Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965) is an American actor and wrestler. Bridges is best known for his role as Willis Jackson on the television series Diff'rent Strokes from 1978 to 1986, and recently his recurring role on the The CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.
Bridges was born in San Francisco, California. Bridges has a brother and sister who are both actors, Jimmy Bridges and Verda Bridges. His mother, Betty A. Bridges, was also an actress...
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Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965) is an American actor and wrestler. Bridges is best known for his role as Willis Jackson on the television series Diff'rent Strokes from 1978 to 1986, and recently his recurring role on the The CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.
Bridges was born in San Francisco, California. Bridges has a brother and sister who are both actors, Jimmy Bridges and Verda Bridges. His mother, Betty A. Bridges, was also an actress. Todd is married to Dori Bridges and has one son, Spencer Todd Bridges, and a daughter Bo J Rushing.
Bridges became the first African-American child actor to have a recurring role on a successful TV series, The Waltons. He also appeared on Little House on the Prairie, and in the landmark miniseries Roots. He was a regular on the Barney Miller spinoff Fish.
Bridges appeared as a contestant on a 2006 celebrity episode of Fear Factor, but was eliminated after the first stunt. In January 2007, he appeared as a member of the "mob" on the US...
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