Tone Bell

Michael Anthony Bell II (born August 10, 1983), known professionally as Tone Bell, is an American stand-up comedian and actor.[1][2]

Tone Bell
Bell in August 2018
Born
Michael Anthony Bell II

(1983-08-10) August 10, 1983
Decatur, Georgia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationStand-up comedian, actor
Years active2004–present
Websitetonebell.com

Early life

Bell was born in Decatur, Georgia. He taught first grade before working on the production of HBO's Warm Springs and doing other various promo work.

Bell took a job in San Francisco as a brand manager with Swivel Media for a year, before moving back to Atlanta. There he started doing promotion work for a beer company that eventually transferred him to Dallas where he started doing open-mics at various comedy clubs.

Career

Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Bell won the NBC Stand Up For Diversity Talent Search in 2012 and was awarded a development deal from the network. He was cast as "RJ" the bartender in the NBC sitcom Whitney and later as "Tedward" in NBC's Bad Judge. Bell also appeared in other TV shows, including VH1's Single Ladies, E!'s Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings, Comedy Central's Key and Peele and Game Show Network's Mind of a Man and hosted the first season hidden camera show Jerks with Cameras on MTV.

Bell also has a web series on Russell Simmons' YouTube channel All Def Digital called The Green Room.

In March 2018, Bell was cast in a lead role for the CBS comedy pilot Fam after having starred in the Netflix multi-camera comedy Disjointed.[3] Fam lasted one season while Disjointed lasted two

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Solstice Bartender #1 Short film
2013 Implanted Philip
2013 To My Future Assistant Davis Television film
2016 My Time Your Time Parker Television film
2017 Woman Child Michael Abby Short film
2018 Dog Days Jimmy
2018 The Weekend Bradford Collins
2018 It’s A Party Cool Breeze
2019 Little Preston
2020 Sylvie's Love Dickie Brewster
TBA The United States vs. Billie Holiday John Levy

Television series
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Single Ladies Parker 2 episodes
2012–13 Whitney RJ Main role, 13 episodes
2013 Creepy Caress Tom 1 episode
2013 Key & Peele Friend #1 1 episode
2014–15 Bad Judge Tedward Mulray Main role, 13 episodes
2015 Truth Be Told Russell Main role, 10 episodes
2016 The Flash Scott Evans 2 episodes
2017 9JKL Luke 2 episodes
2017–18 Disjointed Carter Main role, 20 episodes
2019 Fam Nick Main role, 13 episodes
2020 BoJack Horseman Voice 1 episode
2020 American Soul Richard Pryor Recurring role
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References
  1. "Tone Bell". cbs.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. "Tone Bell Interview". clichemag.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. Otterson, Joe (2018-03-13). "'Disjointed' Alum Tone Bell to Star in CBS Comedy Pilot 'Fam'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
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