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Creator
Aaron McGruder (Born May 29, 1974 in Chicago, IL)

Theme Song By
Asheru (Born Gabriel Benn in Maryland)

Characters
Huey Freeman (Voiced by Regina King; Born January 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, CA)
Riley Freeman (Voiced by Regina King; Born January 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, CA)
Robert Jebediah Freeman (A.K.A. Grandad) (Voiced by John Witherspoon; Born January 27, 1942 in Detroit, MI)
Uncle Ruckus (Voiced by Gary Anthony Williams; Born March 14, 1966 Fayetteville, GA)
Jazmine Dubois (Voiced by Gabby Soleil; Born Gabriela Kreszchuk, May 25, 1995 in Mission Viejo, CA)
Thomas Lancaster Dubois (Voiced by Cedric Yarbrough; Born March 20, 1973 in Burnsville, MN)
Sarah Dubois (Voiced by Jill Talley; Born December 19, 1962 in Chicago, IL)
Ed Wuncler, Sr. (Voiced by Ed Asner; Born November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, KS)
Ed Wuncler III (Voiced by Charlie Murphy; Born Charles Quinton Murphy, July 12, 1959 in New York, NY)
Gin Rummy (Voiced by Samuel L. Jackson; Born Samuel Leroy Jackson, December 21, 1948 in Washington, D.C.)
Gangstalicious (Voiced by Mos Def; A.K.A. Pretty Flaco, The Mighty-Mighty Mos, Black Dante & Mos Definite; Born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, NY)
Thugnificent (Voiced by Carl Jones (Producer/Illustrator); Born in Frankfort, Germany)
Macktastic (Voiced by Snoop Dogg; A.K.A. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tha Doggfather, Niggaracci & Snoopy Collins; Born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, CA)
Flonominal (Voiced by Busta Rhymes; Born Trevor Smith, Jr., May 20, 1972 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY)
A Pimp Named Slickback (Voiced by Katt Williams; A.K.A. Money Mike; Born Micah S. Williams, September 2, 1973 in Cincinnati, OH)
Colonel H. Stinkmeaner (Voiced by Cedric Yarbrough; Born March 20, 1973 in Burnsville, MN)
Rev. Rollo Goodlove (Voiced by Cee-Lo; A.K.A. Cee-Lo Green; Born Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, May 30, 1974 in Atlanta, GA)

See Also: Asheru, Black Star, D.P.G./213, Busta Rhymes, Goodie Mob, Katt Williams, Gnarls Barkley, South Park, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force & Ren & Stimpy

Albums
Hip-Hop Docktrine: The Official Boondocks Mixtape
Hip-Hop Docktrine Two: The Official Boondock Mixtape Disc 1ne
Hip-Hop Docktrine Two: The Official Boondock Mixtape Disc 2wo

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Aaron McGruder's Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
Childhood and Education:
Born in Chicago, Aaron McGruder moved to Columbia, Maryland, at the age of six. He graduated from the University of Maryland, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in Afro-American Studies, with a concentration in social and cultural analysis. McGruder currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Politics:
McGruder has voiced his thoughts on the world around him through "The Boondocks," and on subjects taboo or not, including race relations, interracial marriage, bi-racial identity and juvenile delinquency, in addition to political happenings and current events.

Comic Strip:
At launch in April 1999, "The Boondocks" comic strip was published in over 150 newspapers across the nation, making it the second-largest launch for a strip ever, surpassing such long-running standards as "Calvin & Hobbs" and "For Better or For Worse." Within its first few months in print, "The Boondocks" quickly made its way into 200 publications, and today the groundbreaking strip can be seen in more than 350 newspapers nationwide.

Awards and Kudos:
McGruder received the ever prestigious "Chairman’s Award" at the NAACP Image Awards in 2002. Additionally, McGruder was featured in "People" magazine’s "25 Most Intriguing People" issue in 1999 and the publication’s "Most Eligible Bachelors" issue in 2001. "USA Today" also called him "the most dangerous black man" and compared his voice to that of Langston Hughes. His web site, www.boondocks.net, has become a very popular online destination.

