Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, voice
actor, comedian, and writer. He is perhaps best known as one of the
original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series
Mad TV and for his extensive voice acting career, with roles in
animated series including John Stewart / Green Lantern in Justice
League and Justice League Unlimited, Hermes Conrad in Futurama, the
title characters of Samurai Jack and Static Shock, and Wilt in
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. He has also provided voices for
video game franchises including Metal Gear, Jak and Daxter,
Darksiders, Final Fantasy, Infamous, Dead Island, Kingdom Hearts, and
Mortal Kombat. In film, he is most well known for his role as Marvin
in Pulp Fiction and has appeared in Kill the Man, Free Enterprise,
Cherish, and Manna from Heaven.LaMarr was born in Los Angeles on
January 24, 1967. He is a graduate of the Harvard-Westlake School in
North Hollywood and Yale University, where he helped found the improv
comedy group Purple Crayon. One of his biggest roles at Yale was the
titular character in the British comedy Trevor. After graduating in
1989, he became a member of the award-winning sketch and improv comedy
group The Groundlings. He studied improv at The Second City and at the
ImprovOlympic in Chicago with Del Close. He has also improvised with
Cold Tofu and Off the Wall.LaMarr, unlike most of the other original
nine cast members of Mad TV, had extensive television and film jobs
experience when he joined the show. Even before college, he had voiced
a character on the Mister T cartoon show.Some of the recurring
characters LaMarr performed on Mad TV were Desperation Lee ("Funky
Walker Dirty Talker"), Jaq the UBS Guy, "sexy player" Rick, talentless
R&B singer Savante, and Rocket Revengers star Lieutenant Abraham
Jefferson (a.k.a. Lincoln Willis).
actor, comedian, and writer. He is perhaps best known as one of the
original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series
Mad TV and for his extensive voice acting career, with roles in
animated series including John Stewart / Green Lantern in Justice
League and Justice League Unlimited, Hermes Conrad in Futurama, the
title characters of Samurai Jack and Static Shock, and Wilt in
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. He has also provided voices for
video game franchises including Metal Gear, Jak and Daxter,
Darksiders, Final Fantasy, Infamous, Dead Island, Kingdom Hearts, and
Mortal Kombat. In film, he is most well known for his role as Marvin
in Pulp Fiction and has appeared in Kill the Man, Free Enterprise,
Cherish, and Manna from Heaven.LaMarr was born in Los Angeles on
January 24, 1967. He is a graduate of the Harvard-Westlake School in
North Hollywood and Yale University, where he helped found the improv
comedy group Purple Crayon. One of his biggest roles at Yale was the
titular character in the British comedy Trevor. After graduating in
1989, he became a member of the award-winning sketch and improv comedy
group The Groundlings. He studied improv at The Second City and at the
ImprovOlympic in Chicago with Del Close. He has also improvised with
Cold Tofu and Off the Wall.LaMarr, unlike most of the other original
nine cast members of Mad TV, had extensive television and film jobs
experience when he joined the show. Even before college, he had voiced
a character on the Mister T cartoon show.Some of the recurring
characters LaMarr performed on Mad TV were Desperation Lee ("Funky
Walker Dirty Talker"), Jaq the UBS Guy, "sexy player" Rick, talentless
R&B singer Savante, and Rocket Revengers star Lieutenant Abraham
Jefferson (a.k.a. Lincoln Willis).
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