David Adkins (born November 10, 1956),
better known by his stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, most notably as Coach Walter Oakes in ''
A Different World
''A Different World'' is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of '' The Cosby Show''. It aired for six seasons on NBC from September 24, 1987, to July 9, 1993. The series originally centered on Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet) an ...
'' (1987–1991) and as David Bryan on ''
The Sinbad Show
''The Sinbad Show'' is an American television sitcom starring comedian Sinbad (comedian), David "Sinbad" Adkins that premiered on September 16, 1993, on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The show's main plot is about a bachelor taking in two orphan ...
'' (1993–1994). He has also appeared in films such as ''
That's Adequate'' (1989), ''
Coneheads'' (1993), ''
Houseguest'' (1995), ''
Jingle All the Way'' (1996), ''
Good Burger
''Good Burger'' is a 1997 American teen comedy film directed by Brian Robbins, written by Dan Schneider with Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, and starring Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, and Abe Vigoda. The film is a spin-off of the "Good B ...
'' (1997), ''
Crazy as Hell'' (2002) and ''
Planes'' (2013).
Early life
Sinbad was born November 10, 1956, in
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County, Michigan, Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 46 miles southwest of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo and 71 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids. According to the 2020 2 ...
, the son of Louise and a
Baptist
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minister, Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins Sr.
He has five siblings: Donna, Dorothea, Mark, Michael, and Donald Jr.
His paternal grandmother was of Irish descent. Sinbad attended
Benton Harbor High School and graduated in 1974. He attended college from 1974 to 1978 at the
University of Denver
The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1864, it has an enrollment of approximately 5,700 undergraduate students and 7,200 graduate students. It is classified among "R1: D ...
in
Denver
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,
Colorado
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, where he
lettered two seasons for the
basketball team
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.
Military service
Sinbad served in the
United States Air Force
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as a
boom operator aboard
KC-135 Stratotanker
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s. While assigned to the 384th Air Refueling Wing at
McConnell Air Force Base in
Wichita, Kansas
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, he would often travel downtown to perform stand-up comedy. He competed as a comedian/MC in the Air Force's Talent Contest in 1981. Sinbad was almost dismissed with a
dishonorable discharge
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for various misbehaviors, including going
AWOL.
After a series of incidents, he was eventually discharged "for parking my car in the wrong position."
Career
In an attempt to stand out in the entertainment industry, Adkins worked under the professional name Sinbad, which he chose out of admiration for
Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor (; or Sindbad) is a fictional mariner and the hero of a Literary cycle, story-cycle. He is described as hailing from Baghdad during the early Abbasid Caliphate (8th and 9th centuries A.D.). In the course of seven voyages thr ...
.
He began his stand-up comic career appearing on ''
Star Search''. Sinbad won his round against fellow comedian
Dennis Miller, and made it to the finals before losing to
John Kassir.
He soon was cast on ''
The Redd Foxx Show'', a short lived sitcom, playing Byron Lightfoot.
''A Different World''
In 1987, Sinbad landed a role in ''
A Different World
''A Different World'' is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of '' The Cosby Show''. It aired for six seasons on NBC from September 24, 1987, to July 9, 1993. The series originally centered on Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet) an ...
'', a spin-off of ''
The Cosby Show
''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, with a total of 201 half-hour e ...
'' built around
Lisa Bonet
Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet ; November 16, 1967) is an American actress. She portrayed Denise Huxtable on the sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992), for which she earned widespread acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Aw ...
's character Denise Huxtable. Previously, Sinbad appeared in a one-off role on ''The Cosby Show'' as car salesman Davis Sarrette. While Bonet only stayed with the program for a season,
Sinbad stayed with the cast from 1988 until 1991 as
Coach Walter Oakes.
Walter began to fall in love with a girl named Jaleesa Vinson, played by
Dawnn Lewis. They dated, and eventually became engaged but decided to cancel the wedding due to differing outlooks on life.
''The Sinbad Show''
By the early 1990s, his popularity had grown enough for
Fox to greenlight ''
The Sinbad Show
''The Sinbad Show'' is an American television sitcom starring comedian Sinbad (comedian), David "Sinbad" Adkins that premiered on September 16, 1993, on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The show's main plot is about a bachelor taking in two orphan ...
'', which premiered September 16, 1993. In it, Sinbad played 35-year-old David Bryan, a bachelor who decides to become a
foster parent
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to two children after becoming emotionally attached to them.
Around that time, Sinbad had received joint custody of his two children: Royce, age 4; and Paige, age 7, and told the press that these experiences informed him of single parenting.