Books and Movies:
The enormous success of the comic strip led to a multiple book publishing deal with the first volume, "The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don’t Read the Newspaper," (compare prices) which was released in October 2000. The 128-page book features a hearty compilation of the edgy comic’s record-breaking first year and continues to captivate a new breed of fans with its insightful, thought-provoking and humorous look at a variety of controversial issues.

The second installment, "Fresh for '01... You Suckas," (compare prices) compiled nine months of the popular strip and hit bookstore shelves in July 2001.

The third installment, "A Right to be Hostile," (compare prices) was released in October 2003 with a forward written by filmmaker Michael Moore and was an immediate best seller.

Additionally, McGruder co-wrote the political comedy "Birth of A Nation," (compare prices) which was published as a graphic novel by Crown Publishing in August 2004.

And finally, McGruder’s "Public Enemy #2: An All-New Boondocks Collection" (compare prices) was published in March 2005.

McGruder has also entered into an agreement with Sony Pictures Animation for an animated film version of "The Boondocks." - Nancy Basile

Huey Freeman's Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
10-year-old Huey and his little brother Riley have at least one thing in common: they’re both angry young black men stuck in the suburbs. But instead of causing mayhem, Huey’s most powerful weapons are his disapproving glance and biting commentary. A future revolutionary, he’s a present-day pessimist and intellectual terrorist.

Huey attends J. Edgar Hoover Elementary School in lily-white Woodcrest. He’s not afraid to point out rampant hypocrisy, racism or destructive behavior, which leads to plenty of awkward moments, particularly when white people are involved.

He’ll change the world someday. But it’s hard to fight the power when you can’t even drive.

Riley Freeman's Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
For Riley Freeman, "keeping it gangsta" includes the occasional temper tantrum or hissy fit. To this corn-rowed 8-year-old, who changed his name to Riley Escobar in the second grade, white-bread Woodcrest is the perfect place for his favorite pastime-–juvenile delinquency.

A proud product of contemporary rap culture, he looks up to 50 Cent and once sported a temporary tattoo that said "Thug Blood." Unfortunately, some of it came off in the tub, and all he was left with was "Hug Boo." But it’s not all gangsta life for Riley. When he’s not defending R. Kelly on the courthouse steps, he can be found in the Freeman living room getting whipped by his big brother at video soccer.

Robert Jebediah "Granddad" Freeman's Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
When Robert Jebediah Freeman became the legal guardian of his rambunctious grandkids, he moved the family from Chicago’s South Side to the quiet and safety of "The Boondocks," a.k.a. suburban Woodcrest, in hopes that he can ignore the kids altogether and enjoy the fourth quarter of his life in peace.

Things aren’t quite working out that way. And although the boys torture each other and provoke the neighborhood, they are still no match for Granddad, who is eccentric even by "crazy-ass-old-black-man" standards.

Granddad seems like he was born crotchety. And no one knows how old he really is. But he’s witnessed some of the most monumental events in history, and Malcolm X died still owing him five dollars.

Though Granddad is retired, that doesn’t mean he isn’t looking for a nice girl, or even a nasty one, to spend a little bit of time with.

Uncle Ruckus' Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
Uncle Ruckus hates black people. Which is kind of awkward, since he appears to be a black man himself. But more than that, he has a deep respect, admiration and love of white people. To him, there’s only one King, and that’s Elvis, not Dr. Martin Luther King. And the only reason that black people have topped the white man when it comes to cooking pork is that, in his words, "His big brain is just focused on more important things, like running the world and space ships." With a worldview like this, it’s curious that Ruckus and Granddad can stand to be around each other.

Tom DuBois' Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
Tom is Huey and Riley’s next door neighbor. As a successful African-American attorney, he probably could qualify as a role model to these boys. But instead, he’s seen more as a tool of the establishment, working to keep the black man down. And to top it all off, he’s married to a white woman.

Jazmine DuBois' Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
At the tender age of 10, Jazmine Dubois has her share of anxiety. Not only did she spend two years locked in her room after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, she was equally traumatized after finding out there was no such thing as the Tooth Fairy. Jazmine must deal with being the child of an interracial relationship, and withstand the teasing of Huey and Riley, her next-door neighbors. Despite all this, she manages to remain optimistic and slightly naïve.

