Anthony Clark (actor)

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Anthony Clark
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Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1991–present

Anthony Clark is an American actor and comedian who starred in the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear , in which he played the character Greg Warner. [1]

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Early life

Clark was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. [2] His father was a factory worker and his mother owned a general store. [3] His parents divorced when he was five. When he was 12, the family moved to a tobacco farm 50 miles south to Gladys, Virginia, where his stepfather lived. [2] Clark was named College Entertainer of the Year while studying at Emerson College. [4] Clark graduated from Emerson in 1986 with a degree in mass communications. [3] After college, Clark broke into stand-up comedy, performing gigs at Los Angeles comedy clubs. [2]

Career

Clark began his career as a stand-up comedian. Clark was a feature on a 1995 HBO young comedians special hosted by Garry Shandling along with Dave Chappelle, Dave Attell and Louis C.K. [5]

Before landing a regular starring television role, Clark appeared in several small film roles [2] such as a supporting role as "Billy" in Peter Bogdanovich's The Thing Called Love starring River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, and Dermot Mulroney; and as Paul, the flamboyant hotel barber in 1996's The Rock . [6] [7] In 1995 and 1996, he also had a recurring role on the sitcom Ellen . [8]

His first starring role was in the short-lived television comedy series Boston Common . [2] He then appeared in another short-lived series as a main cast member in Soul Man . [9]

In 2000, Clark landed the role of Greg Warner in the television comedy Yes, Dear . For this role, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award (along with co-star Jean Louisa Kelly as the Most Popular Mom & Dad in a Television Series) and a Prism Award. Along with Mike O'Malley, his Yes, Dear co-star, he appears in Alan Jackson's 2005 music video for "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues". [10] In March 2006, CBS cancelled Yes, Dear after 6 seasons, when Clark was hired to host NBC's Last Comic Standing . [11]

In 2011, opposite Missi Pyle and John Michael Higgins, Clark starred as Jack Schumacher in the comedy My Uncle Rafael . [12]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Dogfight Oakie
1993 The Thing Called Love Billy
1994 Teresa's Tattoo Mooney
1995HourglassJimmy Jardine
1996 The Rock Paul the Hotel Barber
2000Killing CinderellaBrad
2002 Paid in Full Rico's Buddy #1
2003Beat Boys Beat GirlsGichiShort film
2005Say UncleRussell Trotter
2006Grad NightDJ
2012 My Uncle Rafael Jack

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Tony (voice)
1995-1996 Ellen Will Davies4 episodes
1996-1997 Boston Common Boyd PritchettMain role, 32 episodes
1997-1998 Soul Man Rev. Todd TuckerMain role, 25 episodes
1998 The Wonderful World of Disney Tucker (voice)Episode: Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
2000-2006 Yes, Dear Greg WarnerMain role, 122 episodes
2006 Last Comic Standing HimselfHost, Season 4
2019West of LibertyEpisode #1.1

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