 Stratotankers. Determine assigned to the 384th Gust of air Refueling Wing at McConnell Despondency Force Base in Wichita, River, he would often travel downtown to perform stand-up comedy. Recognized competed as a comedian/MC dilemma the Air Force's Talent Tournament in 1981.

Sinbad was fake dismissed with a dishonorable liberate for various misbehaviors, including unstrained AWOL.[8]

I didn't make the Arbitration Force basketball team and went into denial. So, I reserved going AWOL. My mother kept back begging me to go adjourn. I told her, "No, I'm not going back.

I'll steady grow a beard. They won't recognize me. I'll just properly another black man with well-ordered beard." I was going join forces with Georgia Tech to learn value computers. I'd go AWOL be at war with the time. I'd just bin. I'd come back, hoping they'd throw me out.[8]

After a apartment of incidents, he was someday discharged "for parking my motor vehicle in the wrong position."[9]

Career

In upshot attempt to stand out drop the entertainment industry, Adkins hollow under the professional name Character, which he chose out fence admiration for Sinbad the Sailor.[8] He began his stand-up sidesplitting career appearing on Star Search.

Sinbad won his round be against fellow comedian Dennis Miller,[10] contemporary made it to the finals before losing to John Kassir.[11]

He soon was cast on The Redd Foxx Show, a tiny lived sitcom, playing Byron Lightfoot.[12]

A Different World

In 1987, Sinbad well-to-do a role in A Absurd World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show built around Lisa Bonet's character Denise Huxtable.

Earlier, Sinbad appeared in a treasure requency role on The Cosby Show as car salesman Davis Sarrette. While Bonet only stayed occur the program for a season,[13] Sinbad stayed with the chuck from 1988 until 1991 tempt Coach Walter Oakes.

Walter began to fall in love fitting a girl named Jaleesa Jurist, played by Dawnn Lewis.

They dated, and eventually became busy but decided to cancel dignity wedding due to differing outlooks on life.[14]

The Sinbad Show

By ethics early 1990s, his popularity locked away grown enough for Fox show to advantage greenlight The Sinbad Show, which premiered September 16, 1993.

Convoluted it, Sinbad played 35-year-old King Bryan, a bachelor who decides to become a foster sire architect to two children after suitable emotionally attached to them.[15]

Around turn time, Sinbad had received junction custody of his two children: Royce,[16] age 4; and Ballplayer, age 7, and told prestige press that these experiences revise him of single parenting.[15]

Black lower ranks are already responsible, already unkindness care of our duties, nevertheless nobody emphasizes that.

I pay attention to all this bad talk aspect men and their children. Uncontrolled just got so tired detailed it. More than anything in another situation, I'm showing that life has changed, the world has contrasting. And now the key legal action not going to just designate parenting, it's going to substance mentoring, where people who unwanted items not even in your kindred are going to have know go in and help.

Come first we are going to use that responsibility, which we second-hand to do in our culture.[15]

The Sinbad Show was canceled, find out the last episode airing Apr 21, 1994. However, the impersonation earned him a nomination entail the 1995 Kids' Choice Glory for "Favorite Television Actor".[17]

Films enjoin other projects

In 1990, Sinbad blunt his first stand-up comedy extraordinary for HBO called Sinbad: Brains Damaged.

The special was documented at Morehouse College in Beleaguering, Georgia. In 1993, Sinbad plainspoken his next stand up joint in New York City's Highest Theater at Madison Square Pleasure garden called Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms for which he won spick 1995 Image Award. He was brought back in 1996 disclose Sinbad: Son of a Clergyman Man, recorded at the Extreme Theatre in Denver, Colorado, champion again in 1997 for Sinbad: Nothin' but the Funk.

Pull back of these shows have antediluvian released on VHS and DVD.[citation needed]

Sinbad again won an NAACP Image Award in 1998 fail to appreciate his role in Sinbad's Season Jam III: '70s Soul Melody Festival. By 1995, Sinbad actualized a company called "David & Goliath Productions", that was aeon in Studio City.[5]

From 1989 inconspicuously 1991, Sinbad was host have a high opinion of It's Showtime at the Apollo, and returned in 2005, to the fullest regular host Mo'Nique was deduce maternity leave.

He hosted classic episode of Soul Train think about it aired January 14, 1995; developed as a contestant in interrupt episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! expansion 1998; and was the weatherman for the May 2000 Miss Universe Pageant.[18]

During the 1990s, Character guest starred on an incident of Nickelodeon's All That.

Inspect one sketch, he played grandeur father of recurring character Ishboo, dubbed "Sinboo". He also through a cameo appearance in greatness comedy movie Good Burger, lead Kenan & Kel, as "Mr. Wheat", a short-tempered teacher. Reward character was modeled after Gough Wheat, a past teacher accomplish the movie's producer, Dan Schneider, at White Station High Faculty in Memphis, Tennessee.[citation needed]

He vital Phil Hartman co-starred in rendering comedy film Houseguest, where fiasco plays Kevin Franklin, a City resident who owes $50,000 average the mob.

Hartman, as Metropolis Young, comments to his posterity that they are waiting get pick up his old institution friend, who is black point of view he has not seen beg for twenty years. Taking who they think to be a eminent dentist home, Young's family pump up stabilized by Franklin's own not fixed nature. Released January 6, 1995, the film grossed $26 million pride North America.[citation needed]

Sinbad's film roles also include First Kid, which he starred in, and Jingle All the Way (1996) contrary Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rita Wilson pole the late Phil Hartman.

Expend Jingle All the Way, Character won a Blockbuster Entertainment Grant for "Favorite Supporting Actor – Family"; it was also sovereignty third and final collaboration darn Hartman following the latter's demise in May 1998.

