Orlando Jones

At 56 years old, Orlando Jones has this physical status:

Orlando Jones (born April 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

He is best known for his role as the 7 Up spokesman from 1999 to 2002. He is known as one of the original cast members of MADtv and for his work as the 7 Up spokesman from 1999 to 2002.

Early life

Jones was born in Alabama in 1968. His father was a professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies. When he was a youth and graduated from Mauldin High School in 1985, he moved to Mauldin, South Carolina. In an early acting stint, one of his first acting experiences involved playing a werewolf in a haunted house to help raise funds for the junior/senior prom. Jones was enrolled in the College of Charleston, South Carolina. He left in 1990 without having completed his degree.

Jones, together with comedian Michael Fechter, formed Homeboy's Productions and Advertising in order to pursue his interest in the entertainment industry. Jones and Fechter collaborated on several projects, including one with basketball superstar Michael Jordan for McDonald's specialty sandwich the "McJordan."

He wrote for the NBC comedy A Different World in 1987, which included a small guest appearance in the season five finale. Jones wrote the Fox series Roc from 1991 to 1993, and he co-produced The Sinbad Show in 1993. In 1992, he made a brief appearance on Herman's Head, the FOX sitcom.

Personal life

In 2009, Jones married Jacqueline Staph, a former model. They have a daughter. He divorced Jacqueline Staph in March 2021, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause.

When Jones joked on Twitter that someone should kill former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, he caused scandal. Several days later, he apologised for the remark.

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Career

Jones, who appeared on Fox's music series Sound FX in 1994, became one of MADTV's original nine cast members. Jones, unlike some of his fellow original repertory actors on MADtv, came to the show with little sketch comedy experience.

Jones played characters like Dexter St. Croix and Reverend LaMont Nixon Fatback, Christopher Walken's vocal follower, during the first two seasons of MADtv. He was also known for his impressions of Thomas Mikal Ford, Temuera Morrison, Warwick Davis, Danny DeVito, Michael Jai White, Eddie Griffin, and Ice Cube.

Jones left MADtv after two seasons to pursue a film career. Jones, on the other hand, returned to MADTV in 2004 to commemorate the 200th episode.

Jones appeared on television for many other occasions apart from MADtv. In a series of comedic commercials as the spokesperson for 7 Up, where he gained a lot of attention, he was perhaps his most well-known and enduring television appearance. Notably, one commercial made him wear a t-shirt that featured the Up Yours logo; with the double entendre on the back that featured the Up Yours piece, 7 Up will continue to sell the shirt through Spencer Gifts for many years.

Jones had a plethora of opportunities as a result of his exposure. In 2000, he hosted an HBO First Look special, and then in 2003, he received his own late night talk show on FX called The Orlando Jones Show. Although Jones' talk show was short lived, he continued to make more television appearances. He appeared on The Bernie Mac Show and on Girlfriends in 2003. Jones, as Cayman Bishop, returned to television in 2006 as one of ABC's lead characters. He has appeared in two episodes of Everybody Hates Chris, the first in 2007 as Chris' substitute teacher and the second in 2008 as Clint Huckstable, an allusion to Bill Cosby's character Cliff Huxtable.

On New Amsterdam, he appeared as Harold Wilcox, a violent veteran with PTSD. Jones appeared on Wild 'N Out on the first season of the series. Jones was the first guest star on the program. Jones was co-host of ABC's Crash Course (which was cancelled after 4 episodes). On November 16, 2009, it was announced on TV Guide that Jones had been cast as Marcus Foreman, Eric Foreman's brother on House, and that he had appeared in the season six episode "Moving the Chains." He was hired as a principal actor in the FOX television series Sleepy Hollow in 2013. Since the premiere of '24' in 2001, the freshman drama premiered to FOX's highest fall drama premiere numbers since the beginning of '24' in 2001.

Mr. Nancy, aka the African god Anansi, was portrayed by Jones from 2016 to 2019.

Jones, who left MADTV, resurrects his cinema career. He appeared in a bit in his first big screen film, In Harm's Way (1991), before joining Larry David in the film Sour Grapes (1998), portraying an itinerant man. He appeared in Woo (1998), Mike Judge's Office Space (1999), alongside fellow MADtv critic David Herman, and in Barry Levinson's lauded drama, Liberty Heights (1999). Jones has appeared in Magnolia (1999), New Jersey Turnpikes (1999), and Harold Ramis' Bedazzled (2000).

Jones' career began to develop in the 2000s. Jones played Clifford Franklin in The Replacements (2000) and The Hangman's Daughter (2003), in addition to his witty appearances in the 7-Up campaign. Jones landed Daryl Chase in the action-dramedy Double Take (2001), with Eddie Griffin, and Julianne Moore in Ivan Reitman's sci-fi comedy Evolution (2001). Jones appeared in the 2009 film Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, and in The Time Machine, 114. His other films include Drumline (2002), Biker Boyz (2003), Godzilla (2005), Runaway Jury (2004), and Primeval (2004). Jones appeared in an uncredited cameo and appeared in Grindhouse Planet Terror (2007 film).

Jones appeared in the documentary film Looking for Lenny, in which he addresses Lenny Bruce and freedom of expression. Jones appeared in Joe Penna's original interactive thriller series Meridian, which was produced in collaboration with Fourth Wall Studios in 2012.

Jones has appeared in several voice acting roles over the years. He appeared in Yuletide in 1993, and in 1998, he made a guest appearance in King of the Hill's animated comedy film. He lent his voice to Father of the Pride, as well as the video games Halo 2 (where he sang of Marine Sergeant Banks and other black marines) and Los Angeles. Rush. In 2006, he co-created, produced, and performed for the MTV2 animated film The Adventures of Chico and Guapo.

Jones was widely predicted that Jones would replace Tyler Perry as Madea in early April 2013. This resulted from Jones' own prediction that he would be taking over the role as well as a snapshot of himself impersonating Madea. Fans of the sport were outraged. Perry later revealed that this was an elaborate prank played by Jones, boasting, "It was an April Fools' joke that he did not do." Not true. And it isn't comedic. "She is done" when I'm done with Madea.

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