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Deon Cole

Highest Rated: 100% Out of the Loop (2023)

Lowest Rated: 19% Friendsgiving (2020)

Birthday: Jan 9, 1972

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

A stand-up comic, writer, actor and producer, Deon Cole's most high-profile role was as a writer and on-screen performer on both "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (NBC 2009-10) and its follow-up "Conan" (TBS 2010- ). As a comedy performer he appeared on numerous stand-up showcases and in films and TV shows including the Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer-starring comedy films "Barbershop" (2002) and "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" (2004), as well as the football-based situation comedy "The League" (FX 2009-15). Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Cole first tried out stand-up at the age of 21 when a friend bet him fifty dollars that he wouldn't be able to get up onstage and do a spot at an open mic night. The attempt succeeded and he would go on to perform at many Chicago comedy clubs before becoming a national touring act. Earning increasingly regular television spots, he appeared on "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild'n Out" (MTV 2002-07, 2013- ), "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Standup" (Starz 2005-10), the revived "Def Comedy Jam" (HBO 2006-08) and a half-hour Comedy Central special in 2007. A 2009 stand-up appearance on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" led to an invite to join the show's writing team that year, and like many of Conan's writers, Cole also became a regular performer in the show's comedy bits. When O'Brien left "The Tonight Show," Cole made the transition to "Conan," where he took an even more prominent on-camera role. This led to Cole's own comedy show, the viral video clip show "Deon Cole's Black Box" (TBS 2013).

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Highest rated movies

100% Out of the Loop Watchlist 91% 66% Barbershop: The Next Cut Watchlist 88% 93% The Harder They Fall Watchlist
88% 78% I'M FINE (Thanks for Asking)
Watchlist
81% 95% The Color Purple Watchlist 43% Holiday Rush Watchlist 39% 34% You People Watchlist 37% 49% The Female Brain Watchlist 19% 24% Friendsgiving Watchlist 63% 2 Minutes of Fame Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deon Cole: OK, Mister Self - 2024
81% 95% The Color Purple Alfonso (Character) $60.6M 2023
No Score Yet 60% The Improv: 60 and Still Standing Self - 2023
100% No Score Yet Out of the Loop Self - 2023
39% 34% You People Demetrius (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 79% Deon Cole: Charleen's Boy Self,
Writer
- 2022
88% 93% The Harder They Fall Wiley Escoe (Character) - 2021
88% 78% I'M FINE (Thanks for Asking) Chad (Character),
Producer,
Executive Producer
- 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome Matt Norman (Character) - 2021
19% 24% Friendsgiving Dan (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 63% 2 Minutes of Fame Nico (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 43% Holiday Rush Marshall Stone (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 89% Deon Cole: Cole Hearted Unknown (Character) - 2019
37% 49% The Female Brain Steven (Character) $7.0K 2017
91% 66% Barbershop: The Next Cut Dante (Character) $54.0M 2016

TV

Credit
74% 47% The Madness Kwesi (Character) 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2016 2021-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name That Tune Guest 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2023
86% 90% Average Joe Joe Washington (Character) 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The $100,000 Pyramid Guest 2023
No Score Yet 44% grown-ish Charlie Telphy (Character) 2018-2023
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2020-2023
No Score Yet 67% So Dumb It's Criminal: Hosted by Snoop Dogg Guest 2022
92% 57% black-ish Charlie Telphy (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star),
Unknown (Voice)
2014-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2018-2020 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Tell the Truth Guest 2020-2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soul of a Nation Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Can See Your Voice Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cabin With Bert Kreischer Guest 2020
100% 87% Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Dave (Voice) 2020
82% 16% A Little Late With Lilly Singh Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2016-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Larry King Now Guest 2013 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hip Hop Squares Guest 2019
96% 74% Angie Tribeca Officer DJ Tanner (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2016-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'n Out Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lip Sync Battle Contestant 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2018
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Face Value Host 2017
No Score Yet 71% The Standups Self 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Behind The... Unknown (Character) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet ComicView Unknown (Character) 2013 2015
69% 75% Benched Diamond (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Funniest Wins Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deon Cole's Black Box Executive Producer,
Host
2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comic View: One Mic Stand Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
81% 83% The League Mugger (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comedy Central Presents Unknown (Character) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam Unknown (Character) 1994