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Orlando Jones
Actor + Comedian
Male
Born
Apr 10, 1968
Age
45
Hometown
United States
Orlando Jones is an American comedian and film and television actor. He is notable for being one of the original cast members of the sketch comedy series MADtv and for his role as the 7 Up spokesman from 1999-2002.
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Orlando Jones On Why Machinima's Geek Culture Works For 'Tainted Love'Yahoo News - 9 days ago
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Will Arnett Lands Cbs Comedy Pilot: What Does It Mean For 'Up All Night'?Huffington Post - Feb 21, 2013
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What Do Holograms And The Holocaust Have In Common?Huffington Post - Feb 02, 2013
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Orlando Jones: Social StudiesHuffington Post - Jan 22, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1968
Birth
Born on April 10, 1968.
TEENAGE
1985
17 Years Old
Jones was born in Mobile, Alabama. His father was a former professional baseball player, for the Philadelphia Phillies. He moved to Mauldin, South Carolina, when he was a teen and graduated from Mauldin High School in 1985.
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1987
19 Years Old
He scored his first Hollywood job in 1987, writing for the NBC comedy A Different World, on which he had a small guest role in the season five finale.
TWENTIES
1991
23 Years Old
During 1991-92, Jones penned the Fox series Roc and, in 1993, he co-produced The Sinbad Show.
1992
24 Years Old
He also made a brief appearance on the FOX sitcom Herman's Head in 1992.
1994
26 Years Old
After hosting Fox's music series Sound FX, in 1994, Jones became one of the original nine cast members of MADtv. Unlike some of his fellow original repertory performers on MADtv, Jones came to the show with limited sketch comedy experience.
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THIRTIES
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In 2000, Jones became the spokesperson for 7 Up and he gained wide recognition.
2003
35 Years Old
In 2003, he appeared on The Bernie Mac Show and on Girlfriends.
2006
38 Years Old
In 2006, Jones decided to return to television as one of the lead characters of ABC's crime drama The Evidence, as Cayman Bishop.
2007
39 Years Old
He has also appeared in two episodes of Everybody Hates Chris, the first in 2007 as Chris's substitute teacher and the second in 2008 as Clint Huckstable, an allusion to the character Cliff Huxtable played by Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show.
FORTIES
In 2008, he appeared as Harold Wilcox, a violent veteran with PTSD, on New Amsterdam.
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In 2011 Jones appeared in the documentary film Looking for Lenny in which he talks about Lenny Bruce and freedom of speech.
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