Michael Colyar
Michael K. Colyar (born February 9, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, voiceover artist, television/radio personality, and author.
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| Birth name | Michael K. Colyar |
| Born | February 9, 1957 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
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| Website | therealmichaelcolyar |
Early life and education
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Colyar was raised in the Robert Taylor Homes public housing project and later relocated to the Morgan Park area.[1] Colyar attended Morgan Park High School, graduating in 1975.[2] Shortly after high school, Colyar attended Olive-Harvey junior college and later Chicago State University.
Other information
Colyar is the author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The White House, I Knocked on the Door and a Brother Answered, which was published in August 2012. Colyar began embarking on his 100 City tour of "Michael Colyar's Momma" in June 2018.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | Hollywood Shuffle | Body Guard #3 | |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good | Recruiter Mike | |
| 1990 | Downtown | Pusher | |
| 1990 | Zapped Again! | Sheldon | |
| 1990 | The Closer | Hustler | |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Williams | |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Apollo Announcer | |
| 1993 | Poetic Justice | Panhandler | |
| 1994 | House Party 3 | Showboat | |
| 1994 | Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey | Bouncer | |
| 1996 | Alien Avengers | Minister | |
| 1998 | High Freakquency | Warm Daddy | |
| 1998 | A Luv Tale | George Winston | |
| 1998 | Rising to the Top | Charlie, Jailer #1 | |
| 2003 | Family Reunion: The Movie | Video | |
| 2003 | African-American Idol: The Search for the Next Black Leader | Rufus | Short |
| 2004 | Mean Jadine | Ron | Short |
| 2004 | If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely | Andre | Video |
| 2004 | Out on Parole | Ward | Video |
| 2004 | Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles | Man Getting Out of Car (uncredited) | Video |
| 2005 | A Get2Gether | Dad | |
| 2005 | Clean Up Men | Uncle Scott | |
| 2006 | Who Made the Potatoe Salad? | Old man #1 in Park | |
| 2007 | Norbit | Morris the Barber | |
| 2008 | I'm Every Woman | Video short | |
| 2010 | Malice N Wonderland | Cop #2 | Video short |
| 2010 | Church | Brother Johnson | |
| 2013 | A Christmas Wedding | Grady | |
| 2013 | Mutumbo the Lost Prince | Rodney | |
| 2014 | Patterns of Attraction | Uncle Benny | |
| 2014 | Bitter Inheritance | Jim | Short |
| 2015 | Diamond Ruff | Everette Wilson | |
| 2018 | It's a Date | Everett Reese |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | Necessity | Photographer (as Michael K. Colyar) | |
| 1989 | Star Search | Contestant[4] | |
| 1989 | Dragnet | R.C. Jones | The Triple Cross (1989) ... R.C. Jones |
| 1989 | 227 | Rudolph | Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas? (1989) ... Rudolph (as Michael K. Colyar) |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Eddie Washington | A Sucker's Bet (1990) ... Eddie Washington |
| 1995 | The John Larroquette Show | Lou Friedman | The Defiant One (1995) ... Lou Friedman |
| 1995 | Fudge | Frank Fargo | The Art of Friendship (1995) ... Frank Fargo |
| 1996 | Homeboys in Outer Space | Milky Ray | The Pleasure Planet Principle, or G Marks the Spot (1996) ... Milky Ray (as Michael K. Colyar) There's No Space Like Home, or Return of the Jed Eye (1996) ... Milky Ray (as Michael K. Colyar) |
| 1995-1997 | Martin | Mr. Whitaker |
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| 1998 | The Hughleys | Booker T. | The Thanksgiving Episode (1998) ... Booker T. |
| 1999 | In the House | Dr. Doobie | Guest Dad (1999) ... Dr. Doobie Cornbread, Marion and Me (1999) ... Dr. Doobie |
| 2002 | The Parkers | Mr. Thomas | High Heels and Videotapes (2002) ... Mr. Thomas |
| 2005 | Barbershop | Leonard |
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| 2006 | The Bernie Mac Show | Man | Spinning Wheels (2006) ... Man (as Michael K. Colyar) |
| 2007 | Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz | Temp Preacher | Episode #1.8 ... Temp Preacher |
| 2007 | Everybody Hates Chris | Judge #2 | Everybody Hates Driving (2007) ... Judge #2 |
| 2011 | The Cleveland Show | Buff Man | Sex and the Biddy (2011) ... Buff Man (voice) |
| 2014 | Black Dynamite | Roots: The White Album (2014) | |
| 2015 | Black-ish | Reverend Hubbard | Churched (2015) ... Reverend Hubbard |
| 2015-2016 | Mi Casa Mi Casa | Stanley |
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| 2016 | Family Time | Willy | Thanks for Giving (2016) ... Willy |
| 2017 | BSU: Black Student Union | Herman | The Party (2017) ... Herman |
| 2017-2018 | The Rich and the Ruthless | Willie Turner |
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gollark: The entire american system for that seems like a terrible system which needs to be totally redesigned.
gollark: What insurance specifically?
gollark: Insurance makes sense in some cases, I think, where you have low-probability high-badness events, insurance for stuff you can pay for out of pocket easily less so, insurance horribly bodged together with tons of bureaucracy and strongly tied to the stuff it's paying for is utter bees.
gollark: I mean, mostly raised in England and also partly by long term internet exposure, so also not particularly Scottish, but whatever.
gollark: Scottish, ish, but it counts.
References
- Colyar, Michael. "I grew up in the projects. Robert Taylor Homes. 4352 S. State street, apt #909. Then Morgan Park. I want my community back. Violence sucks". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- 1974 Morgan Park High School (Chicago, Illinois) Yearbook
- "Michael's Colyar's Momma: The One-Man Show", Los Angeles Sentinel, June 28, 2018
- "Charity is the soul of wit for comic Michael Colyar, who is sharing his Star Search prize with the homeless". People Weekly. 34: 58. 1990.
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