Sara DuBois' Profile From The Boondocks Official Site
Tom’s wife and Jazmine’s mother.

Regina King's Bio From AllMovie.Com
Regina King distinguished herself as a skilled actress in the 1990s with a number of supporting roles in prominent films. Born and raised in Los Angeles, King first made her mark as a TV actress when she was cast in the sitcom 227 in 1985. During her five seasons on TV, King also played small parts in the Bill Murray comedy Scrooged (1988) and Charles Burnett's domestic drama To Sleep With Anger (1990). After 227 ended in 1990, King moved to films full-time with a role in John Singleton's acclaimed directorial debut Boyz 'N The Hood (1991). King worked with Singleton again in Poetic Justice (1993) and Higher Learning (1995). Showing her ability with film comedy as well as drama, King appeared in F. Gary Gray's cult-hit comedy Friday (1995) and co-starred opposite Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love & Hate (1996).

After drawing attention with her performance as Cuba Gooding Jr.'s wife in the critically praised hit Jerry Maguire (1996), King landed substantial parts in the adaptation of Terry McMillan's How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), the hit action-thriller Enemy of the State (1998), and the family friendly animal adventure Mighty Joe Young (1998). Though her 1999 film Love and Action in Chicago was not nearly as successful as her trio of 1998 movies, King began the new decade with parts in HBO's widely watched telefilm If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) and the Chris Rock romantic comedy Down To Earth (2000). King continued to work steadily in a variety of projects including Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, the family-friendly Eddie Murphy film Daddy Day Care, and the teen comedy A Cinderella Story. King appeared in her most celebrated film to date in 2004 playing Margie Hendrix opposite Jamie Foxx in Ray. She also found steady work in animated efforts including The Ant Bully, and the confrontational television version of the comic strip The Boondocks.

In 2006, King joined the cast of the Fox action drama 24, playing the heretofore unseen sister of slain President David Palmer. The part of a smart, tough advocacy lawyer from a powerful family immediate seemed like a good fit for the actress, whose career was populated with such strong and complex roles. - Lucia Bozzola

John Witherspoon's Bio From AllMovie.Com
Funnyman John Witherspoon has parlayed a successful career as a standup comic into a series of memorable film roles. Born in Detroit, MI, Witherspoon began his show business career as a model in the early '70s before striking out on his own as a comedian. His first big break came in 1977 when he landed a regular spot on Richard Pryor's short-lived television variety series, and he began playing supporting roles on such shows as What's Happening!, Good Times, and WKRP in Cincinnati. In 1980, Witherspoon made his film debut playing a nightclub MC in Neil Diamond's 1980 remake of The Jazz Singer. Witherspoon's big-screen breakthrough, however, came in Robert Townsend's comedy Hollywood Shuffle, in which Witherspoon played Mr. Jones, the manager of the Winky Dinky Dog hot-dog stand. The surprise success of Hollywood Shuffle led to a string of film parts and recurring roles on two television series — the short-lived Townsend Television in 1993 and 1995's The Wayans Bros., which ran for four years, with Witherspoon playing "Pop" Williams. In 1995, Witherspoon also played ill-tempered dogcatcher Mr. Jones in Ice Cube's urban comedy Friday. John Witherspoon still tours as a standup comic when he's not busy with film and television work. Witherspoon played a recurring part on the sitcom The Wayans Brothers, and appeared in small roles in a variety of films including I Got The Hook-Up, The Ladies Man, and Fakin' Da Funk. In addition to appearing in multiple sequels to Friday, Witherspoon teamed up with old colleagues when he played a part for the Wayans brothers in Little Man. Witherspoon also brought his caustic sensibility to his voice work on the animated television adaptation of the controversial comic strip The Boondocks.

