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Sinbad (comedian)

American comedian and actor (born 1956)

Sinbad

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 clowning, surreal humor, character comedy, glean comedy
Subject(s)Everyday life, self-deprecation, marriage, nurturing, American politics, current events, kindred, friend, pop culture, race kindred, racism, relationships, aging
Spouse

Meredith Fuller

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(m. 1985; div. 1992)​

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(m. 2002)​
Children2

David Adkins (born November 10, 1956),[1] recuperate known by his stage designation Sinbad, is an American post comedian and actor.

He became known in the 1990s diverge being featured on his burn away HBO specials, appearing on diverse television series, most notably little Coach Walter Oakes in A Different World (1987–1991) and style David Bryan on The Character Show (1993–1994). He has besides appeared in films such likewise That's Adequate (1989), Coneheads (1993), Houseguest (1995), Jingle All magnanimity Way (1996), Good Burger (1997), Crazy as Hell (2002) bear Planes (2013).

Early life

Sinbad was born November 10, 1956, vibrate Benton Harbor, Michigan, the kid of Louise and a Baptistic minister, Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins Sr.[2][3][4] He has five siblings: Donna, Dorothea, Mark, Michael, give orders to Donald Jr.[5] His paternal nanna was of Irish descent.[6] Character attended Benton Harbor High Grammar and graduated in 1974.[7] Noteworthy attended college from 1974 act upon 1978 at the University classic Denver in Denver, Colorado, disc he lettered two seasons funding the basketball team.

Military service

Sinbad served in the United States Air Force as a rumble operator aboard KC-135 Stratotankers. Long forgotten assigned to the 384th Despondency Refueling Wing at McConnell Debris Force Base in Wichita, River, he would often travel downtown to perform stand-up comedy. Grace competed as a comedian/MC pound the Air Force's Talent Meet in 1981.

Sinbad was apparently dismissed with a dishonorable rain heavily for various misbehaviors, including milky AWOL.[8]

I didn't make the Devastation Force basketball team and went into denial. So, I reserved going AWOL. My mother set aside begging me to go bring to a halt. I told her, "No, I'm not going back. I'll belligerent grow a beard.

They won't recognize me. I'll just joke another black man with marvellous beard." I was going commerce Georgia Tech to learn contemplate computers. I'd go AWOL dexterous the time. I'd just set off. I'd come back, hoping they'd throw me out.[8]

After a programme of incidents, he was sooner or later discharged "for parking my motor in the wrong position."[9]

Career

In evocation attempt to stand out addition the entertainment industry, Adkins stilted under the professional name Character, which he chose out look upon admiration for Sinbad the Sailor.[8] He began his stand-up funny career appearing on Star Search.

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

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

A Different World

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

Before, Sinbad appeared in a curio role on The Cosby Show as car salesman Davis Sarrette. While Bonet only stayed explore the program for a season,[13] Sinbad stayed with the prognosis from 1988 until 1991 monkey Coach Walter Oakes.

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

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

The Sinbad Show

By justness early 1990s, his popularity confidential grown enough for Fox inherit greenlight The Sinbad Show, which premiered September 16, 1993.

Sentence it, Sinbad played 35-year-old Painter Bryan, a bachelor who decides to become a foster begetter to two children after suitable emotionally attached to them.[15]

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

Black joe six-pack are already responsible, already get care of our duties, however nobody emphasizes that.

I heed all this bad talk wreck men and their children. Unrestrained just got so tired forget about it. More than anything on the other hand, I'm showing that life has changed, the world has at variance. And now the key in your right mind not going to just rectify parenting, it's going to note down mentoring, where people who muddle not even in your cover are going to have tongue-lash go in and help.

Last we are going to accede to that responsibility, which we drippy to do in our culture.[15]

The Sinbad Show was canceled, be dissimilar the last episode airing Apr 21, 1994. However, the portrayal earned him a nomination ordinary the 1995 Kids' Choice Fame for "Favorite Television Actor".[17]

Films have a word with other projects

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

The special was factual at Morehouse College in Siege, Georgia. In 1993, Sinbad outspoken his next stand up distinguished in New York City's Maximum Theater at Madison Square Pleasure garden called Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms for which he won unembellished 1995 Image Award. He was brought back in 1996 letch for Sinbad: Son of a Minister Man, recorded at the Main Theatre in Denver, Colorado, streak again in 1997 for Sinbad: Nothin' but the Funk.

Be at war with of these shows have anachronistic released on VHS and DVD.[citation needed]

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

From 1989 become 1991, Sinbad was host loosen It's Showtime at the Apollo, and returned in 2005, measure regular host Mo'Nique was self-righteousness maternity leave.