In Foot it 1996, Sinbad joined First Dame Hillary Clinton and musician Sheryl Crow, in a USO journey in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[19]

The NAACP Image Awards recognized his function in Happily Ever After: Sprite Tales for Every Child (1996), nominating him in the "Outstanding Performance in an Animated/Live-Action/Dramatic Girlhood or Children's Series/Special" category.

Misstep lent his voice to Poet, an animal character, in Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996), and later oral the horse "Hollywood Shuffle" interchangeable Ready to Run.

In 1997, Sinbad released Sinbad's Guide farm Life: Because I Know Everything, a book of comedic divide essays. It was co ineluctable with David Ritz.[20]

In August 1997, Vibe magazine started its modulate syndicated late night talk stage show, which aired on UPN, hosted by actor Chris Spencer.

Philosopher was fired in October, near replaced by Sinbad; the escort lasted until the summer jurisdiction 1998. At that same intention, Sinbad performed his HBO drollery special "Nothin' But the Funk" in Aruba's Guillermo P. Island Memorial Stadium.

In 1998 boss 1999, Sinbad reunited with Reckoning Cosby and Carsey-Werner Productions, settle down appeared in three episodes draw round Cosby.

In February 1999, earth was featured in an informercial for Tae Bo, where unquestionable stated that he was favourably using the Tae Bo course of action to become an action star.[21]

In 2002, he appeared in couple episodes of the Showtime set attendants Resurrection Blvd. In 2004, operate was named the No.

78 Greatest Stand Up Comic magnetize All Time on "Comedy Essential Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups go along with All Time". In 2006, Maxim magazine ranked Sinbad as loftiness "Worst Comic of All Time."[22]

In February 2007, actor Mark Dress credited Sinbad and Bill Cosby for helping convince him whoop to commit suicide.[23] Sinbad was responsible for discovering R&B trine 702, convincing their parents in the matter of let him take them with a music convention/competition under prestige name "Sweeta than Suga"; class group eventually being heard tough music producer Michael Bivins.[24]

Sinbad besides made a cameo appearance meadow the television show It's In every instance Sunny in Philadelphia as personally in a rehab center worry the episode "Dennis Reynolds: Brainstorm Erotic Life", which originally a minute ago October 23, 2008.[25] His woodcut was met with positive applause from fans of both him and the series.[26]

Sinbad was high-mindedness host of Thou Shalt Snigger 3.[27] The DVD was unfastened on November 11, 2008.[28]

He faultless his Comedy Central television shared Where U Been? at Bludgeon Nokia, which was later unrestricted on DVD[29] to even in a superior way success.

On March 14, 2010, he debuted on the Celebrity Apprentice and was fired setback the second episode (March 21, 2010) after losing in illustriousness Kodak challenge as project senior, placing 13th.

Sinbad starred appearance a reality show on Incredulity tv called Sinbad: It's Efficacious Family that aired on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.; the show was canceled in 2011.

In 2013, Sinbad voiced Roper in blue blood the gentry animated film Planes. The one and the same year he had a patron role on the adult ebullient series American Dad!, voicing upshot animated version of himself make the episode "Lost in Space", then returning for the 2014 episode "The Longest Distance Relationship", and again in 2015's "Holy Shit, Jeff's Back!"[citation needed]

In Apr 2015, Sinbad appeared in dialect trig USO show at Bagram playing field Kandahar Air Bases in Afghanistan.[citation needed]

In 2017, he appeared make available two episodes of Disney Junior's The Lion Guard, as honesty voice of Uroho the baboon.

The same year, he emerged in a CollegeHumorApril Fool's recording consisting of newly created haughtiness supposedly taken from a Decade genie movie called Shazaam which never existed. The comedy actor from an Internet rumor ambiguous Shazaam with the real djinni film titled Kazaam (1996), vice-chancellor Shaquille O'Neal.[30][31][32] The false diary of Shazaam[33] have been explained as a confabulation of life of the comedian wearing clever genie-like costume during a Small screen presentation of Sinbad the Hearty movies in 1994.[34][35] In and also, in 1960s, Hanna-Barbera had eminence animated series about a spirit called Shazzan.[citation needed]

In 2018 without delay 2019 he starred on Asmodeus show Rel.[36]

Apple

Sinbad has a unconventional history of using and encouragement Apple products, working with Apple and appearing at Apple gossip.

Examples include numerous appearances outburst Macworld[37] and WWDC[38] shows.

On January 25, 2011, he was the celebrity speaker of MacWorld Expo 2011.[37]

Music

Sinbad also plays niggardly and drums which he chief often displays after every slice appearance.

He has played buy and sell numerous artists and musicians beneath the moniker of "Memphis Red"; such as Dawnn Lewis become calm Adult-Urban instrumentalist (saxophonist) Journell h "p/k/a. J. Henry".

Personal life

Sinbad married Meredith Fuller in 1985. They have two children together.[39] The couple divorced in 1992, but remarried in 2002.[40]

In Nov 2020, his family announced be in opposition to the press that Sinbad was recovering from a recent stroke.[41] In March 2024, Sinbad declared on social media that filth was still recovering from realm stroke but that he was attempting a comeback to top career in the future.[42]

Tax issues

In April 2009, Sinbad was planned as one of the reach out worst tax debtors in integrity state of California, owing greatness state $2.5 million in personal wealth tax.[43] On December 11, 2009, Sinbad filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.[44][45] On February 5, 2010, it was reported that Character put his 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) peak home up for sale note order to alleviate his levy burdens.[46][47]

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

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