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Mixed-ish
''Mixed-ish'' (stylized as ''ish'') was an American single-camera sitcom created by Kenya Barris, Peter Saji and Tracee Ellis Ross that premiered on ABC on September 24, 2019. The series is a prequel to ''Black-ish'', and the second series to be spun off from the parent series after the Freeform series '' Grown-ish''. In May 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on January 26, 2021. In May 2021, the series was canceled after two seasons. Premise Loosely based on the early life of Dr. Rania Barris (co-creator Kenya Barris' ex-wife), ''Mixed-ish'' chronicles Rainbow Johnson's childhood years as she recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the 1980s. The family faces dilemmas over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves when Rainbow's parents move from a hippie commune to the suburbs in 1985. Cast Main * Arica Himmel as Rainbow Sojourner "Bow" Johnson, a 12-year-old preteen who is coming into her own while embracing her bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-ish
''Black-ish'' (stylized as black·''ish'', `black·''ish'', and black''ish'') is an American sitcom television series created by Kenya Barris. It aired on ABC from September 24, 2014, to April 19, 2022, running for eight seasons. ''Black-ish'' follows an upper class black family led by Andre 'Dre' Johnson ( Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow Johnson ( Tracee Ellis Ross). The show revolves around the family's lives, as they juggle several personal and sociopolitical issues. The show also features the characters Zoey Johnson ( Yara Shahidi), Andre Johnson, Jr. ( Marcus Scribner), Jack Johnson ( Miles Brown), and Diane Johnson ( Marsai Martin). In later seasons, the characters of Josh Oppenhol ( Jeff Meacham), Ruby Johnson ( Jenifer Lewis), Charlie Telphy (Deon Cole), Leslie Stevens ( Peter Mackenzie), Devante Johnson (August and Berlin Gross) and Olivia Lockhart (Katlyn Nichol) were promoted to series regulars, while the character of Earl Johnson ( Laurence Fishburne) makes recurring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles, most notably as Zack Morris in ''Saved by the Bell''. In 1991, he won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Primetime Series. Other well-received roles he is known for include Paul Johnson in the ABC sitcom series ''Mixed-ish'', Detective John Clark Jr. in '' NYPD Blue'', and Peter Bash in ''Franklin & Bash''. He was also the lead in the 1998 film '' Dead Man on Campus''. He later starred in the 2016 and 2019 TV series '' Pitch'' and ''The Passage'', respectively. Early life Gosselaar was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, the son of Paula ( van den Brink), a homemaker and hostess for KLM, and Hans Gosselaar, a plant supervisor for Anheuser-Busch. He is the youngest of his parents' four children, and was the only one not born in the Netherlands. His Dutch-born father is of German and Dutch Jewish descent. Gosselaar's Jewish paternal great-gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Joy Silberstein (born October 29, 1972), known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress. She is known for her lead roles in the television series '' Girlfriends'' (2000–2008) and ''Black-ish'' (2014–2022). She is the daughter of actress and Motown recording artist Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein. She began acting in independent films and variety series. She hosted the pop-culture magazine ''The Dish'' on Lifetime. From 2000 to 2008 she played the starring role of Joan Clayton in the UPN/ CW comedy series '' Girlfriends'', for which she received two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She also has appeared in the films ''Hanging Up'' (2000), '' I-See-You.Com'' (2006), and ''Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007), before returning to television playing Dr. Carla Reed on the BET sitcom ''Reed Between the Lines'' (2011), for which she received her third NAACP Image Award. Since 2014, Ross has played the starring role of Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tika Sumpter
Euphemia LatiQue Sumpter, better known as Tika Sumpter, is an American actress, singer, producer, television host, and model. Sumpter began her career as the host of ''Best Friend's Date''. From 2005 to 2010, she appeared in the daytime soap opera, '' One Life to Live''. In 2010, she made her film debut in '' Stomp the Yard: Homecoming''. Sumpter was later featured in supporting roles for '' What's Your Number?'', ''Think Like a Man'', '' Sparkle'', and '' A Madea Christmas''. From 2013 to 2021, she appeared on the OWN soap opera '' The Haves and the Have Nots'', as well as in '' Ride Along'', '' Ride Along 2'', '' Get On Up'', and '' Nobody's Fool''. In 2016, she starred as Michelle Robinson in ''Southside with You''. In 2020, she appeared in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and reprised her role in the 2022 sequel, ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''. Early life Sumpter was born in 1980 in Queens, New York City. She was a cheerleader at her high school. She graduated from Longwood Senior High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arica Himmel
Arica Himmel (born February 23, 2005) is an American actress, best known for her role as Rainbow "Bow" Johnson in the ABC comedy series, ''Mixed-ish''. Life and career Himmel was born and raised in New York City. She is the daughter of Liberian singer-songwriter Zelma Davis and Brandon Himmel, an American realtor of German descent. Himmel has a sister, Zoe Himmel, who has also worked as an actress. She made her stage debut in the off-Broadway production of ''The Layover'' at the age of 11. In 2019, she made her film debut appearing in an supporting role opposite Judith Light in the comedy-drama film '' Before You Know It'' that premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. In 2019, Himmel was cast as young Rainbow "Bow" Johnson, the leading character in the ABC comedy series ''Mixed-ish'', a prequel spin-off of ''Black-ish ''Black-ish'' (stylized as black·''ish'', `black·''ish'', and black''ish'') is an American sitcom television series created by Kenya Barris. It aired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian and game show host. He is best known for his leading roles in drama series such as Marlin Boulet on '' K-Ville'', and as NYPD Detective Kevin Bernard on the NBC crime drama ''Law & Order'' and comedy sitcom television series '' Guys with Kids'' as well as leading roles in comedy series such as Andre 'Dre' Johnson on ''Black-ish''. He had major roles in feature films such as '' Me, Myself & Irene'' (2000), '' Kangaroo Jack'' (2003), '' Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London'' (2004), '' The Departed'' (2006), ''Transformers'' (2007), and '' Scream 4'' (2011). Anderson is also a regular judge on Food Network's '' Iron Chef America'' and also has more roles on other television programs such as '' All About the Andersons'', '' The Bernie Mac Show'', and '' The Shield''. Since June 2016, he has served as host of the ABC version of the game show '' To Tell the Truth''. In addition, he has served as a guest panelis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Scribner
