Paul Mooney (comedian)
Paul Mooney | |
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Mooney in 2009 | |
| Born | Paul Gladney August 4, 1941 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 2021 (aged 79) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Notable work | Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story Junebug in Bamboozled Negrodamus in Chappelle's Show |
| Comedy career | |
| Years active | 1962–2021 |
| Medium | Stand-up comedy, television, film, books |
| Genres | Observational comedy, improvisational comedy, sketch comedy |
| Subjects | African-American history, African-American culture, American politics, identity politics, current events, racism, race relations, pop culture |
Paul Gladney (August 4, 1941 – May 19, 2021), better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, and actor. He collaborated with Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, wrote for comedian Richard Pryor and the television series Sanford and Son, In Living Color and Chappelle's Show, and acted in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), the Spike Lee-directed satirical film Bamboozled (2000), and Chappelle's Show.