Aries Spears
Biography
Aries Spears is a comedian, actor and impressionist who was born in Chicago and grew up in New Jersey. He began doing stand-up as a teenager, imitating James Brown and Jack Nicholson at a Harlem club, and he cites Def Comedy Jam, where he appeared at sixteen in 1992, as his first big break. After moving to Los Angeles he took a recurring role on A Different World and starred opposite Glenn Frey in South of Sunset, and his early film credits include Jerry Maguire (1996), The Pest (1997) and Hood of Horror (2006). Spears was a cast member on Fox's sketch series Mad TV from 1997 to 2005, appearing in 198 episodes, and he voiced Wizard Kelly in the animated series The Proud Family and its revival. He released a comedy special, Aries Spears: Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling, in 2011 and co-hosted the AVN Awards, first in 2018 and then in 2020.
51years old
Turns 52 on April 3in 153 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Nairobi Aries Spears
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 14 years1996 to 2010
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Big break
Spears got his first big break in comedy on Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, appearing in a 1992 episode when he was sixteen years old.
First role
Spears first performed stand-up comedy at about fourteen years old, doing impressions of James Brown and Jack Nicholson at the Uptown Comedy Cafe in Harlem.
Aries Spears movies on Netflix
Best known for
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Worked with
Aries Spears shares two films with Paula Jai Parker, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Paula Jai Parker's page
Jeremy Suarez's page
Danny Trejo's page
Tara Strong's page
Lin Shaye's page
John Leguizamo's page
All films by Cameron Crowe
Deborah KaplanDirector, 1 film, 2001
All films by Deborah Kaplan
Harry ElfontDirector, 1 film, 2001
All films by Harry Elfont
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