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Godfrey is a Actor American born on 21 july 1969

Godfrey

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Birth name Godfrey C. Danchimah, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 21 july 1969 (54 years)

Godfrey C. Danchimah, Jr. (born July 21, 1969), professionally known as Godfrey, is an American comedian and actor who has appeared on BET, VH1, Comedy Central, and feature films, such as Soul Plane, Original Gangstas, Zoolander, and Johnson Family Vacation. He was also a spokesperson for 7 Up during the popular '7up yours' advertising campaign. He was also a cast member on the first season of The It Factor, a reality television show. Currently, he is a regular performer at the comedy club Comedy Cellar in New York City. He is also known for doing the voices of Mr. Stubborn and Mr. Tall (Season 2) in The Mr. Men Show and hosting the FOX game show Bullseye.

Biography

Godfrey's parents are members of the Igbo ethnic group from Nigeria, who immigrated to the USA to escape the Nigerian Civil War. Godrey is a nephew of Nigerian musician Sonny Okosun.

Godfrey was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 21, 1969. Soon after, the family settled in Chicago where Godfrey grew up. He attended Lane Technical College Preparatory High School and received an academic scholarship to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he majored in psychology.

Here he made the varsity football team, where he performed at a traditional talent show for new team members. He stole the show performing impressions of his coaches and teammates and discovered his comedic talent.

Godfrey honed his stand-up skills at the All Jokes Aside comedy club in Chicago in the early 90's. In 1995, Godfrey made his New York debut at Carolines on Broadway and the Comic Strip Live and was soon signed by the William Morris Talent Agency. He began working regularly in television, first behind the cameras as a warm-up comedian for The Cosby Show and Soul Man. His first on-camera appearance featured him performing stand-up comedy for NBC's Friday Night Videos, followed by more small television and film roles. In 2000, Godfrey appeared in the Aspen Comedy Festival and on Comedy Central's Premium Blend. He also played a comical role in the movie Soul Plane, acting as an African pilot. He has also been in numerous episodes of BET's Comic View.

A self-styled karate master, he continues to do film and television work alongside his stand-up career in New York. His first one-hour special, "Godfrey: Black by Accident" was shot for Comedy Central on January 22, 2011 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City to a standing room only audience.

As a guest of Mike Ward's show called "F*ck les varietes", part of the Just for Laughs 2012 festival of Montreal, his performance was highly acclaimed. In the following year, he had his own solo show called "The Godfrey Complex" in the same festival for a whole week.

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Ben Stiller
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John Payson
John Payson
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Godfrey (12 films)

