Sinbad
Birthday: Born in 1956-11-10 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
Deathday: Alive
David Adkins (born November 10, 1956), better known by his professional name of Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became well known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Houseguest, First Kid and Jingle All the Way. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Adkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
TV Credits
A Different World
Character: Coach Walter Oakes
A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities....
Family Guy
Character: Sinbad (voice)
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet,...
The Cosby Show
Character: Davis Sarrette
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York....
Girlfriends
Character: Sinbad
The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of their lives. They explore the many trials and tribulations that most women face today such as relationships, family, friends and other current issues that will interest most women. Whether it’s getting over a divorce, finding a career, or looking for true love, Girlfriends delivers along with comedy and wit....
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world....
All That
Character:
A zany sketch comedy featuring many wacky characters hosted for kids and by kids....
Moesha
Character: Prof. LeCount
The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships....
Cosby
Character:
Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program stars Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashād, who previously worked with Cosby in the 1984–1992 NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighbor, Pauline, until her death in 1999....
Roc
Character:
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor....
Slacker Cats
Character: Eddie
The strange misadventures of Eddie and Buckley, two domesticated housecats dealing with life in the urban jungle....
Reunion Road Trip
Character: Self
Some of the most iconic TV casts come back together for a day of laughs and reminiscing. Each episode reunites players from a different show, and they look back, share their favorite behind-the-scenes stories and examine the legacies of their extraordinary work....
Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest....
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Character: Sinbad
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better....
The Eric Andre Show
Character: Self
A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio action....
Gotham Comedy Live
Character: Self - Host
Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an audience at the club. Each episode features routines by several comics -- a list that has included such names as David Alan Grier, Gilbert Gottfried and Artie Lange -- in what the network says is an unedited and uncensored format. In addition to the big names of the field who take the Gotham stage, the show also features up-and-comers who want to m...
The Arsenio Hall Show
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The Arsenio Hall Show aired in syndication from January 3, 1989 to May 27, 1994. The show was created and hosted by comedian and actor Arsenio Hall, who had previously hosted The Late Show for Fox television....
Atlanta
Character: Sinbad
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families....
Showtime at the Apollo
Character: Host
Rising comics and singers are showcased in this long-running variety show from the Apollo Theater in New York City's Harlem neighborhood....
Miss Universe
Character: Host
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the United States-based Miss Universe Organization. The contest is the largest pageant in the world in terms of live TV coverage, airing yearly in more than 190 countries worldwide to an audience of over 2.5 billion people. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, Miss Universe is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization and its brand, along with Miss USA and Miss Tee...
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character: Simpleton (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series....
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character: The Frog Prince (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series....
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character: Wolfgang (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series....
Rel
Character: Dad
A successful comic tries to put his life back on track after his marriage falls apart....
Comics Unleashed
Character: Self
Comics Unleashed is a half-hour comedic talk show produced by the Entertainment Studios production company and hosted by Byron Allen, with John Cramer as announcer and DJ Cobra providing music support. The show features a panel of four guest comedians performing their standup bits thinly disguised as a sit-down chat show, sometimes preceded by a brief monologue or joke from Allen. Certain episodes were branded as Comics Unleashed: Hot Chocolate, as the featured comedians on those episodes were a...
Steven Universe
Character: Mr. Smiley (voice)
A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers....
American Dad!
Character: Sinbad (voice)
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Ro...
Jeopardy!
Character: Self
America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form....
Hollywood Squares
Character: Self - Panelist
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the...
Late Show with David Letterman
Character: Self - Guest
David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks....
Movie Credits
Necessary Roughness
Character: Andre Krimm
When the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?...
First Kid
Character: Sam Simms
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the child of a world leader can be doubly so. Constantly surrounded by security officers, restricted in movements and having almost every waking moment carefully monitored makes normalcy an impossibility. No one knows this better than young Luke Davenport, the son of U.S. President Davenport. He vents his loneliness, frustration and feelings of isolation from family and friends by being a brat to his...
Jingle All the Way
Character: Myron Larabee
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure....
Coneheads
Character: Otto
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France....
Sinbad: Where U Been?
Character: Self
Sinbad returns to the stage and answers the question his fans have been asking him, “Where Ya Bin?”...
Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms
Character: Himself
Sinbad brings the '70s back with a nostalgic stand-up special dedicated to the films, fashion and other flashbacks from that era....
Houseguest
Character: Kevin Franklin
In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb....
Hansel & Gretel
Character: Raven (voice)
Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven....
Sinbad: Brain Damaged
Character: Himself
Stand-up TV movie starring comedian Sinbad....
Sinbad: Nothin' but the Funk
Character: Himself
Enjoy Comedic Superstar Sinbad as he gives us one of his most stellar stand up performances, shot on the beautiful island of Aruba at the Guillermo P. Trinidad Theatre. As always, Sinbad shows why he’s a veteran in comedy since the 80’s, with an entertaining show that the entire family can enjoy....
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
Character: Himself
Experience veteran comedian Sinbad as he returns to his college town of Denver and performs at the Paramount Theatre for this next installment of his famed HBO Comedy Specials. Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man is a self-styled monologue that comments on the perils of skiing, para-sailing during a bad vacation, fashion trends in lingerie, and more!...
