Actor, Comedian, Musician, Dancer, Film Producer, Screenwriter
Education
Santa Monica College
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Asia Lee (m. 2012), Tyisha Hampton (m. 1999–2005)
Children
Lyric Mitchell, Allure Mitchell
Siblings
Kyra Mitchell, Kenyatta Mitchell
Nicknames
Kel Johari Rice Mitchell
Awards
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actor, CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Claremont, CA, United States
Music Groups
Digital Underground
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Claremont, CA, United States
Movies
Albuquerque, NM, United States, Claremont, CA, United States, Good Burger, Mystery Men, Like Mike 2: Streetball, Dance Fu, Ganked, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Clifford's Really Big Movie, Honeydripper, See Dick Run, Two Heads Are Better Than None, Battle of Los Angeles, Freaknik: The Mus...
TV Shows
Albuquerque, NM, United States, Claremont, CA, United States, Figure It Out, Pink Panther and Pals, All That, Dance 360, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Kenan & Kel, Da Jammies, The Great Debate
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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I passed up a lot of work 'cause a lot of movies that may be out there right now I passed em up because there may have been a lot of cussin' in 'em.
2
Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an outfit or something funny with my head or face or something.
3
Invisible Boy was fun. Everybody else's character, they knew where they were at already as a superhero. But invisible boy's character, you kind of grow up with him within the movie.
4
I loved Spider-Man, Spider-Man was the man.
5
Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do.
6
Where I'm from, they'll beat your head until it gets back down to normal size.
7
You could do a scene that takes 15 hours, but in the movie, it's only 10 minutes. The scene where they put the sauce poisoning in; it took eight hours.
8
We didn't know anything about comedy duos - Abbot and Costello, Martin and Lewis - we didn't know anything about that. Kim Fields showed us a tape of Martin and Lewis and their old shows and they come through the curtain so we started doing research on them.
Was part of the original MWAH! (Messages Which Are Hopeful) team based in Chicago, Illinois when he was 13 years old. MWAH! was formed in 1993 to teach kids positive messages and keep them on the right path.
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Has two children with Tyisha Hampton named, Allure and Lyric.