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Actor

A Dennis the Menace Christmas
Directed by Ron Oliver
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Christmas films, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Ghost films
Actors Maxwell Perry Cotton, Robert Wagner, Louise Fletcher, Godfrey, China Anne McClain, Kim Schraner
Roles Bob / Santa
Rating48% 2.4182452.4182452.4182452.4182452.418245
Dennis tries to inject his grinchy neighbor Mr. Wilson with the holiday spirit, causing his usual array of damage. The Angel of Christmas Past, Present, and Future steps in to help save Christmas for the Mitchell and Wilson families.
Phat Girlz
Phat Girlz (2006)
, 1h39
Directed by Nnegest Likké
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Eric Roberts, Dayo Ade, Raven Goodwin
Roles Akibo
Rating33% 1.6564151.6564151.6564151.6564151.656415
Jazmin Biltmore is a smart-mouthed, frustrated, plus-sized, aspiring fashion designer and department store employee who is obsessed with her weight.
The Cookout, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Quran Pender, Ja Rule, Vincent Pastore, Jenifer Lewis, Tim Meadows, Meagan Good
Roles Jasper
Rating38% 1.9105451.9105451.9105451.9105451.910545
When Todd Anderson (played by Quran Pender) has just signed a $30 million contract with his hometown basketball team the New Jersey Nets, he purchases many new luxuries for himself and his family including a new house in a well established, high class neighborhood for him and his gold digging girlfriend Brittany (played by Meagan Good). Keeping with family tradition, he decides to host a regular family reunion cookout in his new place, however, not planning for it to clash with an important business meeting for an endorsement deal.
Johnson Family Vacation, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Shannon Elizabeth, Cedric the Entertainer, Shad Moss, Solange Knowles, Christopher B. Duncan, Gabby Soleil
Roles Motorcycle Cop
Rating45% 2.261012.261012.261012.261012.26101
Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer) and his family have been invited to their big family reunion in Missouri. He sees it as an opportunity to reconnect with his estranged wife (Williams) and growing children, as well as a chance to show up his wealthier know-it-all brother, Mack (Harvey). Nate takes delivery on an expensive new SUV, persuades his recently separated wife Dorothy to tag along, and packs up his three kids — nubile teenager Nikki (Knowles), under-age wannabe rapper D.J. (Bow Wow), and precocious seven-year-old Destiny (Soleil) — for what he imagines will be a leisurely drive from Los Angeles to Missouri. Between his wary wife, arguing kids, angry police officers, a bizarre hitchhiker (Shannon Elizabeth), bad diner food, and an unfortunate run-in with a cement mixer, getting from point A to point B proves to be just short of a nightmare.
Soul Plane
Soul Plane (2004)
, 1h26
Directed by Jessy Terrero
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Hip hop films, Musical films, Dans un avion
Actors Kevin Hart, Method Man, Tom Arnold, Mo'Nique, D. L. Hughley, K. D. Aubert
Roles Gaeman
Rating45% 2.2577352.2577352.2577352.2577352.257735
Nashawn Wade (Kevin Hart) has a horrible experience with a typical airline: his dog is classified as checked baggage instead of a carry-on, he eats a horrible airline meal, his buttocks gets stuck in the toilet during turbulence, and Nashawn's dog is sucked through a jet engine (after accidentally opening the cargo door). In response, he sues the airline and is awarded $100,000,000 by the jury. He decides to use the money to start his own airline, called N.W.A. (Nashawn Wade Airlines), whose acronym and logo are a pop culture reference to rap group N.W.A. The airline, specifically caters to African Americans and hip hop culture. The terminal at the airport is called the Malcolm X terminal, the plane is a heavily modified Boeing 747SP, customized with low-rider hydraulics, spinners, blended winglets to compensate for the drag from the decorations, and a dance club. The safety video is also a spoof of the Destiny's Child song "Survivor".
Comedian
Comedian (2002)
, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Norton, Allan Havey, Colin Quinn, Robert Klein, Tom Papa
Roles Self
Rating68% 3.4478153.4478153.4478153.4478153.447815
Un regard sur le travail de deux humoristes, Jerry Seinfeld et Orny Adams un nouveau venu moins connu, détaillant les efforts et la frustration derrière la mise en place d'un acte et d'une carrière réussis tout en vivant une vie sur la route.
Zoolander
Zoolander (2001)
, 1h29
Directed by Ben Stiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films, La mode, Films about music and musicians
Actors Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller
Roles Janitor Derek
Rating64% 3.2478553.2478553.2478553.2478553.247855
The dim-witted but good-natured Derek Zoolander is ousted as the top male fashion model by the rising star, Hansel, and his reputation is further tarnished by a critical article from journalist Matilda Jeffries. After his three roommates and colleagues are killed in a "freak gasoline-fight accident" (where they spray each other with station gasoline and one of them lights a cigarette), Derek announces his retirement from modeling and attempts to reconnect with his father Larry and brothers Luke and Scrappy by helping in the coal mines. Derek's delicate methods make him an impractical miner, and his family rejects him.
30 Years to Life, 1h50
Directed by Vanessa Middleton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Allen Payne, Erika Alexander, Melissa De Sousa, Kadeem Hardison, Paula Jai Parker, Tracy Morgan
Roles Comedian
Rating59% 2.957912.957912.957912.957912.95791
A handful of close friends, due to turn 30, discover that their dreams for the future are running headfirst into the realities of adulthood in this character-driven comedy-drama. Natalie is a banker who is happy with her job, but is tired of being single, and her pursuit of a husband is taking her down several blind alleys in the world of dating. Joy has developed a similar desire to settle down and get married, but while she has a long-term boyfriend, Leland, he is not so sure he wants to make a lifetime commitment. Troy is a comic who has been on the verge of a career breakthrough for years, but he is starting to wonder if his big break is ever going to arrive. Malik is a white-collar executive who thinks life is passing him by, and is pondering giving up a stable career to start over as a male model. And Stephanie is comfortable with her job in real estate, but she is not so comfortable with herself as she struggles with a weight problem she's had since childhood.
Joe's Apartment, 1h20
Directed by John Payson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about insects, Musical films
Actors Jerry O'Connell, Megan Ward, Jim Turner, Sandra Denton, Robert Vaughn, Don Ho
Roles Cockroach (voice)
Rating55% 2.750392.750392.750392.750392.75039
Penniless and straight out of the University of Iowa, Joe (Jerry O'Connell) moves to New York needing an apartment and a job. With the fortuitous death of Mrs. Grotowski, an artist named Walter Shit (Jim Turner) helps Joe to take over the last rent controlled apartment in a building slated for demolition. If Senator Dougherty (Robert Vaughn) can empty the building, he can make way for the prison he intends to build there, and uses thug Alberto Bianco (Don Ho) and his nephews, Vlad (Shiek Mahmud-Bey) and Jesus (Jim Sterling), to intimidate tenants.
Chain Reaction, 1h42
Directed by Andrew Davis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Children's films, Chase films
Actors Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Brian Cox, Kevin Dunn
Roles Chidi Egbuna
Rating56% 2.801162.801162.801162.801162.80116
Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) is a student machinist working with a team from the University of Chicago to obtain clean energy from water by efficiently splitting the hydrogen and oxygen molecules. While working at home, Eddie inadvertently discovers the secret. The machine is perfected the next day in the lab and everything appears to be working and stable. To celebrate, a party is thrown in the lab. That night after the party, project physicist Dr. Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) tries to leave the lab but her car battery is dead. Eddie offers to take her home by taxi; but, later says they took a bus. Back in the lab, Drs. Alistair Barkley and Lu Chen are on their computers preparing to upload their discovery to the Internet so the world can share in this new discovery, speaking Chinese. Meanwhile, a van is seen driving toward the lab. Chen hears a noise and goes to investigate, but is kidnapped by unknown assailants as Alistair also comes under attack.
Original Gangstas, 2h23
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield, Isabel Sanford, Ron O'Neal, Robert Forster
Roles Marcus
Rating57% 2.851252.851252.851252.851252.85125
The movie opens to a narration detailing the poor economic state of a gang-ridden Gary. The narrator explains to the audience of how the city came into such a state. After the opening narrative, the scene switches to the base of operations for the Rebels, a local street gang, and a one-on-one basketball game between a Rebel gang member and a local boy named Kenny Thompson. Kenny humiliates the Rebel by winning and taking the gambled winnings for his own. After he leaves, Spyro, the current co-leader of the Rebels (opposite Damien) is under the impression that Kenny's skills are something more than "something he picked up." He instructs his lieutenant, Kayo, to exact retribution on Kenny for being hustled.