Crazy As Hell
Character: Orderly
A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All this takes a strange turn when a mysterious patient (Satan, he calls himself) enters the Hospital seeking help. Or is it just help that he wants?...
The Cherokee Kid
Character: Isaiah Turner
Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyrus Bloomington, the young Isaiah grew up with one air in mind: to find the man who killed his folks and take him down....
Thou Shalt Laugh 3
Character: Himself
New from the #1 family comedy series of all-time! Thou Shalt Laugh 3 is a bold, entertaining addition to the hit series that has sold over 250,000 units since it's debut in 2007. Hosted by award-winning comedian and actor Sinbad (who does an all improv set), Thou Shalt Laugh 3 also features series favorites Taylor Mason (Last Comic Standing) and Thor Ramsey (-clever and pointed - The Washington Post) who perform all-new, side-splitting material. New to Thou Shalt Laugh 3 are hot, rising comedian...
Planes
Character: Roper (voice)
Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true....
Good Burger 2
Character: Business Manager (voice)
Dexter Reed is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails. Ed welcomes Dex back to Good Burger with open arms and gives him his old job back. With a new crew working at Good Burger, Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger at risk once again....
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
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Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This second riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Sinbad, David Allen Grier and Damon Wayans also star....
Good Burger
Character: Mr. Wheat
Two L.A. teens with summer jobs at Good Burger try to save their small restaurant when a corporate giant burger franchise moves in across the street....
The Meteor Man
Character: Malik, Stacy's Boyfriend
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords....
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
Character: Self
Join stars Paula Abdul, Luke Perry, Sinbad, Pauly Shore, Jaleel White and many, many more as they take an entertaining, music-filled and honest look at HIV and AIDS. You'll get all the latest facts, important dos and don'ts, and you'll meet some wonderful people. Co-hosts Arsenio Hall and Earvin "Magic" Johnson even hit the court for a little one-on-one, and then take "time out" for an informative heart-to-heart! For people who already know about HIV and AIDS, and for those who don't, TIME OU...
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
Character: Roper
It's Leadbottom's big day—the day of the flashy air show to promote Vitaminamulch fertilizer—and Dusty Crophopper and all his friends are there to support him. But when the main attraction, a star stunt duo, doesn't show up, it's up to Dusty and Chug to impersonate them and keep the audience happy. The chaos that results could spell disaster for Leadbottom—or it could be the greatest thing the crowd has ever seen!...
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 1: Best of the Uptown Comics
Character: Himself
Live from the International Montreal Comedy Festival, the funniest black comics ever take the stage - it's the world's largest and most prestigious comedy event!...
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Character: Riley (voice)
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, both man and beast....
That's Adequate
Character: Standup Comic
This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to porn, including an ultra violent "three stooges" style comedy team who put a new spin on the eye poking gag....
Sinbad: Make Me Wanna Holla
Character: Himself
Sinbad makes his feelings clear about no-talent millionaires with clothing lines. Other topics coming under scrutiny are potty-mouthed comics and his parents' child-rearing skills....
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Character: Self
After Santa tells Michael Bolton that he needs 75,000 new babies by Christmas to meet toy supply, he hosts a sexy telethon to get the world to start making love....
Stompin'
Character: Mr. Jackson
The coming of age story about two brothers who struggle to mend their estranged relationship as their college campus gears up for a major Stepshow competition....
Comedy Knockouts
Character: Self (archive footage)
Time to throw off the gloves for this exclusive no-holds-barred comedy extravaganza! Make room for the laughter with these never-before-seen stand-up routines from some of America's favorite comedians including Tim Allen, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, Drew Carey, and Brett Butler! Comedy Knockouts presents the rare career-defining routines that propelled this collection of comics to stardom!...
Cuttin Da Mustard
Character: Bennie
"Cuttin Da Mustard" is a comedy that chronicles the lives of young aspiring actors who battle slings and arrows in the process of creating a community theater company....
This Is Love
Character: Self
At the age of 18, Rudy Love was touring the US with Little Richard. By the 1970s, he was working as a pilot vocalist for The Temptations and Marvin Gaye, his songs were being recorded by Esther Phillips and Isaac Hayes, and he was appearing on records with Ray Charles and Sly Stone. Yet, his solo career and the albums he produced with his Love Family band failed to achieve success, due partially to dodgy record label practices that saw his recordings distributed under the names of other artists....
Aliens for Breakfast
Character: Ari
Sinbad plays Ari, an alien who comes to Earth in a cereal box in order to warn a kid about an imminent alien invasion....
Ready to Run
Character: Hollywood Shuffle (voice)
A 14-year-old girl who works at a racetrack trains a talking racehorse with issues, transforming him into a winner....
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Character: Self
The Godfather of Soul tells his life story and features his greatest live performances....
2 Minutes of Fame
Character: Self
An up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation....
STRAW
Character: Benny
What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation....
Club Med
Character:
Various romantic entanglements occur among the week's visitors to a Club Med resort in Ixtapa, Mexico. The "chef du village" is shocked when a former lover turns up, and must also cope with the troubled son of a close pilot friend killed on a rescue flight....
Help Save Planet Earth
Character: Self
Celebrities show you ways to help save energy and to be more Green for planet earth in 1990...
Commitment to Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid group of people living with HIV/AIDS, doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists changed the course of the epidemic....