Tone Bell | |
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 Bell in August 2018 | |
| Born | Michael Anthony Bell II Decatur, Georgia, U.S. |
| Comedy Career | |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Medium | Stand-up, film, television |
| Website | tonebell |
Michael Anthony Bell II, known professionally as Tone Bell, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. [1] [2]
 | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources .(October 2018) |
Bell was born in Decatur, Georgia. [1] [3] He attended Savannah State University where he studied communications with a concentration in radio and television and became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. [4] After graduating in 2004 he taught first grade before working on the production of HBO's Warm Springs and doing other various promo work.
Bell took a job in San Francisco as a brand manager with Swivel Media for a year, before moving back to Atlanta. There he started doing promotion work for a beer company that eventually transferred him to Dallas where he started doing open-mics at various comedy clubs. [5]
Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Bell won the NBC Stand Up For Diversity Talent Search in 2012 and was awarded a development deal from the network. He was cast as "RJ" the bartender in the NBC sitcom Whitney and later as "Tedward" in NBC's Bad Judge . Bell also appeared in other TV shows, including VH1's Single Ladies , E!'s Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings , Comedy Central's Key & Peele and Game Show Network's Mind of a Man and hosted the first season of hidden camera show Jerks with Cameras on MTV.
Bell also has a web series on Russell Simmons' YouTube channel All Def Digital called The Green Room.
In March 2018, Bell was cast in a lead role for the CBS comedy pilot Fam after having starred in the Netflix multi-camera comedy Disjointed . [6]
Bell is the host of the new Netflix reality show Drink Masters , which premiered October 28, 2022. He stars as Khalil in the Netflix comedy series, Survival of the Thickest written by Michelle Buteau.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Solstice | Bartender #1 | Short film |
| 2013 | Implanted | Philip | |
| 2013 | To My Future Assistant | Davis | Television film |
| 2016 | My Time Your Time | Parker | Television film |
| 2017 | Woman Child | Michael Abby | Short film |
| 2018 | Dog Days | Jimmy | |
| 2018 | The Weekend | Bradford Collins | |
| 2018 | It’s A Party | Cool Breeze | |
| 2019 | Little | Preston | |
| 2020 | Sylvie's Love | Dickie Brewster | |
| 2021 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | John Levy | |
| 2021 | Horror Noire | Marcus | |
| 2024 | Trigger Warning | Spider | |
| 2026 | Coyote vs. Acme | TBA | |
| TBA | Transcending | TBA | Post-production [8] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Single Ladies | Parker | 2 episodes |
| 2012–13 | Whitney | RJ | Main role, 13 episodes |
| 2013 | Creepy Caress | Tom | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Key & Peele | Friend #1 | 1 episode |
| 2014–15 | Bad Judge | Tedward Mulray | Main role, 13 episodes |
| 2015 | Truth Be Told | Russell | Main role, 10 episodes |
| 2016 | The Flash | Scott Evans [9] | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | 9JKL | Luke | 2 episodes |
| 2017–18 | Disjointed | Carter | Main role, 20 episodes |
| 2019 | Fam | Nick | Main role, 13 episodes |
| 2020 | BoJack Horseman | Voice | 1 episode |
| 2020 | American Soul | Richard Pryor | Recurring role |
| 2022 | Nailed It! | Himself (Guest judge) | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Drink Masters | Himself (Host) | 10 episodes |
| 2023– present | Survival of the Thickest | Khalil | Main Cast |
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