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Anthony Anderson
Birth name	Anthony Alvin Anderson
Born	August 15, 1970 (age 36) Compton, California
Spouse(s)	Alvina Anderson
Notable roles	JD in Barbershop Antwon Mitchell in The Shield Key in Hustle & Flow Brown in The Departed

Anthony Alvin Anderson (born August 15, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian and actor. He is an alumnus of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

Contents 1 Career overview 2 Recent events 3 Trivia 4 Selected filmography 5 External link

Anderson first achieved recognition in the NBC television show Hang Time (1995–2000). He had a breakout role in 1999's Romeo Must Die. Since then, Anderson has starred in a number of films, including Exit Wounds, Barbershop, and Kangaroo Jack. In 2003, he got his own sitcom on The WB, All About the Andersons, co-starring John Amos. The series was cancelled after only one season. In March 2005, Anderson began co-starring in The Shield's fourth season as Antwon Mitchell, an ex-convict who poses as a community leader while still running his old street gang. His performance on The Shield earned him much acclaim from critics who had previously dismissed him as a light comedy actor, resulting in him returning to The Shield during the show's fifth season for several episodes.

Anderson also starred in the animated family film Hoodwinked, and had a supporting role in the Best Picture Academy Award-winning film The Departed. He will star in the live-action Transformers film, based on the 1980s cartoon Transformers.

• On July 28, 2004, while filming the motion picture Hustle & Flow, Anderson and crew member Wayne Witherspoon were arrested and charged with raping a female visitor to Anderson's trailer. The charges were later dismissed, but Anderson was still under suit for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on the set of All About the Andersons.[1]

• As an actor whose roles are primarily comedic, Anderson has only occasionally portrayed villains. Romeo Must Die marked his second portrayal as a villain in a film; the next was in Barbershop.

• Guest Starred on NBC's and USA Network's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Elloit Stabler's (Christopher Meloni) partner while Stabler and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) were separated because the storyline stated that Benson and Stabler were too emotionally involved with themselves.

• He is a fighter and the leader of a rival record label in the game Def Jam: Icon by the name of Troy Dollar. [2]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Life	Cookie
1999	Trippin'	Z-Boy
2000	Romeo Must Die	Maurice
2000	Big Momma's House	Nolan
2000	Me, Myself & Irene	Jamaal Baileygates
2000	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Stan Washington
2001	See Spot Run	Benny
2001	Exit Wounds	T.K. Johnson
2001	Kingdom Come	Junior Slocumb
2001	Two Can Play That Game	Tony
2002	Barbershop	J.D.
2003	Kangaroo Jack	Louis Booker
2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Tommy
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	PJ
2003	Scary Movie 3	Mahalik
2004	My Baby's Daddy	G
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Derek
2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Burger Shack Employee
2005	King's Ransom	Malcolm King
2005	Hustle & Flow	Key
2006	Hoodwinked	Bill Stork
2006	Scary Movie 4	Mahalik
2006	The Departed	Brown
2007	Transformers	Glenn Ross Dygert

• Anthony Anderson at the Internet Movie Database