anthony anderson is an american actor comedian television producer screenwriter and voice actor
he's known for his leading roles in the drama series caveville the shield and as nypd detective
kevin bernard on the nbc crime drama law and order anthony anderson has starred in his
own short-lived sitcom all about the andersons as well as the fox sitcom the bernie mac show during
its fifth and final season he had major roles in feature films such as me myself and irene in 2000
kangaroo jack in 2003 agent cody banks two destination london in 2004 the departed in
2006 transformers in 2007 and screamed 4 in 2011. anthony anderson is also a regular judge on food
network's iron chef america since september 2014 he served as an executive producer and starred as
andre johnson on the abc sitcom blackish anthony anderson has an estimated net worth of 25 million
us dollars about anthony anderson's early life anthony anderson was born on august 15
1970 in compton california his mother doris hancocks was a telephone operator and actress
and his stepfather sterling bowman was a native of little rock arkansas who moved to los angeles
to work in the steel mill industry before opening a chain of three clothing stores
anthony anderson has a half brother named derek bowman his brother sterling died in 2002 his
nickname was tugga because he couldn't pronounce sugar according to a dna analysis anthony anderson
descends from the booby people of bioco island in equatorial guinea and from the takar hausa
and fulani people of cameroon anthony anderson has stated that his first attempt at stand-up comedy
was a failure although this experience was a blow to his ego he did meet his future friend and
fellow comedic actor guy torrey there who consoled him after the show and encouraged him to keep
getting up on stage he and guy tori would later act together in the eddie murphy film titled life
anthony anderson is an alumnus of the hollywood high school of performing arts
magnets class of 1988 and plans on graduating with his son from howard university in 2022
anthony anderson is 5 feet 10 inches tall or 1.78 meters tall about anthony anderson's personal
life anthony anderson is married to wife alvina stewart since september 1999. the couple has two
children daughter kyra anderson who was born in 1996 and son nathan anderson who was born in 2000
nathan starred as taj in the netflix sitcom richie rich anthony anderson's wife initially filed for
divorce in september 2015 after having been separated since april 2014. however the couple
reconciled in january 2017 and she withdrew her petition she filed for divorce for the second time
on march 25th 2022 anthony anderson has type 2 diabetes and has been active in diabetes awareness
in 2011 anthony anderson won 250 000 on who wants to be a millionaire playing for the alzheimer's
association anthony anderson is an honorary member of the omega sci-fi fraternity he was inducted
on july 30 2020 about anthony anderson's rape and sexual assault allegations on july 27 2004 anthony
anderson was accused of raping a 25 year old extra in a trailer on the film set of hustle and flow
the alleged victim accused anderson and assistant director wayne witherspoon of forcibly removing
her clothing photographing her naked body and digitally penetrating her a witness claimed
to have heard the alleged victim screams and have seen her run naked from the trailer and
she was treated at st francis hospital the charges were dropped on october 6 2004 because the judge
ruled that there was no probable cause to try the case in september 2004 anthony anderson was sued
for sexual assault by another woman who claimed that anderson made sexually suggestive remarks
and then assaulted her in his dressing room on the set of all about the andersons
on july 20 2018 it was revealed that he was being investigated by the los angeles police department
for another sexual assault allegation on september 4 2018 the los angeles district attorney's office
decided not to press charges against anthony anderson due to lack of evidence
about anthony anderson's career since his film debut in liberty heights anthony anderson has been
performing as an actor often in comedic roles for many years among his more prominent feature films
are kangaroo jack which was one of his first films as a leading actor my baby's daddy hustle and flow
agent cody banks ii destination london and king's ransom which to date is his only starring role
anthony anderson had a small role in the academy award-winning martin scorsese's film that departed
additionally he had a supporting role in scary movie 3 and scary movie 4. anthony anderson was
originally set to return in scary movie 5 with regina hall and kevin hart however everything
regarding scripting and filming changed in june 2010 he was cast in a minor role in scream four
anthony anderson stars in and executive produces the hit abc series blackish
alongside lawrence fishburn and tracy ellis ross he was nominated for a prime time emmy award
for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for this role anthony anderson also serves as
executive producer on blackish spin-offs groenish which premiered on freeform in 2018 and mixtish
which ran on abc for two seasons from 2019-2021 he also reprised dre in episodes of both series
anthony anderson's past television work includes a lead role in the teen series hang time as teddy
broadus he had many one-off and guest roles on major series such as nypd blue malcolm and
eddie in the house and ally mcbeal his recurring roles were on several series such as till death
and the bernie mac show anthony anderson was a central character in the short-lived series all
about the andersons which lasted for one season on the wb in 2008 anthony anderson joined the cast
of the long-running nbc crime drama television series law and order after three seasons 2018
2019 2020 as kevin bernard he began to reprise the role upon the series revival in 2022
concurrent with the final episodes of blackish anthony anderson previously starred in two other
crime series fox's caveville as one of the lead characters and fox's cable channel fx's the shield
he also starred in the sitcom guys with kids which lasted a single season anthony anderson's series
eating america with anthony anderson was a summer show in 2014 having him go to different towns in
america which hosts food festivals highlighting a specific type of food he was frequently a judge
on iron chef america one of the few judges to taste dishes from all the iron chefs on the
show in the ultimate bar food battle he served as bartender sous chef for iron chef bobby flay
opposite masaharo morimoto and fellow judge simon mahumdaar since 2016 anthony anderson has been the
host of to tell the truth which airs on abc in addition he has served as guest panelists for
various game shows about anthony anderson's house anthony anderson's primary residence is located in
los angeles california he reportedly purchased the 3 bedroom 3 451 square foot home in 2005
for some 1.1 million dollars about anthony anderson's car collection anthony anderson
owns or owned a mercedes-benz maybach 62s a dodge challenger srt8 a bentley continental
and a 2014 mercedes-benz s550 well that's all we have for you about anthony anderson thanks
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