Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro (born September , ) is an American actor,
dancer, director, game show host, and television personality. He
played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons, Carlton Banks on
the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Maxwell Stanton on In
the House.He is the current host of ABC's America's Funniest Home
Videos, replacing host Tom Bergeron, who left after years. Ribeiro
has hosted the GSN game show Catch , the ABC Family show
Spell-Mageddon, and the television show Dance . He also starred in the
title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and took part in
the th season of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out
of Here! Ribeiro won Season of Dancing with the Stars with
professional partner Witney Carson.Ribeiro was born in New York City
in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx to Trinidadian and
Tobagonian parents. His paternal grandfather was the Trinidadian
calypsonian Albert Ribeiro, known as Lord Hummingbird.Ribeiro began
his career at age . He first gained recognition in when he played a
leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. He received
positive reviews for his performance and was nominated for an Outer
Critics Circle Award. Ribeiro appeared as a dancer in a Pepsi
commercial that featured Michael Jackson in ; a rumor spread that
Ribeiro died from snapping his neck while dancing in the commercial.
The same year, Ribeiro was cast as Rick Schroder's best friend on the
TV series Silver Spoons. In , Ribeiro appeared as himself in a
commercial on MTV, advertising a dance instruction book he authored
called Alfonso's Breakin' & Poppin' Book. In , he released a -inch rap
record called "Timebomb" on Prism Records.
dancer, director, game show host, and television personality. He
played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons, Carlton Banks on
the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Maxwell Stanton on In
the House.He is the current host of ABC's America's Funniest Home
Videos, replacing host Tom Bergeron, who left after years. Ribeiro
has hosted the GSN game show Catch , the ABC Family show
Spell-Mageddon, and the television show Dance . He also starred in the
title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and took part in
the th season of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out
of Here! Ribeiro won Season of Dancing with the Stars with
professional partner Witney Carson.Ribeiro was born in New York City
in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx to Trinidadian and
Tobagonian parents. His paternal grandfather was the Trinidadian
calypsonian Albert Ribeiro, known as Lord Hummingbird.Ribeiro began
his career at age . He first gained recognition in when he played a
leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. He received
positive reviews for his performance and was nominated for an Outer
Critics Circle Award. Ribeiro appeared as a dancer in a Pepsi
commercial that featured Michael Jackson in ; a rumor spread that
Ribeiro died from snapping his neck while dancing in the commercial.
The same year, Ribeiro was cast as Rick Schroder's best friend on the
TV series Silver Spoons. In , Ribeiro appeared as himself in a
commercial on MTV, advertising a dance instruction book he authored
called Alfonso's Breakin' & Poppin' Book. In , he released a -inch rap
record called "Timebomb" on Prism Records.
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