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Kelsentials
Birthday: August 25, 1978
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Birth Name: Kel Johari Rice Mitchell
*Hyperactive half of the Kenan & Kel comedy team
*Made his television debut on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series "All That".
*Although his previous experience was only in community theater, as a teenager he enhanced the series with popular characters like Ed the Good Burger Guy, a confused fast food worker with a high-strung "dude" accent developed by the young actor while watching professional wrestling when he was eight years old.
*It was on this program that the comedian met friend and co-worker Kenan Thompson. Their recurring skit "Mavis and Clavis", an originally improvised routine starring the two as cranky old men, was a favorite with viewers.
*The strong comedic chemistry of the pair led to their own sitcom "Kenan & Kel", which aired on Nickelodeon beginning in 1996.
*On the highly rated series, Kel starred as the naive best friend of the mischievous Kenan.
*Mitchell won a CableACE Award for his work on the series in 1997.
*In 1997, Mitchell made his big screen debut in "Good Burger", playing Ed, a sweet and simpleminded surfer dude who works at the titular fast food restaurant. Ed was paired in the successful film with Kenan Thompson's Dexter, a lazy schemer forced to work at Good Burger who joins the well-meaning Ed in a quest to save the stand from a flashy cutthroat competitor.
*Kel showcased not only his capable acting skills and well-timed physical comedy in the film, but wrote and performed the movie's theme song "We're All Dudes".
*His next foray into film was the comedy "The Mystery Men" (1999), about a group of lesser known superheroes with odd powers.
The Shows
Starring Roles
Clifford the Big Red Dog - T-Bone
Figure It Out - Panelist
Kenan & Kel - Kel Kimbell
All That - Himself/Regular
Movie
Mystery Men- The Invisible Boy
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle- Martian
Good Burger- Ed
Romeo and Juliet- Romeo
These are just some "All That" scenes that I put together. |
