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Coming to America
Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film, directed by John Landis. The screenplay was written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, from a story by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the film. Murphy plays an African prince, who heads to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry....
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live...
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live...
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Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and former talk show host. He is best known for his talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, which ran between 1989 and 1994. He is also well known for his roles in the films Coming to...
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Shari Headley
Shari Headley is an American actress (born on July 15, 1964 in Queens, New York). Headley made her acting debut in The Cosby Show in 1985. Since then her career has mostly focused on television acting; she is perhaps best known for portraying police...
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James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor of stage and screen, well known for his deep basso voice. To modern audiences, he is best known for providing the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise and Mufasa in The Lion...
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John Amos
John Amos (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor and former football player. His television work includes roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Good Times, the miniseries Roots, and a recurring role in The West Wing. He has also appeared on...
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Eriq La Salle
Eriq Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962) is an American actor and director, known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton on the NBC drama series ER.
La Salle, one of four children, was born and...
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Don Ameche
Don Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor.
Ameche was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of Barbara, who was of Irish and German descent, and Felix Ameche, an immigrant from Italy whose original surname...
Frankie Faison
Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949), often credited as Frankie R. Faison, is an American actor.
Faison was born in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Carmena (née Gantt) and Edgar Faison. He studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in...
Calvin Lockhart
Calvin Lockhart (born Bert Cooper; October 18, 1934 - March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian-American actor on stage and in film. He was best known for the role of a big time gangster "Biggie Smalls" in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again.
Lockhart was born in...
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cuba M. Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal as Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996) and his critically acclaimed performance as Tré Styles in John...
Louie Anderson
Louie Perry Anderson (born March 24, 1953) is an American stand-up comedian. Louie has also created the cartoon series Life with Louie, has authored three books and was the initial host of the second revival of the game show Family Feud from 1999 to...
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Vanessa Bell Calloway (born March 20, 1957) is an American actress who has appeared in a number of films, including Biker Boyz, Love Don't Cost a Thing, What's Love Got to Do with It, Coming to America, and Cheaper by the Dozen.
Born Vanessa Bell in...
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles,...
Kara Young
Kara Young is an American fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. Young, who was among the fashion world’s top models in the late1980’s and 1990’s, became successful in commercial modeling as a leading supermodel, appearing on several covers of...
Madge Sinclair
Madge Dorita Sinclair (28 April 1938 – 20 December 1995) was a Jamaican American character actress.
Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters in Kingston, Jamaica, to Herbert and Jemima Walters. She was a teacher in Jamaica until 1968 when she left for...
