Michael Chambers
Biography
Michael Chambers is an American dancer and actor who became known as Boogaloo Shrimp, the street dancing name he took as a teenager. Born in California in 1967, he started out in television commercials before dancing in music videos, among them Lionel Richie's All Night Long and Chaka Khan's I Feel for You. His break came as Turbo in Breakin' (1984) and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), where he was credited as Boogaloo Shrimp. Later screen work includes Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) and Dudley Do-Right (1999), plus the Urkel-Bot on Family Matters. He was the announcer on Fun House from 1990 to 1991, appeared in Paula Abdul's Opposites Attract as MC Skat Kat and worked as an assistant choreographer, and has spoken at the Thornton School of Music at USC.
58years old
Turns 59 on November 13in 31 days
- Born Long Beach
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 35 years1984 to 2019
Every film, newest first
- 2019Boogaloo Shrimp DocumentaryIMDb rating 7.0
- 1984Breakin'IMDb rating 5.9
- 1984Breakin' 2: Electric BoogalooIMDb rating 5.2
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A role that slipped away
Chambers tried out for the band New Monkees and reached the last stage of auditions, but in the end he was not picked.
Beyond film
Chambers played the character MC Skat Kat in Paula Abdul's music video for "Opposites Attract" and also worked as an assistant choreographer on it.
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Films together
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Vidal Rodriguez2 films together, 1984 to 2019
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