Marcus Scribner (born January 7, 2000) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Andre "Junior" Johnson Jr. in all eight seasons of the ABC sitcom ''Black-ish'', before starring as Junior in its spin-off ''Grown-ish'' from the fifth season onward (also serving as the series' narrator, after guest starring in the second to fourth seasons and ''Mixed-ish''), as well as voicing the character Bow in the Netflix animated series ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''. Early life and education Scribner was born and raised in Los Angeles. His name is derived from Roman and Greek mythology, like those of his father Troy and sister Athena. Scribner also has a dog named Zeus whom he adopted as a puppy to commemorate his first professional acting job. Similar to his character on ''Black-ish'', his father is Black while his mother is biracial (African American and white). His father's family is from Los Angeles while his maternal grandmother is from England. He began studying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya Barris
Kenya Barris (born August 9, 1973) is an American film and television writer, producer, director, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the ABC sitcom ''black-ish'' (2014–2022). Early life Barris was born in Inglewood, California, the second of five children. He was named after Kenya due to his father visiting the country. Barris' parents divorced when he was five years old. He is an alumnus of Clark Atlanta University. Career Barris has created numerous television shows, including the critically acclaimed ''Black-ish''. The award-winning series also has two spin-offs, '' Grown-ish'' and ''Mixed-ish'', and a third potential spin-off '' Old-ish''. He was a writer for ''The Game'', '' Girlfriends'', and ''Soul Food''. Barris co-created and produced ''America's Next Top Model'' with Tyra Banks. He penned the film ''Girls Trip''. He co-produced the 2019 film '' Little'' and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2019 theatrical release ''Shaft''. In 2020, Barris made his actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Cole
Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the TV series '' Midnight Caller'', ''American Gothic'', ''The West Wing'', '' Crusade'', ''The Good Wife'', '' The Good Fight'', ''Veep'', '' Chicago Fire'', and ''Mixed-ish''. In film, he has appeared in '' The Brady Bunch Movie'', ''One Hour Photo'', ''Office Space'', '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'', '' Breach'', '' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'', '' Pineapple Express'', and ''In the Line of Fire''. He is also known for voicing the title character on the Adult Swim series ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'', Principal Shepherd on ''Family Guy'', Mayor Fred Jones Sr. on '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', and James Timothy Possible on ''Kim Possible''. As of season 19, Cole joined ''NCIS'', taking over from Mark Harmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daveed Diggs
Daveed Daniele Diggs (born January 24, 1982) is an American actor, rapper, and singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping, and in 2015, he originated the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical '' Hamilton'', for which he won a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Along with the main cast of ''Hamilton'', he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. Since leaving ''Hamilton'', he played a recurring role in the television series ''Black-ish'' (2016–2018) and co-starred in the films ''Wonder'' (2017) and ''Velvet Buzzsaw'' (2019). Diggs also wrote, produced, and starred in the 2018 film '' Blindspotting'', which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead; he acted as creator, writer, and executive producer on the 2021 spin-off sequel television series of the same name, in which he also reprised his role as a gue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grown-ish
''Grown-ish'' (stylized as ''ish'') is an American sitcom series and a spin-off of the ABC series ''Black-ish''. The single-camera comedy follows the Johnson family's children as they go to college and begin their journeys to adulthood, only to quickly discover that not everything goes their way once they leave the nest. The first four seasons follow eldest daughter Zoey ( Yara Shahidi), with Deon Cole, Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat and Chris Parnell also starring, while the fifth season onward follows eldest son and Zoey's younger brother Andre Junior ( Marcus Scribner) as he attends college after Zoey's graduation, with Diggy Simmons and Daniella Perkins also starring. Created by ''Black-ish''s Kenya Barris and Larry Wilmore, the series is produced by Khalabo Ink Society, Cinema Gypsy Productions and Principato-Young Entertainment, with Anthony Anderson, Brian Dobbins, and Helen Sugland acting as execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Brown (actor)
Miles Brown (born December 28, 2004), also known by his stage name Baby Boogaloo, is an American actor, dancer and rapper. He is best known for his role as Jack Johnson in the ABC comedy series ''Black-ish''. Life and career Brown is the son of rapper Wildchild and Cyndee Brown. He has an older sister. Brown's father is African-American, while his mother is of Filipino and Mexican descent. As a young child, he danced in music videos—including " Yeah 3x" and "Loving You Is Killing Me"—and on the children's show '' Yo Gabba Gabba!''. At the age of 5, he was a guest on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and a contestant on the fifth season of ''America's Got Talent'' as part of the dance duo Future Funk. His first role in a feature film was as part of the Little Rascals Intro Battle Crew in the dance-drama movie ''Battlefield America''. Brown was also in a dance group called Alias Dance Company from 2010 to 2014. In 2014, Brown was cast opposite Anthony Anderson and Tracee El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
