Charlie Hill Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2009, he received the Ivy Bethune Tri-Union Diversity Award
• Studied speech and drama at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• A stand-up comic, he also wrote for the televison series "Roseanne․"
• Learned how to write as a child by writing down jokes he heard on television
• Was a performer with the Broom Street Theatre Group
• Was the first Native American comic to perform on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson․"
• While performing at The Comedy Store, he met Richard Pryor, who gave him his first television appearance