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A talented actor and writer who landed a host of career-making roles in the late 1990s, Orlando Jones got... (Learn more)

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Orlando Jones’s Milestones
Raised in South Carolina
Was a regular on the ensemble sketch comedy series "Mad TV" (Fox)
Was a writer and executive story editor for the Fox sitcom "Roc"
Was a writer and story editor for the NBC comedy series "A Different World"
Worked as co-producer, writer and executive story editor on the Fox series "The Sinbad Show"
1992 Had a guest role as a cop on an episode of "Herman's Head"
1994 Co-hosted the FX network daily music magazine series "Sound fX"
1998 Appeared in the feature films "Sour Grapes" (as a homeless man) and "Woo"
1998 Did voice work with a guest role on the Fox animated series "King of the Hill"
1999 Appeared as a salesman caught in the crossfire in the "From Dusk Till Dawn" prequel "Hangman's Daughter" (filmed in 1997); shown at special one-time screening at Halloween before release on video in 2000
1999 Appeared in a series of TV commercials for 7-Up
1999 Featured in "King of the Hill" creator Mike Judge's live-action directorial debut "Office Space", co-starring fellow "Mad TV" veteran David Herman
1999 Had a featured role as a neighborhood drug dealer in Barry Levinson's Baltimore-set feature "Liberty Heights"
1999 Had featured role in the ensemble drama "Magnolia", Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated follow-up to "Boogie Nights"; part ended up on the cutting room floor
2000 Acted in support of Brendan Fraser in the remake of "Bedazzled"
2000 Appeared in "Chain of Fools", the star-studded feature debut for the Swedish commercial directing collective Traktor
2000 Co-starred in "The Replacements", a comedy film following the motley Washington Redskins replacement team during the 1987 NFL players strike
2000 Featured in the 1976-set basketball mockumentary "The New Jersey Turnpikes"
2001 Co-starred in "Evolution"
2001 Teamed with Eddie Griffin in "Double Take"
2002 Co-starred as a stoic band director in the marching band feature "Drumline"
2003 Co-starred in the motorcycle drama "Biker Boyzs"
2006 Made his return to television as Cayman Bishop one of the lead characters of ABC's crime drama "The Evidence"
2006 Starred alongside Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne in stage production of August Wilson's "Fences" in Los Angeles

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Quick Facts

Born

April, 10 1968 in Mobile, Alabama, USA

Education

  • College of Charleston, Charleston, SC: Left in 1990 without finishing his degree
  • Mauldin High School, Mauldin, SC:

Professions

actor, screenwriter, comedian, producer