''The Sinbad Show'' was canceled, with the last episode airing April 21, 1994. However, the role earned him a nomination in the 1995
Kids' Choice Awards for "Favorite Television Actor".
Films and other projects

In 1990, Sinbad did his first stand-up comedy special for
HBO
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called ''Sinbad: Brain Damaged''. The special was recorded at
Morehouse College
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in
Atlanta
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, Georgia. In 1993, Sinbad did his next stand up special in New York City's
Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden called ''Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms'' for which he won a
1995 Image Award. He was brought back in 1996 for ''Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man'', recorded at the
Paramount Theatre in
Denver
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, Colorado, and again in 1997 for ''Sinbad: Nothin' but the Funk''. All of these shows have been released on VHS and DVD.
Sinbad again won an
NAACP Image Award
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in 1998 for his role in ''Sinbad's Summer Jam III: '70s Soul Music Festival''. By 1995, Sinbad created a company called "David & Goliath Productions", that was located in
Studio City.
From 1989 to 1991, Sinbad was host of ''
It's Showtime at the Apollo
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'', and returned in 2005, while regular host
Mo'Nique
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was on maternity leave. He hosted an episode of ''
Soul Train'' that aired January 14, 1995; appeared as a contestant in an episode of ''
Celebrity Jeopardy!'' in 1998; and was the emcee for the May 2000 ''
Miss Universe
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Pageant''.
During the 1990s, Sinbad guest starred on an episode of Nickelodeon's ''
All That''. In one sketch, he played the father of recurring character Ishboo, dubbed "Sinboo". He also made a
cameo appearance
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in the comedy movie ''
Good Burger
''Good Burger'' is a 1997 American teen comedy film directed by Brian Robbins, written by Dan Schneider with Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, and starring Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, and Abe Vigoda. The film is a spin-off of the "Good B ...
'', starring
Kenan & Kel, as "Mr. Wheat", a short-tempered teacher. His character was modeled after Gough Wheat, a past teacher of the movie's producer,
Dan Schneider, at White Station High School in
Memphis, Tennessee
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.
He and
Phil Hartman co-starred in the comedy film ''
Houseguest'', where he plays Kevin Franklin, a
Pittsburgh
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resident who owes $50,000 to the mob. Hartman, as Gary Young, comments to his children that they are waiting to pick up his old college friend, who is black and he has not seen for twenty years. Taking who they think to be a well-known dentist home, Young's family is stabilized by Franklin's own unstable nature. Released January 6, 1995, the film grossed $26 million in North America.
Sinbad's film roles also include ''
First Kid'', which he starred in, and ''
Jingle All the Way'' (1996) opposite
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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,
Rita Wilson and the late Phil Hartman. For ''Jingle All the Way'', Sinbad won a
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "Favorite Supporting Actor – Family"; it was also his third and final collaboration with Hartman following the latter's death in May 1998.
In March 1996, Sinbad joined First Lady
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...
and musician
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is noted for her Optimism, optimistic and Idealism, idealistic subject matter, and incorporation of genres including Rock music, rock, Po ...
, in a
USO
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tour in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
The
NAACP Image Awards
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recognized his role in ''
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child'' (1996), nominating him in the "Outstanding Performance in an Animated/Live-Action/Dramatic Youth or Children's Series/Special" category. He lent his voice to Riley, an animal character, in ''
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco'' (1996), and later voiced the horse "Hollywood Shuffle" in ''
Ready to Run''.
In 1997, Sinbad released ''Sinbad's Guide to Life: Because I Know Everything'', a book of comedic short essays. It was co written with
David Ritz
David Ritz (born December 2, 1943) is an American author. He has written novels, biographies, magazine articles, and over a hundred liner notes for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Nat King Cole. He has coauthored 36 autobiograp ...
.
In August 1997, ''
Vibe
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'' magazine started its own syndicated late night talk show, which aired on
UPN
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, hosted by actor
Chris Spencer. Spencer was fired in October, and replaced by Sinbad; the series lasted until the summer of 1998. At that same time, Sinbad performed his HBO comedy special "Nothin' But the Funk" in
Aruba
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's
Guillermo P. Trinidad Memorial Stadium.
In 1998 and 1999, Sinbad reunited with
Bill Cosby
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and
Carsey-Werner Productions
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, and appeared in three episodes of ''
Cosby''. In February 1999, he was featured in an
infomercial
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for
Tae Bo, where he stated that he was successfully using the Tae Bo system to become an action star.
In 2002, he appeared in three episodes of the Showtime series ''
Resurrection Blvd.'' In 2004, he was named the No. 78 ''Greatest Stand Up Comic of All Time'' on "Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time". In 2006, ''
Maxim
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'' magazine ranked Sinbad as the "Worst Comic of All Time."
