Larry Wilmore (born 1962) is an American writer, actor and television producer.
Wilmore grew up in suburban Los Angeles, the child of a Catholic family. His father is a doctor. He has a younger brother, Marc Wilmore, who is also a television writer, actor and producer.
Wilmore studied theatre at California State Polytechnic University, but dropped out to pursue acting and stand-up comedy.
Beginning in the 1980s, Wilmore appeared as an actor in se...
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Larry Wilmore (born 1962) is an American writer, actor and television producer.
Wilmore grew up in suburban Los Angeles, the child of a Catholic family. His father is a doctor. He has a younger brother, Marc Wilmore, who is also a television writer, actor and producer.
Wilmore studied theatre at California State Polytechnic University, but dropped out to pursue acting and stand-up comedy.
Beginning in the 1980s, Wilmore appeared as an actor in several small film and television roles, including a recurring role as a police officer on The Facts of Life. In the early to mid-1990s, he worked on the writing staff of the talk show Into the Night With Rick Dees, the sketch comedy show In Living Color, and the sitcom Sister, Sister, where he also portrayed a bus driver in one episode. Wilmore went on to serve as a writer and producer on a series of sitcoms, including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Jamie Foxx Show.
In 1999, Wilmore co-created the animated comedy The PJs with Eddie Murphy...
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