ANTHONY ANDERSON

Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor Anthony Anderson starred for 8 seasons in ABC’s multi-award nominated sitcom “black-ish” where he portrayed Andre “Dre” Johnson, where he also served as
executive producer.

Anderson will next be seen hosting FOX’s The Real Full Monty, a two-hour special in which a daring group of male celebrities will volunteer to bare all to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer testing and research. The special is set to debut in the Fall. Anderson will also serve as executive producer on the special.

Most recently, Anderson hosted the 75th Emmy Awards live on FOX and hosted the FOX game show “We Are Family.” Last year, Anderson took a six-week journey around Europe with his mother for their E! reality series “Trippin’ with Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris” He also partnered with Cedric the Entertainer to launch their own barbecue label, AC Barbeque, and documented their journey to become barbeque masters on the A&E Network unscripted series “Kings of BBQ.”

Anderson appeared in the Emmy award winning pair of ABC live television specials, “Live in Front of a Studio Audience.” He first appeared as Henry Jefferson in “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’”, and then as himself in the second special, “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times,” performing the opening song with Patti LaBelle.

Anderson also hosted the ABC game Show, “To Tell the Truth,” a popular primetime re-imagination of the beloved classic game show of the same name, which ran for seven seasons. He was also executive producer of the ‘black-ish’ spin off, “grown-ish” for Freeform. Anderson reprised his role as Detective Kevin Barnard in 2022 on the highly anticipated 21st season of “Law and Order.”

Anderson has become familiar to audiences through roles in such prominent films as the Michael Bay blockbuster TRANSFORMERS, Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning feature THE DEPARTED alongside a stellar cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson, and the all-star comedy THE BIG YEAR. Anderson first gained attention as one of Jim Carrey’s sons in ME, MYSELF, AND IRENE and has since appeared in such films as the BARBERSHOP franchise, SCARY MOVIE 3, KANGAROO JACK, EXIT WOUNDS, CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE, TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME, MALIBU’S MOST WANTED, MY BABY’S DADDY, AGENT CODY BANKS 2, HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, SMALL TOWN CRIME, THE STAR AND the Academy Award nominated FERDINAND. Most recently, Anderson starred in and was the executive producer of Netflix’s film BEATS, alongside Uzo Aduba and newcomer Khalil Everage.

On the small screen, Anderson brought his talent and humor to his own WB sitcom “All About the Andersons” which was loosely based on his life. Anderson also starred in Fox’s “K-Ville” opposite Cole Hauser and had a recurring role in the police-drama television series, “The Shield,” opposite Michael Chiklis and Glenn Close and in NBC’s “Guys with Kids”. He went on to star as Kevin Bernard in “Law & Order.” Anderson has hosted several culinary focused shows on the Food Network including “Eating America, with Anthony Anderson” and “Carnival Cravings with Anthony Anderson,” as well as served as a regular judge on “Iron Chef America.” For the past two years, Anderson has hosted “Dear Mama: An Event to Honor Moms,” which is VH1’s annual Mother’s Day celebration to salute moms everywhere. In addition, he’s been a frequent guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

Anderson has received seven consecutive Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series”, three Golden Globe nominations and three Critics Choice nominations for his popular role in “black-ish.” He has also been nominated for 4 Emmy’s as a producer on “black-ish” for “Outstanding Comedy Series.” Additionally, in 2022, he won his eighth individual Image Award in the category of “Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series,” adding to his 18 total Image Award nominations in his career. He has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards, BET Awards, and Teen Choice awards as well as one People’s Choice Awards and one Kids’ Choice Awards. Anderson hosted the NAACP Image Awards for nine years from 2014-2022, the CLIO Awards in 2022 and co-hosted the BET Awards in 2015 and 2016 with Tracee Ellis Ross. In 2020, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2022, Anderson was named as one of the 2022 Disney Legend Award recipients, The Walt Disney Company’s highest honor recognizing individuals who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.

An advocate and philanthropist, Anderson holds an annual Anthony Anderson Celebrity Golf Classic, benefiting the American Diabetes Association, Los Angeles Mission and Boys & Girls Club of America. He also proudly serves on the GOOD+ Foundation’s Fatherhood Leadership Council and was inducted into the Class of 2017 Boys & Girls Club of America National Alumni Hall of Fame. Anderson has Type 2 diabetes and is an advocate for diabetes awareness and a spokesperson for the “Get Real About Diabetes” campaign. He received the 2023 Golden Glove Award by the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation acknowledging Anderson’s commitment to helping raise awareness for diabetes. Anderson has hosted the National Memorial Day Parade for the last four years and in 2020 due to Covid-19, he co-hosted “The 2020 National Memorial Day Parade: America Stands Tall” television special. He was also co-host of the 2021 Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) telecast which aired simultaneously on more than 60 participating media platforms.

Anderson has always been a supporter of his hometown, Compton, California. He received the 2023 Trailblazer Award from the Woodcraft Rangers to honor his achievements and support the next generation of youth in Los Angeles by the organization with core values of inclusion, access and expanded learning opportunities. He has partnered with the City of Compton in holiday food giveaways in the city where they provided food to over 1,000 residents. In 2020, Anderson emceed The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF), in partnership with Kershaw’s Challenge and the City of Compton, groundbreaking ceremony at Gonzales Park to kick off construction of their Dodger’s Dreamfields project to support local youths.

In the battle against Covid-19, Anderson joined Mayor Garcetti at a South L.A. clinic to urge communities of color to seek COVID-19 testing. He also co-hosted the “Saving Our Selves: A BET COVID-19 Relief Effort” special, to support African Americans impacted by coronavirus.

Born in 1970, Anderson pursued his acting career as he continued his education by attending Hollywood High School for the Performing Arts, where he earned first place in the NAACP’s ACTSO Awards with his performance of the classic monologue from “The Great White Hope.” That performance, along with his dedication to his craft, earned him an arts scholarship to Howard University.

Anderson currently lives in Los Angeles.