Jerry Charles Minor Jr. (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor,
comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television
programs such as Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, Trigger Happy TV,
Delocated, Brickleberry, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Crossballs, The
Hotwives of Orlando, Carpoolers, Community, and Lucky Louie.Minor was
born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Flint, Michigan. Minor was
raised as a Jehovah's Witness during most of his youth. Later in life,
after rejecting his Jehovah's Witness upbringing, Minor was shunned by
some members of his family. He began doing stand-up comedy and
writing/performing with sketch comedy groups in Detroit before
eventually joining the Second City Detroit's mainstage improv troupe.
After writing and performing in three revues, he joined the Second
City Chicago for two shows and then one revue at the Second City
Toronto. At the time he was the only performer to have belonged to all
three of the Second City's touring companies.Minor was hired as a cast
member and writer on Saturday Night Live for one season in
2000â€"2001. He was let go from the show over the summer hiatus,
before the start of the 2001â€"2002 season, because Lorne Michaels
wanted to hire four new cast members, but did not want to go over
budget. Minor's best known work at SNL included the recurring sketch
Rap Street (which he performed with Horatio Sanz) and his appearances
on Weekend Update as Al Sharpton.In addition to SNL, Minor has
appeared regularly on a number of other sketch comedy programs,
including HBO's Mr. Show, where he was a cast member during its final
season. He was briefly a correspondent on The Daily Show in early
2000, had a recurring role as Officer Carter on Arrested Development
and was one of the main cast members of Comedy Central's debate show
parody Crossballs in 2004. He worked briefly as a writer and
occasional performer on the short-lived FOX sketch series Cedric the
Entertainer Presents.
comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television
programs such as Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, Trigger Happy TV,
Delocated, Brickleberry, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Crossballs, The
Hotwives of Orlando, Carpoolers, Community, and Lucky Louie.Minor was
born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Flint, Michigan. Minor was
raised as a Jehovah's Witness during most of his youth. Later in life,
after rejecting his Jehovah's Witness upbringing, Minor was shunned by
some members of his family. He began doing stand-up comedy and
writing/performing with sketch comedy groups in Detroit before
eventually joining the Second City Detroit's mainstage improv troupe.
After writing and performing in three revues, he joined the Second
City Chicago for two shows and then one revue at the Second City
Toronto. At the time he was the only performer to have belonged to all
three of the Second City's touring companies.Minor was hired as a cast
member and writer on Saturday Night Live for one season in
2000â€"2001. He was let go from the show over the summer hiatus,
before the start of the 2001â€"2002 season, because Lorne Michaels
wanted to hire four new cast members, but did not want to go over
budget. Minor's best known work at SNL included the recurring sketch
Rap Street (which he performed with Horatio Sanz) and his appearances
on Weekend Update as Al Sharpton.In addition to SNL, Minor has
appeared regularly on a number of other sketch comedy programs,
including HBO's Mr. Show, where he was a cast member during its final
season. He was briefly a correspondent on The Daily Show in early
2000, had a recurring role as Officer Carter on Arrested Development
and was one of the main cast members of Comedy Central's debate show
parody Crossballs in 2004. He worked briefly as a writer and
occasional performer on the short-lived FOX sketch series Cedric the
Entertainer Presents.
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