Milton Howery Jr. (born December 17, 1979), known professionally as
Lil Rel Howery, is an American actor and comedian. Howery is best
known for his roles as Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy
series The Carmichael Show (2015â€"2017) and as TSA officer Rod
Williams in the horror film Get Out (2017). He also starred in the TV
series Rel, which he also created and co-produced.Milton Howery Jr.
grew up on the West Side of Chicago. He attended Providence St. Mel
School from fifth grade to ninth grade. He then transferred to Crane
High School. At Crane High School, Howery wrote jokes and created a
script in a senior talent show, which made him decide to pursue comedy
professionally. Playing high school basketball, he reminded people of
his older cousin Darrel, and he was nicknamed Lil Rel.Lil Rel Howery
began performing stand-up comedy on Chicago's East Side at a club
called the Lion's Den.[better source needed] He made his television
debut in January 2007 when he appeared on the reality television
competition Last Comic Standing. That same year, he was on P. Diddy
Presents: The Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO. In 2009, he was part of
America's National Night Out Against Crime in Chicago.In 2012, Howery
and five other comedians starred in a revival of the popular 1990s
comedy sketch program In Living Color on FOX. The show was cancelled
in 2013. Howery went on to work as a writer, producer, and one of the
regular cast members of the truTV sketch comedy series, Friends of the
People. In 2015, Howery began co-starring in the role of Bobby
Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show alongside the show's
creator, Jerrod Carmichael.
Lil Rel Howery, is an American actor and comedian. Howery is best
known for his roles as Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy
series The Carmichael Show (2015â€"2017) and as TSA officer Rod
Williams in the horror film Get Out (2017). He also starred in the TV
series Rel, which he also created and co-produced.Milton Howery Jr.
grew up on the West Side of Chicago. He attended Providence St. Mel
School from fifth grade to ninth grade. He then transferred to Crane
High School. At Crane High School, Howery wrote jokes and created a
script in a senior talent show, which made him decide to pursue comedy
professionally. Playing high school basketball, he reminded people of
his older cousin Darrel, and he was nicknamed Lil Rel.Lil Rel Howery
began performing stand-up comedy on Chicago's East Side at a club
called the Lion's Den.[better source needed] He made his television
debut in January 2007 when he appeared on the reality television
competition Last Comic Standing. That same year, he was on P. Diddy
Presents: The Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO. In 2009, he was part of
America's National Night Out Against Crime in Chicago.In 2012, Howery
and five other comedians starred in a revival of the popular 1990s
comedy sketch program In Living Color on FOX. The show was cancelled
in 2013. Howery went on to work as a writer, producer, and one of the
regular cast members of the truTV sketch comedy series, Friends of the
People. In 2015, Howery began co-starring in the role of Bobby
Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show alongside the show's
creator, Jerrod Carmichael.
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