Charlie Hill
Birth Name:
Charles Allan Hill
Birth Place:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Profession
Actor
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