A dynamic performer with incredible screen presence, African-American funnyman Anthony Anderson became an almost ubiquitous feature player beginning in 1999, providing comic relief in an impressive number of films early on in his career. The California native landed his first professional job at age five, appearing in a television commercial. Twenty years later, he could be seen on the NBC sitcom "In the House", starring LL Cool J. While Anderson's career lulled, the performer was busy with his education, attending a performing arts high school and earning a talent scholarship to the