Jill Talley's Bio From AllMovie.Com
Chicago-born comedian Jill Talley is married to fellow comic and frequent collaborator Tom Kenny. She started out doing sketch comedy on The Edge (FOX) and Mr. Show (HBO). On the big screen, she appeared in the TV-born comedy features The Ladies Man and Run Ronnie Run! On television, she made notable guest appearances on the sitcoms of other comedians, such as Seinfeld and Ellen. From 1999-2002, Talley provided the voice of Karen the Computer on the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants (starring husband Kenny as the voice of SpongeBob). She continued working as a voice actor for various video games and animated series, including Stripperella and The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie. In 2004, Talley appeared in Comic Book: The Movie, the directorial debut of Star Wars icon Mark Hamill. - Andrea LeVasseur

Ed Asner's Bio From AllMovie.Com
Raised in the only Jewish family in his neighborhood, American actor Ed Asner grew up having to defend himself both vocally and physically. A born competitor, he played championship football in high school and organized a top-notch basketball team which toured most of liberated Europe. Asner's performing career got its start while he was announcing for his high school radio station; moving to Chicago in the '50s, the actor was briefly a member of the Playwrights Theatre Club until he went to New York to try his luck on Broadway.

Asner starred for several years in the off-Broadway production Threepenny Opera, and, toward the end of the '50s, picked up an occasional check as a film actor for industrial short subjects and TV appearances. Between 1960 and 1965, he established himself as one of television's most reliable villains; thanks to his resemblance to certain Soviet politicians, the actor was particularly busy during the spy-show boom of the mid-'60s. He also showed up briefly as a regular on the New York-filmed dramatic series Slattery's People. And though his film roles became larger, it was in a relatively minor part as a cop in Elvis Presley's Change of Habit (1969) that Asner first worked with Mary Tyler Moore. In 1970, over Moore's initial hesitation (she wasn't certain he was funny enough), Asner was cast as Lou Grant, the irascible head of the WJM newsroom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The popular series ran for seven seasons, during which time the actor received three Emmy awards. His new stardom allowed Asner a wider variety of select roles, including a continuing villainous appearance on the miniseries Roots — which earned him another Emmy.

When Moore ceased production in 1977, Asner took his Lou Grant character into an hour-long dramatic weekly about a Los Angeles newspaper. The show's title, of course, was Lou Grant, and its marked liberal stance seemed, to some viewers, to be an extension of Asner's real-life viewpoint. While Lou Grant was in production, Asner was twice elected head of the Screen Actors Guild, a position that he frequently utilized as a forum for his political opinions — notably his opposition to U.S. involvement in Central America. When Asner suggested that each guild member contribute toward opposing the country's foreign policy, he clashed head to head with Charlton Heston, who wrested Asner's office from him in a highly publicized power play. Although no tangible proof has ever been offered, it was Asner's belief that CBS canceled Lou Grant in 1982 because of his politics and not dwindling ratings. The actor continued to prosper professionally after Lou Grant, however, and, during the remainder of the '80s and into the '90s, starred in several TV movies, had guest and recurring roles in a wide variety of both TV dramas and comedies, and headlining two regular series, Off the Rack and The Bronx Zoo. Slowed but hardly halted by health problems in the '90s, Asner managed to find time to appear in the weekly sitcoms Hearts Afire and Thunder Alley — atypically cast in the latter show as an ineffective grouch who was easily brow-beaten by his daughter and grandchildren. - Hal Erickson

Charlie Murphy's Bio From AllMovie.Com
Though he wouldn't enjoy a hint of his brother Eddie Murphy's mainstream and financial success until 2003, Charlie Murphy has been an active participant in a variety of films: sometimes as an actor, often as a writer, and occasionally as both. After offering small but indelible performances in Harlem Nights (1989) and Mo' Better Blues (1990), Murphy could be seen in the role of "Livin' Large" in Spike Lee's groundbreaking urban drama Jungle Fever. Despite the relative failure of Vampire in Brooklyn, which Murphy co-wrote, the young actor continued on with his career, and began to develop a devoted, if small, fan base. Ultimately, after more bit parts in African-American-oriented comedies (The Player's Club [1998], The Pompatus of Love [1995]), Murphy got his big break as a writer and actor for Dave Chappelle's surprise TV hit Chappelle's Show. Though he is a key figure in many of the show's sketches, he gained the most notoriety for an allegedly true encounter involving Murphy and funk rocker Rick James. - Tracie Cooper

Samuel L. Jackson's Bio From AllMovie.Com
After spending the 1980s playing a series of drug addict and character parts, Samuel L. Jackson emerged in the 1990s as one of the most prominent and well-respected actors in Hollywood. Work on a number of projects, both high-profile and low-key, has given Jackson ample opportunity to display an ability marked by both remarkable versatility and smooth intelligence.

