Alphonso McAuley

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Alphonso McAuley
Born (1984-04-21) April 21, 1984 (age 40)
Education California State University, Fullerton (BA)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2003present
Children1

Alphonso McAuley (born April 21, 1979) is an American actor and social media personality. McAuley played Cassius Sparks on Fox's comedy television series Breaking In [1] and played Hutch in ABC's The Middle .

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Early life and education

McAuley was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Chino, California . [2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and Afro-Ethnic studies from California State University, Fullerton.[ citation needed ]

He has one daughter with longtime girlfriend Denise Nicole.

Career

McAuley played Bucky in the Fat Albert movie. He also played Orsten Artis in the 2006 film Glory Road , based on the true story of the Texas Western Miners, and Walt in the film Pride . He went on to co-star with Tatyana Ali in the sitcom Love That Girl! . He also voiced the rooster Drake in The Lion of Judah. [3] He is featured in the music video for "Miracle" by Matisyahu. [4] He also featured in the YouTube comedy series Merman King Mah-Doo, a story about an exiled merman king living on dry land, though this series appears to have currently been deleted or unavailable on the site.

McAuley was popular on the social media app Vine, amassing over one million followers as of 2014. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Fat Albert Bucky
2005Reversal of MisfortuneTeenage Driver
2006 Glory Road Orsten Artis
2007 Pride Walt
2007 Katt Williams: American Hustle Penguin
2008 Nim's Island RussellUncredited
2011 Cat Run Julian Simms
2011 The Lion of Judah DrakeVoice
2014 Walk of Shame Pookie
2014 Cat Run 2 Julian
2015 The Submarine Kid Paul
2017Random Tropical ParadiseRandy
2017 Maximum Impact Nathan RobinsonUncredited
2020The BellmenJJ
2021 Broken Diamonds Tolbert
2022North of the 10The Announcer
2022 The Hyperions Ansel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Joan of Arcadia DJ GodEpisode: "The Uncertainty Principle"
2006 The Jake Effect Cliff JohnsonEpisode: "Don't Mess with Sloppy"
2008 Chocolate News Ronnie Tucker7 episodes
2010–2014 Love That Girl! Latrell Jones43 episodes
2011 Glenn Martin, DDS Xiang-BuEpisode: "Date with Destiny"
2011–2012 Breaking In Calvin 'Cash' Sparks20 episodes
2013–2018 The Middle Hutch25 episodes
2015 Key & Peele Buddy #3Episode: "MC Mom"
2016Lele Pons and Hannah StockingTherapist / Bach's Friend2 episodes
2016–2018King Bachelor's PadVarious roles3 episodes
2017 Girlboss Dax13 episodes
2017Caught the SeriesUber driver3 episodes
2018No Sleep 'Til ChristmasAndyTelevision film
2019 Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History Various roles
2019–2020 Schooled Coop Dugan18 episodes

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