Jerome Charles Minor Jr. is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as ''

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'', '' Brickleberry'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Carpoolers'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Life and career

Minor was born in

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, and grew up in

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. Minor was raised as a Jehovah's Witness during most of his youth. Later in life, after rejecting his Jehovah's Witness upbringing, Minor was shunned by some members of his family. He began doing

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and writing/performing with

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groups in

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before eventually joining the Second City Detroit's

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improv troupe. After writing and performing in three revues, he joined the Second City

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for two shows and then one revue at the Second City

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. At the time he was the only performer to have belonged to all three of the Second City's touring companies. Minor was hired as a cast member and writer on ''

'' for one season in 2000–2001. He was let go from the show over the summer hiatus, before the start of the 2001–2002 season, because Lorne Michaels wanted to hire four new cast members, but did not want to go over budget. Minor's best known work at ''SNL'' included the recurring sketch ''Rap Street'' (which he performed with Horatio Sanz) and his appearances on Weekend Update as Al Sharpton. In addition to ''SNL'', Minor has appeared regularly on a number of other sketch comedy programs, including

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's ''

'', where he was a cast member during its final season. He was briefly a correspondent on ''

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'' in early 2000, had a recurring role as Officer Carter on '' Arrested Development'' and was one of the main cast members of

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's debate show parody ''

'' in 2004. He worked briefly as a writer and occasional performer on the short-lived

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sketch series '' Cedric the Entertainer Presents''. In 2006, Minor was part of the main cast of the HBO series ''

'', on which he played

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's neighbor, Walter. Minor was praised for his ''Lucky Louie'' role in a 2006 issue of ''

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'', where he was given a "Cheers" in the magazine's ''Cheers and Jeers'' section. He was part of the cast of the 2008

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sitcom '' Carpoolers'', playing the role of Aubrey and was a featured comedian on ''

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'' on Comedy Central. Minor has also gained attention online in 2010, for his memorable appearances as "Cyber Thug" on the ''

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'' podcast, which was briefly spun off into its own podcast titled ''Cyber Thug Radio'' on the Earwolf network. For a number of years Minor and comedian Craig Robinson had a comedy act where they performed as musical duo "L. Witherspoon & Chucky", with Minor as smooth singing "L. Witherspoon" and Robinson as "Chucky", the keyboard player and back-up singer. They performed the act on several stand-up shows on Comedy Central as well as on ''

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'' and ''

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''. Minor has appeared in films such as ''

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'', '' Drillbit Taylor'' and '' Beer League'', and had a small part in the 2003 movie '' Melvin Goes to Dinner'' directed by

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. Minor has made guest appearances on shows such as ''

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'', '' Funny or Die Presents'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'', '' Key & Peele'', ''

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'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2010, he co-starred as "Mighty Joe Jon the Black Blonde" in the second season of the

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series ''

''. Minor has also had recurring appearances on comedy programs such as ''

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'' as Brandon, ''

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'' as Jamie Laing, ''

'' as Jerry the Janitor, ''

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'' as Rodney, ''

'' as Chris, and in the animated series ''

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'' as the voice of Officer Julia. He also co-starred as the voice of Denzel in the

animated series '' Brickleberry''. Minor is now the co-host of ''The Cult Awareness Podcast'' that discusses Scientology and other subjects. He stars as the lead in the satirical musical ''For the Love of a Glove'', which portrays

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's glove as a sentient being and the true cause of his many misfortunes.

Characters on ''SNL''

*Grand Master Rap, co-host of the old-school rap music program ''Rap Street'' on

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. *Terrell, the catty and effeminate security guard who works with conceited deskclerk Jackie (

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) *Willy Sluggs, a magician who performs less-than-spectacular magic tricks on his show ''Willy Sluggs' Eye Poppers''

Celebrity impressions

* Cuba Gooding Jr. (on ''SNL'') *

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(on ''SNL'') * Al Sharpton (on ''SNL'') *

Miss Cleo Youree Dell Harris (August 12, 1962 – July 26, 2016) was an American television personality and actress best known for portraying Miss Cleo, a spokeswoman for a psychic pay-per-call-minute service called Psychic Readers Network, in a s ...

(on ''SNL'' - cut sketch) * Nipsey Russell (on ''SNL'' - cut sketch: shown in 2001 SNL Halloween Special) *

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(on ''VH1 Divas Live'' Aretha Franklin special) *

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(on ''Mr. Show'' DVD audio commentary') * Bill Cosby (on ''Lucky Louie'') * Ja Rule (on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'') *

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(on ''Primetime Glick'' and ''The Martin Short Show'') *

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(on Showtime's ''The Offensive Show'' pilot) * Joseph Kony (on ''PoliPopTV'' viral video) * Boyd Tinsley (at UCB's ''The Midnight Show'') * Steve Harvey (at UCB's ''Comedy Death-Ray'') *

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(at UCB's ''Comedy Death-Ray'') * Ben Carson (at UCB's ''Decision Election 2016 All-Star Clusterfuck'')

References

External links

*
Jerry Minor
on YouTube
In depth interview from November 12, 2007
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