D. L. Hughley Biography (1963-)

Full name, Darryl Lynn Hughley; born March 6, 1963, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Charles (a Delta Air Lines maintenance worker) and Audrey Hughley; marriedLaDonna (a social work student), February 22, 1986; children: Ryan, Tyler, Kyle. Addresses: Agent: ICM, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Manager: 3 Arts Entertainment, 9460 Wilshire Blvd., 7th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, comedian, producer, writer
Birth Details: March 6, 1963; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Host, BET's Comicview, Black Entertainment Television, 1992-1993
Marlon, Double Rush (also known as Lickety Split), CBS, 1995
Darryl Hughley, The Hughleys, ABC, 1998- then UPN, 2000-2002
Host, Premium Blend (also known as Comedy Central's Premium Blend), Comedy Central, 2003
Specials
Math ... Who Needs It?!, PBS, 1991
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: D. L. Hughley, HBO, 1994
(As Dio Hughley) Himself, The 26th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1998
Host (Las Vegas), Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '99, ABC, 1998
The 30th NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 1999
TV Guide Awards, Fox, 1999
Host, The 15th Annual Walt Disney World Happy Easter Parade, ABC,1999
D. L. Hughley: Goin' Home, HBO, 1999
E! Rack-N-Roll: Behind the Scenes, E! Entertainment Television, 1999
The 2nd Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest, syndicated, 1999
Canned Ham: The Original Kings of Comedy, Comedy Central, 2000
Host, America's Funniest Home Videos: A Tribute to Moms, ABC, 2000
Host, America's Funniest Home Videos: Stupid Cupid, ABC, 2000
All-Star Bloopers, ABC, 2000
The 31st Annual NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2000
MTV Icon: Janet Jackson, MTV, 2001
Host, The 2001 Essence Awards, Fox, 2001
Host, A Motown Christmas, 2002
Himself, Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (documentary), TV Land, 2002
Himself, Diet Coke with Lemon Celebrates 40 Years of Laughter: At theImprov, 2002
Himself, Richard Pryor: The E! True Hollywood Story (documentary),E! Entertainment Television, 2003

Himself, Uncensored Comedy: That's Not Funny, Trio, 2003
Host, VH1 Big in '03, VH1, 2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!, Comedy Central, 2003
Comedy Central's Bar Mitzvah Bash!, Comedy Central, 2004
Honoree, 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time, Comedy Central, 2004
Also appeared in a The Best of Def Comedy Jam, HBO; Def Jam's Comedy All-Stars, HBO; MTV's Comedy Half-Hour, MTV.
Pilots
Host, Liar, CBS, 2004
Episodic
Keith, "Ain't No Business Like Show Business," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1993
Hank, "Slime Party," Sister, Sister, The WB, 1997
Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998
Himself, The Chris Rock Show, HBO, 1998
Himself, Late Night with Rita Sever, 1998
Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1999, 2003
Darryl Hughley, "Who's Your Mama?," The Parkers, UPN, 2001
Himself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001
Himself, "Comedians Special," Weakest Link, NBC, 2001
Himself, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2003
Kevin Turk, "My Brother, My Keeper," Scrubs, NBC, 2003
Guest host, The Sharon Osbourne Show, syndicated, 2003
Himself, "Rebel without an Oz," The Osbournes, MTV, 2004
Also appeared in 48 Hours, ABC; Celebrity Undercover; One-Night Stand, HBO; Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, HBO; as guesthost, Later; Reggie James, The Watcher, UPN; himself, "Clash of the Comedies Week," Family Feud, syndicated; himself, Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO.
Television Work
Series
Creator and producer, The Hughleys, ABC, 1998- UPN, 2000-2002
Specials
Executive producer, D. L. Hughley: Goin' Home, HBO, 1999
Film Appearances
Voice of Gadgetmobile, Inspector Gadget, Buena Vista, 1999
Derrick West, The Brothers, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
Rodrigo, Chasing Papi, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
John Wilson, Scary Movie 3, Dimension, 2003
Himself, Bitter Jester, 2003
Johnny, Soul Plane, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2004
WRITINGS
Television Specials
HBO Comedy Half-Hour: D. L. Hughley, HBO, 1994
D. L. Hughley: Goin' Home, HBO, 1999
Television Episodes
The Hughleys, ABC, 1998- then UPN, 2000-2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 23, Gale Group, 1999
Newsmakers, Issue 1, Gale Group, 2001

Periodicals

Ebony, September, 1999, p. 158
Entertainment Weekly, August 11, 2000, p. 42
Jet, December 7, 1998, p. 54
Newsweek, October 26, 1998, p. 73
People Weekly, November 9, 1998, p. 117

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