Michael Colyar
Actor, Writer, Producer
February 9, 1957 (69 years)
Michael Colyar (Michael K. Colyar) – American actor, comedian, and author, born 9 February 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised in the Robert Taylor Homes public housing project on Chicago's South Side. He gained national attention in 1990 by winning the $100,000 Grand Prize Comedy championship on Star Search (donating $50,000 to homeless charities in Los Angeles), then spent nine years performing on the Venice Beach boardwalk, where he was nicknamed "The King of Venice Beach" and later had his shoe prints and handprints embedded in cement by the city of Venice. His most notable film roles include Showboat in House Party 3 (1994), the Apollo Announcer in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), a part in Poetic Justice (1993), Williams in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Morris the Barber in Norbit (2007), and Buford (voice) in The Princess and the Frog (2009, Disney). On television he is best known for Mr. Whitaker in Martin (1995–1997), Milky Ray in Homeboys in Outer Space (1996), Leonard in Barbershop (2005), Reverend Hubbard in black-ish (2015), and Willie Turner in The Rich and the Ruthless (2017–2021). He is also the author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The White House, I Knocked on The Door and a Brother Answered (2012).
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | We Got Ours · as Ron |
| 2024 | Too Many Christmases · as Myron |
| 2024 | Mind Your Business · as Obadiah |
| 2023 | So Fly Christmas · as Myron |
| 2023 | Outlaw Johnny Black · as Barker |
| 2023 | Uncle Rufus' Last Request · as Uncle Rufus |
| 2022 | The Shutdown · as Pops |
| 2022 | You Married Dat · as Mona's Dad |
| 2022 | Boosters LA · as X Boss |
| 2021 | The Ms. Pat Show · as Bernard |
| 2020 | Holiday Heartbreak · as Mike Mccoy |
| 2020 | Double Cross · as Jerry |
| 2020 | Ray Jr's Rent Due · as Landlord PeteOn Plex |
| 2018 | Rel · as Regular Steve |
| 2018 | It's a Date · as Everett Reese |
| 2017 | The Rich and the Ruthless · as Willie Turner |
| 2015 | Diamond Ruff · as Everette Wilson |
| 2014 | black-ish · as Reverend Hubbard |
| 2014 | Patterns of Attraction · as Uncle Benny |
| 2013 | A Christmas Wedding · as GradyOn Plex |
| 2012 | Family Time · as Willy |
| 2011 | Black Dynamite · as Cast |
| 2010 | Church · as Brother Johnson |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog · as Buford (voice) |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show · as Buff Man |
| 2008 | The Longshots · as Ennis |
| 2007 | Uncle P · as Bus DriverOn Plex |
| 2007 | Short Circuitz · as Temp Preacher |
| 2007 | Norbit · as Morris The Barber |
| 2006 | Who Made the Potatoe Salad? · as Old Man #1 In ParkOn Plex |
| 2005 | Clean Up Men · as Uncle Scott |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris · as Judge #2 |
| 2005 | Barbershop · as Leonard |
| 2004 | Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles · as Man Getting Out Of Car(uncredited)On Plex |
| 2004 | Out on Parole · as Ward |
| 2004 | If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely · as Andre |
| 2003 | The Beat · as Chi-Barnes |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | The Bernie Mac Show · as Man |
| 1999 | Rising to the Top · as Charlie, Jailer #1 |
| 1999 | The Parkers · as Mr. Thomas |
| 1999 | A Luv Tale · as George Winston |
| 1998 | The Hughleys · as Booker T. |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | Homeboys in Outer Space · as Milky Ray |
| 1996 | Alien Avengers · as Minister |
| 1995 | In the House · as Dr. Doobie |
| 1995 | Fudge · as Frank Fargo |
| 1994 | House Party 3 · as Showboat |
| 1994 | Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey · as Bouncer |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show · as Lou Friedman |
| 1993 | Poetic Justice · as Panhandler |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It · as Apollo Announcer |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux · as Williams |
| 1992 | Martin · as Mr. Whitaker |
| 1990 | Zapped Again! · as Sheldon |
| 1990 | Equal Justice · as Eddie Washington |
| 1990 | Downtown · as Pusher |
| 1990 | The Closer · as Hustler |
| 1989 | Dragnet (1989) · as R.c. Jones |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Blown Away · as Photographer |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good · as Recruiter Mike |
| 1987 | Hollywood Shuffle · as Body Guard #3 |
| 1985 | 227 · as Rudolph |
| 2022 | Phat Tuesdays · as Self |
| 2018 | This Is Love · as Self |
| 2017 | Def Comedy Jam 25 · as Self |
| 2014 | Off the Chain · as Self |
| 2012 | C'mon Man · as Self |
| 2012 | Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy · as Self |
| 2011 | Dark Girls · as Self |
| 2010 | Comedy.TV · as Self |
| 2009 | Life After · as Self |
| 2009 | The 40th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | Comics Unleashed with Bryon Allen · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Weekends at the DL · as Self |
| 2005 | The Big Black Comedy Show, Vol. 3 · as Self |
| 2004 | BET Comedy Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | Shaq's All-Star Comedy Roast II · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News · as Self |
| 1992 | Comic View · as Self |
| 1992 | Def Comedy Jam · as SelfOn Plex |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo · as Self |
| 1981 | An Evening At the Improv · as Self |
| 2014 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Def Comedy JamOn Plex |
| 1989 |