In February 2007, actor
Mark Curry credited Sinbad and Bill Cosby for helping convince him not to commit suicide. Sinbad was responsible for discovering R&B trio
702, convincing their parents to let him take them to a music convention/competition under the name "Sweeta than Suga"; the group eventually being heard by music producer
Michael Bivins
Michael Lamont Bivins (born August 10, 1968) is an American singer, rapper, manager, and producer, and a founding member of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.
Biography
Bivins was born and still lives in Boston. He and his wife, Teasha, have four ...
.
Sinbad also made a cameo appearance on the television show ''
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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'' as himself in a rehab center in the episode "Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life", which originally aired October 23, 2008. His cameo was met with positive acclaim from fans of both him and the series.
Sinbad was the host of ''Thou Shalt Laugh 3''. The DVD was released on November 11, 2008.
He performed his
Comedy Central
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television special ''
Where U Been?'' at
Club Nokia, which was later released on DVD to even greater success. On March 14, 2010, he debuted on the ''
Celebrity Apprentice
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'' and was fired on the second episode (March 21, 2010) after losing in the Kodak challenge as project manager, placing 13th.
Sinbad starred in a reality show on
WE tv called ''Sinbad: It's Just Family'' that aired on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.; the show was canceled in 2011.
In 2013, Sinbad voiced Roper in the animated film ''
Planes''. The same year he had a guest role on the adult animated series ''
American Dad!
''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker (producer), Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, with the r ...
'', voicing an animated version of himself in the episode "
Lost in Space
''Lost in Space'' is an American science fiction television series created and produced by Irwin Allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968 on CBS. Lightly dramatic, sometimes comedic in tone, the series was inspired by the 1812 J ...
", then returning for the 2014 episode "
The Longest Distance Relationship
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", and again in 2015's "Holy Shit, Jeff's Back!"
In April 2015, Sinbad appeared in a USO show at Bagram and Kandahar Air Bases in
Afghanistan
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.
In 2017, he appeared on two episodes of
Disney Junior
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's ''
The Lion Guard
''The Lion Guard'' is an American animated children's television series developed by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film ''The Lion King''. The series was first broadcast with a television film titled ''The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar' ...
'', as the voice of Uroho the baboon. The same year, he appeared in a
CollegeHumor
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April Fool's video consisting of newly created footage supposedly taken from a 1990s
genie
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movie called ''Shazaam'' which never existed. The comedy drew from
an Internet rumor confusing ''Shazaam'' with the real genie film titled ''
Kazaam
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'' (1996), starring
Shaquille O'Neal
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. The
false memories
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of ''Shazaam'' have been explained as a
confabulation
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of memories of the comedian wearing a genie-like costume during a TV presentation of
Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor (; or Sindbad) is a fictional mariner and the hero of a Literary cycle, story-cycle. He is described as hailing from Baghdad during the early Abbasid Caliphate (8th and 9th centuries A.D.). In the course of seven voyages thr ...
movies in 1994. In addition, in the 1960s,
Hanna-Barbera
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had an animated series about a genie called ''
Shazzan
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''.
In 2018 to 2019 he starred on
Fox show ''
Rel''.
Apple
Sinbad has a long history of using and promoting Apple products, working with Apple and appearing at Apple events. Examples include numerous appearances at
Macworld
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History
''Macworld'' was founded by David Bunnell and Cheryl Woodard (publishers) and Andrew Fl ...
[ and ]WWDC
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shows.
On January 25, 2011, he was the celebrity speaker of MacWorld Expo
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2011.
Music
Sinbad also plays percussion and drums which he most often displays after every show appearance. He has played with numerous artists and musicians under the moniker of "Memphis Red"; such as Dawnn Lewis and Adult-Urban instrumentalist (saxophonist) Journell Henry "p/k/a. J. Henry".
Personal life
Sinbad married Meredith Fuller in 1985. They have two children together. The couple divorced in 1992, but remarried in 2002.
In November 2020, his family announced to the press that Sinbad was recovering from a recent stroke
Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...
. In March 2024, Sinbad announced on social media that he was still recovering from his stroke but that he was attempting a comeback to his career in the future.
Tax issues
In April 2009, Sinbad was listed as one of the ten worst tax debtors in the state of California, owing the state $2.5 million in personal income tax. On December 11, 2009, Sinbad filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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. On February 5, 2010, it was reported that Sinbad put his hilltop home up for sale in order to alleviate his tax burdens.
Filmography
Film
Television
See also
* Mononymous person
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A mononym may be the person's only name, given to them at birth. This was routine in most ancient societies, and remains ...
References
External links
*
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