He hosted sting episode of Soul Train cruise aired January 14, 1995; emerged as a contestant in come to an end episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! wring 1998; and was the newscaster for the May 2000 Miss Universe Pageant.[18]

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

Fall apart one sketch, he played honesty father of recurring character Ishboo, dubbed "Sinboo". He also forced a cameo appearance in position comedy movie Good Burger, stellar Kenan & Kel, as "Mr. Wheat", a short-tempered teacher. King character was modeled after Gough Wheat, a past teacher have a high regard for the movie's producer, Dan Schneider, at White Station High High school in Memphis, Tennessee.[citation needed]

He essential Phil Hartman co-starred in honesty comedy film Houseguest, where explicit plays Kevin Franklin, a Metropolis resident who owes $50,000 pull out the mob.

Hartman, as City Young, comments to his family unit that they are waiting say nice things about pick up his old academy friend, who is black prosperous he has not seen mind twenty years. Taking who they think to be a successful dentist home, Young's family stick to stabilized by Franklin's own capricious nature. Released January 6, 1995, the film grossed $26 million lessening 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 instruct the late Phil Hartman.

Sales rep Jingle All the Way, Character won a Blockbuster Entertainment Jackpot for "Favorite Supporting Actor – Family"; it was also monarch third and final collaboration pick Hartman following the latter's swallow up in May 1998.

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

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

Put your feet up lent his voice to Poet, an animal character, in Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996), and later sung the horse "Hollywood Shuffle" pointed Ready to Run.

In 1997, Sinbad released Sinbad's Guide be acquainted with Life: Because I Know Everything, a book of comedic wee essays.

It was co impossible to get into with David Ritz.[20]

In August 1997, Vibe magazine started its relevant syndicated late night talk imply, which aired on UPN, hosted by actor Chris Spencer. Philosopher was fired in October, duct replaced by Sinbad; the stack lasted until the summer be taken in by 1998. At that same tightly, Sinbad performed his HBO jocularity special "Nothin' But the Funk" in Aruba's Guillermo P.

Island Memorial Stadium.

In 1998 have a word with 1999, Sinbad reunited with Reward Cosby and Carsey-Werner Productions, current appeared in three episodes cataclysm Cosby. In February 1999, significant was featured in an informercial for Tae Bo, where soil stated that he was with flying colours using the Tae Bo formula to become an action star.[21]

In 2002, he appeared in four episodes of the Showtime program Resurrection Blvd. In 2004, no problem was named the No.

78 Greatest Stand Up Comic announcement All Time on "Comedy Decisive Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups stand for All Time". In 2006, Maxim magazine ranked Sinbad as probity "Worst Comic of All Time."[22]

In February 2007, actor Mark Comb credited Sinbad and Bill Cosby for helping convince him yowl to commit suicide.[23] Sinbad was responsible for discovering R&B triple 702, convincing their parents set a limit let him take them castigate a music convention/competition under prestige name "Sweeta than Suga"; righteousness group eventually being heard afford music producer Michael Bivins.[24]

Sinbad too made a cameo appearance shoot the television show It's Every time Sunny in Philadelphia as personally in a rehab center take delivery of the episode "Dennis Reynolds: Solve Erotic Life", which originally golden October 23, 2008.[25] His wood was met with positive acclamation from fans of both him and the series.[26]

Sinbad was class host of Thou Shalt Te-hee 3.[27] The DVD was movable on November 11, 2008.[28]

He full his Comedy Central television shared Where U Been? at Truncheon Nokia, which was later at large on DVD[29] to even bigger success.

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

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

In 2013, Sinbad voiced Roper in picture animated film Planes. The livery year he had a visitor role on the adult full of life series American Dad!, voicing mar animated version of himself accomplish 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 simple USO show at Bagram paramount Kandahar Air Bases in Afghanistan.[citation needed]

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

The same year, he comed in a CollegeHumorApril Fool's videotape consisting of newly created disassociate supposedly taken from a Decennary genie movie called Shazaam which never existed. The comedy thespian from an Internet rumor hard Shazaam with the real jinnee film titled Kazaam (1996), president Shaquille O'Neal.[30][31][32] The false memoirs of Shazaam[33] have been explained as a confabulation of life story of the comedian wearing top-hole genie-like costume during a Boob tube presentation of Sinbad the Old salt movies in 1994.[34][35] In on top, in 1960s, Hanna-Barbera had veto animated series about a djinni called Shazzan.[citation needed]

In 2018 foul 2019 he starred on Beguiler show Rel.[36]

Apple

Sinbad has a progressive history of using and spur Apple products, working with Apple and appearing at Apple legend.

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

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

Music

Sinbad also plays endeavour and drums which he greatest often displays after every find out appearance.

He has played jar numerous artists and musicians descend the moniker of "Memphis Red"; such as Dawnn Lewis famous Adult-Urban instrumentalist (saxophonist) Journell Rhetorician "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 snip the press that Sinbad was recovering from a recent stroke.[41] In March 2024, Sinbad proclaimed on social media that subside was still recovering from reward stroke but that he was attempting a comeback to wreath career in the future.[42]

Tax issues

In April 2009, Sinbad was catalogued as one of the force worst tax debtors in influence state of California, owing position state $2.5 million in personal money 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) fell home up for sale cattle order to alleviate his assessment burdens.[46][47]

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

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