Born December 21, 1948, in Washington, D.C., Jackson was raised by his mother and grandparents in Chattanooga, TN. He attended Atlanta's Morehouse College, where he was co-founder of Atlanta's black-oriented Just Us Theater (the name of the company was taken from a famous Richard Pryor routine). Jackson arrived in New York in 1977, beginning what was to be a prolific career in film, television, and on the stage. After a plethora of character roles of varying sizes, Jackson was discovered by the public in the role of the hero's tempestuous, drug-addict brother in 1991's Jungle Fever, directed by another Morehouse College alumnus, Spike Lee. Jungle Fever won Jackson a special acting prize at the Cannes Film Festival and thereafter his career soared. Confronted with sudden celebrity, Jackson stayed grounded by continuing to live in the Harlem brownstone where he'd resided since his stage days.

1994 was a particularly felicitous year for Jackson; while his appearances in Jurassic Park (1993) and Menace II Society (1993) were still being seen in second-run houses, he co-starred with John Travolta as a mercurial hit man in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, a performance that earned him an Oscar nomination. His portrayal of an embittered father in the more low-key Fresh earned him additional acclaim. The following year, Jackson landed third billing in the big-budget Die Hard With a Vengeance and also starred in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah. His versatility was put on further display in 1996 with the release of five very different films: The Long Kiss Goodnight, a thriller in which he co-starred with Geena Davis as a private detective; an adaptation of John Grisham's A Time to Kill, which featured him as an enraged father driven to murder; Steve Buscemi's independent Trees Lounge; The Great White Hype, a boxing satire in which the actor played a flamboyant boxing promoter; and Hard Eight, the directorial debut of Paul Thomas Anderson.

After the relative quiet of 1997, which saw Jackson again collaborate with Tarantino in the critically acclaimed Jackie Brown and play a philandering father in the similarly acclaimed Eve's Bayou (which also marked his debut as a producer), the actor lent his talents to a string of big-budget affairs (an exception being the 1998 Canadian film The Red Violin). Aside from an unbilled cameo in Out of Sight (1998), Jackson was featured in leading roles in The Negotiator (1998), Sphere (1998), and Deep Blue Sea (1999). His prominence in these films added confirmation of his complete transition from secondary actor to leading man, something that was further cemented by a coveted role in what was perhaps the most anticipated film of the decade, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), the first prequel to George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy. Jackson followed through on his leading man potential with a popular remake of Gordon Parks' seminal 1971 blaxploitation flick Shaft. Despite highly publicized squabbling between Jackson and director John Singleton, the film was a successful blend of homage, irony, and action; it became one of the rare character-driven hits in the special effects-laden summer of 2000.

From hard-case Shaft to fragile as glass, Jackson once again hoodwinked audiences by playing against his usual super-bad persona in director M. Night Shyamalan's eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable (2000). In his role as Bruce Willis' brittle, frail antithesis, Jackson proved that though he can talk trash and break heads with the best of them, he's always compelling to watch no matter what the role may be. Next taking a rare lead as a formerly successful pianist turned schizophrenic on the trail of a killer in the little-seen The Caveman's Valentine, Jackson turned in yet another compelling and sympathetic performance. Following an instance of road rage opposite Ben Affleck in Changing Lanes (2002), Jackson stirred film geek controversy upon wielding a purple lightsaber in the eagerly anticipated Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones. Despite rumors that the color of the lightsaber may have had some sort of mythical undertone, Jackson laughingly assured fans that it was a simple matter of his suggesting to Lucas that a purple lightsaber would simply "look cool," though he was admittedly surprised to see that Lucas had obliged him Jackson eventually saw the final print. A few short months later filmgoers would find Jackson recruiting a muscle-bound Vin Diesel for a dangerous secret mission in the spy thriller XXX.

