Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer. He has appeared in several films, including Mel Brooks’s Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Nutty Professor, Con Air, You’ve Got Mail, Blue Streak, Undercover Brother, Chi-Raq, and A Star Is Born. In 2016, he signed a USD 20 million-per-release comedy-special deal with Netflix and, as of 2019, he has released five standup specials under the deal. He received his first Emmy Award in 2017 for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.
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David Khari Webber Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Emmy Awards and three Grammy Awards as well as the Mark Twain Prize. In 2016, he signed a USD 20 million-per-release comedy-special deal with Netflix and, as of 2019, he has released five standup specials under the deal. He has appeared in several films, including Mel Brooks’s Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Nutty Professor, Con Air, You’ve Got Mail, Blue Streak, Undercover Brother, Chi-Raq, and A Star Is Born. He received his first Emmy Award in 2017 for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live. In 2018, he received a Grammy Award for his Netflix-produced comedy album The Age of Spin and Deep in the Heart of Texas. In 2020, Sticks & Stones earned Chappellle his third consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album. He also appeared on Star Search three times but lost to comedian Lester Barrie; he joked about the irony of his more successful comedian becoming more of a Whoopi Goldberg impersonator. He was featured in a montage of random people telling a joke in the first episode of ABC’s America’s Funniest People, airing on September 13, 1990. At 19, he made his film debut as a character in Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood. He later starred in MelBro’s Robin Robin: Men In Tights, The Nuties Professor, Con Air and You’ve got Mail.
He appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman, The Howard Stern Show, Late Night With Conan O’Brien and The Late Late Show with David O’Leary. He won and appeared on Def Comedy Jam on HBO in 1992. In 2013, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their \”50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time. \” Chappelle has been called the \”comic genius of America\” by Esquire and, in 2013, \”the best\” by a Billboard writer. His mother, Yvonne Seon, was a professor at Prince George’s Community College; she is also a Unitarian Universalist minister. His great-grandfather was William David Chappele, who was born into enslavement, and led a delegation of African Americans who met President Woodrow Wilson at the White House. He moved to New York City to pursue a career as a comedian. In 1991, he graduated from Washington’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he studied theatre arts. His parents were politically active, and family house visitors included Pete Seeger and Johnny Hartman. After his parents separated, he stayed in Washington with his mother while spending summers with his father in Ohio. His comic inspiration came from Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor, and, around this time, Chapplele’s comic inspiration was Eddie Murphy, who he said was his biggest inspiration.
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