Career Īnderson stars in and executive produces the hit ABC series Black-ish, alongside Laurence Fishburne and Tracee Ellis Ross. Anderson is an alumnus of the Hollywood High School Performing Arts Magnet's Class of 1988 and plans on graduating with his son from Howard University in 2022. He and Guy would later act together in the Eddie Murphy film titled Life. Although this experience was a blow to his ego, he did meet his future friend and fellow comedic actor Guy Torry there, who consoled him after the show and encouraged him to keep getting up on stage. Īnderson has stated that his first attempt at stand-up comedy was a failure. According to a DNA analysis, Anderson descends from the Bubi people of Bioko Island ( Equatorial Guinea), and from the Tikar, Hausa, and Fulani people of Cameroon. His nickname was "Tugga" because he could not pronounce sugar.
His mother, Doris (née Hancox), 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 has a half brother named Derrick Bowman.
He has starred in his own short-lived sitcom, All About the Andersons, as well as the ABC sitcom Black-ish and the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show during its fifth and final season. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows. Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor and comedian.