Alphonso McAuley (born April 21, 1979) is an American actor and social media personality. McAuley played Cassius Sparks on Fox's comedy television series '' Breaking In'' and played Hutch in ABC's '' The Middle''.

Early life and education

McAuley was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and Afro-Ethnic studies from

California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU ...

Career

McAuley played Bucky in the ''

Fat Albert ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' is an American animated television series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert and himself. Film ...

'' movie. He also played Orsten Artis in the 2006 film ''

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'', based on the true story of the

Texas Western Miners The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). They are informally referred to as the Miners, UTEP, or Texas–El Paso. UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, ...

, and Walt in the film ''

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''. He went on to co-star with Tatyana Ali in the sitcom ''

Love That Girl! ''Love That Girl!'' is an American sitcom that airs on TV One and debuted on January 19, 2010. The series started off as a four episode, independently produced series presentation that aired as a special three-night event, and was later ordered ...

''. He also voiced the rooster Drake in ''The Lion of Judah''. He is featured in the music video for "Miracle" by

Matisyahu Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician. Known for blending spiritual themes with reggae, rock and hip hop beatboxing so ...

. He also featured in the YouTube comedy series ''Merman King Mah-Doo'', a story about an exiled

merman Mermen, the male counterparts of the mythical female mermaids, are legendary creatures, which are male human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, but may assume normal human shape. Sometimes they are described as hideous and other ...

king living on dry land, though this series appears to have currently been deleted or unavailable on the site. McAuley was popular on the social media app Vine, amassing over one million followers as of 2014.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McAuley, Alphonso Living people 1979 births American male film actors Male actors from Connecticut Male actors from New Haven, Connecticut American male television actors