Jackson reprised his long-standing role as Mace Windu in the last segment of George Lucas's Star Wars franchise to be produced, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). It (unsurprisingly) grossed almost four hundred million dollars, and became that rare box-office blockbuster to also score favorably (if not unanimously) with critics; no less than Roger Ebert proclaimed it "spectacular." Jackson co-headlined 2005's crime comedy The Man alongside Eugene Levy and 2006's Joe Roth mystery Freedomland with Julianne Moore and Edie Falco, but his most hotly-anticipated release at the time of this writing is August 2006's Snakes on a Plane, a by-the-throat thriller about an assassin who unleashes a crate full of vipers onto a aircraft full of innocent (and understandably terrified) civilians. Produced by New Line Cinema on a somewhat low budget, the film continues to draw widespread buzz that anticipates cult status. Black Snake Moan, directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow) dramatizes the relationship between a small-town girl (Christina Ricci) and a blues player (Jackson). The picture is slated for release in September 2006 with Jackson's Shaft collaborator, John Singleton, producing.

According to the trades, Jackson is next contracted to appear in Irwin Winkler's drama Home of the Brave (about the Iraqi war), Rod Lurie's Resurrecting the Champ (about a homeless person, played by Jackson, who is mistaken for a former heavyweight champion), and 1408, an adaptation of a Stephen King story about a hotel room plagued by paranormal occurrences, which Jackson will co-headline with John Cusack. The aforementioned films are tentatively scheduled for release through the end of 2007. - Rebecca Flint Marx

Katt Williams' Bio From AllMovie.Com
An outrageous comedian who clearly pulls from such influences as Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor — but somehow ups the irreverence quotient many times over — standup comic-turned-actor Katt Williams built a career vulgarly riffing on such subjects as Michael Jackson, middle-American evangelism, the incarceration of Martha Stewart, and the ironies of race in America (a favorite topic that found him making fervent use of incendiary epithets), to name only a few touchstones — all of which gave him a widespread and loyal following, particularly among young African-American males. Born in Cincinnati, OH, but raised in nearby Dayton, Williams grew up as the child of politically and socially active parents and received outstanding grades and a slew of academic honors in school. In his late teens, he moved to San Francisco and temporarily joined the Nation of Islam, meanwhile honing a standup act at local nightclubs. Favorite venues that hosted Williams in the late '90s included the Hollywood Park Casino, The Icehouse and The Improv; he also became a staple on BET's standup programs.

In 2002, Williams accepted one of his first screen assignments with a small role (as Money Mike) in Marcus Raboy's Friday After Next. Five years later, Williams finally had the opportunity to team up onscreen with longtime idol Eddie Murphy, who cast him as Lord Have Mercy in the farce Norbit (2007). That same year, Williams appeared in a minor capacity in the gag-laden Epic Movie and displayed a more sober side in the family-oriented Christmas drama The Perfect Holiday. Meanwhile, the comic continually headlined standup performance films via such cable outlets as Comedy Central and HBO. - Nathan Southern

Gary Anthony Williams' Bio From AllMovie.Com
Born in Fayetteville, GA (a suburb of Atlanta), actor Gary Anthony Williams attended Clayton State College and went on to establish himself as one of the most-sought after character players of the 2000s, maintaining his most frequent presence on television. A classically trained actor, Williams honed his craft via involvement with the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, then performed in various theatrical locales including Agatha's Dinner Theatre, The Shakespeare Tavern, and the Alliance Theatre. Williams moved into television in the late '90s, with a guest spot on the series drama In the Heat of the Night and a small role in the Schwarzenegger thriller End of Days (1999).

The following decade witnessed Williams guesting in series programs including CSI, Joan of Arcadia, and NYPD Blue, appearing in recurring roles on shows such as Malcolm in the Middle, and tackling a small supporting part in the farce Undercover Brother (2002). He signed for two permanent series roles in subsequent years: that of Uncle Ruckus in the racially themed animated sitcom The Boondocks, and that of Clarence Bell, a shy lawyer who develops a drag queen alter ego, Clarice, to contend with difficult situations, on the offbeat David E. Kelley series drama Boston Legal. - Nathan Southern

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