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Aries Spears (born April 3, 1975) is an African-American actor and comedian. Spears was one of three black actors on FOX's sketch comedy series MADtv
and was also one of the most experienced actors on the show.

Biography

Aries Spears was born on April 3, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois). He was a child comedic prodigy at the young age of 14. Spears started doing his own comedy routine around his hometown. Spears' first television appearance was cable's Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, followed by It's Showtime at the Apollo (1987). He moved to Los Angeles in 1992, landed a recurring role on A Different World (1987) and became a regular at The Comedy Store, The Improv and The Laugh Factory. His additional television credits include Crosstown Traffic, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993) and Soul Train.

By the age of 17, he landed a part in the movie Malcolm X
. Shortly thereafter, Spears was cast in a starring role opposite Glenn Frey in South of Sunset (1993). Spears other moviees included Home of Angels (1994), starring Abe Vigoda, Sherman Hemsley and Joe Frazier. Spears also appeared in The Pest
(1997) opposite John Leguizamo, Jerry Maguire
(1996), and Out-of-Sync (1995).

MADtv

Spear's most popular characters included Dollar Bill Montgomery (Real Mother****ing Talk), El Diablo Negro (Mexican Wrestlers Theater), Belma Buttons (Reality Check), Walter C. Hemphill (Crackheads), Mr. Daichai (Talkin' American), Harvey Lachien, Mother Love, Reggie (The Erascists), Jameel (Will's Little Sister), Brightling Greetings Employee (The Brightlings), Mr. New Orleans Man (Loopgarue & Hulahoop), Emcee Esher and Blacula (Funkenstein). Spears also appears as the lead character in a series of sketches called Son of Dolemite, which parody the Dolemite
movies from the Seventies. The sketches are testaments to the poor production quality of the films, with obvious boom mike appearances and intentionally poor cuts and continuity.

Spears impersonations include: Shaquille O'Neal, James Brown Jr., Eddie Murphy, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, Martin Lawrence, O. J. Simpson, Malcolm X, Sisqo, MC Hammer, Bobby Brown, Danny Glover, Jesse Jackson, Magic Johnson, Mase, Mike Tyson, Isabel Sanford, Al Roker, Missy Elliott, Bryant Gumbel, Denzel Washington, Kevin Eubanks, Queen Latifah, Steadman Graham, Coolio, Colin Powell, Wayne Brady, Samuel L. Jackson, Evander Holyfield, Jesus Christ, Don King, Little Richard, P. Diddy, Oscar De La Hoya, Kobe Bryant, Ray Charles, Martin Luther King Jr., Jimmie Walker, Tito Jackson, Billy Dee Williams, Wesley Snipes, Dexter King, Ice Cube, Redd Foxx, Billy Blanks, Arsenio Hall, Sasha Baron Cohen, Tiger Woods, Bernard Shaw, Eric La Salle, Louis Farrakhan, Maya Angelou, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Chaka Khan, Michael Jordan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Will Smith, Mrs. Simmons, R. Kelly, Allen Iverson, Clipse, Ted Lange, Gary Coleman, Vaughn Lowery, Marion Knight, Ed Jones, George Foreman, Ron Artest, Jamie Foxx, and Ruben Studdard. He also known for his impressions of hip hop artists Jay-Z, Method Man, LL Cool J, Master P., 50 Cent, DMX and Snoop Dogg.

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