Leon Curtis Frierson (born July 6, 1986) is an American actor, rapper, songwriter, and comedian, best known for his work on the
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. Its ...
comedy show ''
All That
''All That'' is an American sketch comedy television series created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The series originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 16, 1994, to October 22, 2005, lasting ten seasons, and was produced by Tollin/Robbins ...
''.
''All That''
In 1997, Leon Frierson,
Christy Knowings
Christy Lorraine Knowings (born February 25, 1980) is an American actress and comedienne who served three seasons on the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series ''All That'' (where she replaced Alisa Reyes in 1997 and was replaced by Giovonnie Samuel ...
, and
Danny Tamberelli
Daniel Joseph Tamberelli (born February 8, 1982) is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is known for his portrayal of Little Pete in ''The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' from 1989 to 1995, as the voice and actor of Jimmy De Santa in the 2013 ...
joined the cast of ''All That'' to replace the departing
Katrina Johnson and
Alisa Reyes
Alisa Adriana Reyes is an American actress, best known for three seasons that she appeared on Nickelodeon's ''All That'' (1994–97) and providing the voice of LaCienega Boulevardez in the Disney Channel original series, ''The Proud Family'' (200 ...
. Leon's agent had called him about the job and he auditioned at the
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. Its ...
/
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
building in
Los Angeles. He did impressions of "an old man,
nerd
A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly tech ...
s,
Jim Carrey
James Eugene Carrey (; born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and artist. Known for his energetic slapstick performances, Carrey first gained recognition in 1990, after landing a role in the American sketch comedy te ...
and
Mike Tyson."
Leon's recurring sketches and/or characters include ''Have a Nice Day with Leroy & Fuzz'', CJ and the Cloudy Nights, Repairboy (with
Kel Mitchell
Kel Johari Rice Mitchell (born August 25, 1978) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series '' All That'' for its first five seasons (1994–1999), where he was often paired ...
as Repairman), and Billy Fuco.
[''All That: Fresh Out the Box'', Steve Holland, Pocket Books, 1998] He stayed on the show until the end of Season 6 in
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...
. He also appeared, during his run on ''All That'', as a panelist on the network's game show ''
Figure It Out
''Figure It Out'' is an American children's panel game show that aired on Nickelodeon. The original series, hosted by Summer Sanders, ran for four seasons from July 7, 1997, to December 12, 1999. The show was revived in 2012, with Jeff Sutphen ...
''.
Later career
When Frierson ended his run on ''All That'', he had appeared in the movies ''
Bulworth
''Bulworth'' is a 1998 American political satire black comedy film co-written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Warren Beatty. It co-stars Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Jack Warden, and Isaiah Washington. The film ...
'' and ''
Snow Day''. He also appeared in a December 12, 2003 episode of ''
Boston Public
''Boston Public'' is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. Set in Boston, the series centers on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school in the Boston Public Schools district. It features ...
'' as Brady Bennett.
References
External links
*"music video -Get I
*"musi
*"website
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1986 births
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from California
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male comedians
People from Ontario, California
African-American male comedians
African-American male actors
Comedians from California
Rappers from California
American male rappers
20th-century American comedians
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
20th-century African-American male singers
21st-century African-American musicians