Tommy Davidson
Biography
Tommy Davidson is an American actor and comedian who rose through stand-up and became one of the original performers on the sketch show In Living Color. Born in 1963, he grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He began doing stand-up in 1984 and worked comedy clubs around Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, opening for Patti LaBelle, Starpoint, and Kenny G. After winning an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in 1987, he moved to North Hollywood and later appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show. On television he was Mitchell in Between Brothers and Dexter in Malcolm & Eddie, and he voiced Oscar Proud for The Proud Family from 2001 to 2005 and again in the 2022 revival. His film work includes Booty Call (1997) as Rushon, Bamboozled (2000) as Womack, and Black Dynamite (2009) as Cream Corn, with the same character in the follow-up TV series. In 2022 he read from his memoir Living in Color on Storybound.
63years old
Turns 64 on November 10in 364 days
- Born Washington, D.C.
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Thomas Davidson
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 33 years1991 to 2024
Genres
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Big break
Davidson did his act at the Comedy Store, and Robert Townsend learned about him there. Townsend then requested that Davidson warm up the crowd for an HBO special.
Tommy Davidson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Buddy Lewis appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Buddy Lewis's page
Vivica A. Fox's page
Michael Jai White's page
Gilbert Gottfried's page
Jada Pinkett Smith's page
Sandra Bernhard's page
Also two films together5 more actors
- Kevin ChapmanThe Outlaw Johnny Black (2023) and Black Dynamite (2009)
- Paula Jai ParkerThe Proud Family Movie (2005) and Woo (1998)
- Arsenio HallBlack Dynamite (2009) and The Proud Family Movie (2005)
- Karen RobinsonSanta Who? (2000) and Booty Call (1997)
- Paul ProvenzaPlump Fiction (1997) and Strictly Business (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tommy Davidson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$251 million
8 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$212M84.5% of the total
- 2$20M8.0% of the total
- 3$8.0M3.2% of the total
- 4$7.7M3.1% of the total
- 5$2.5M1.0% of the total
- 6$300K0.1% of the total
- 7$297K0.1% of the total
- 8$71K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.