Anthony Anderson

Cast in Martin Scorsese's mob drama, "The Departed"

Cast as the ruthless Los Angeles gang lord Antwon Mitchell on FX's police drama "The Shield"

Starred in Craig Brewer's "Hustle & Flow" opposite Terrence Dashon Howard

Starred opposite Donald Faison in "King's Ransom"

Co-stared with Frankie Muniz in "Agent Cody Banks 2"

Starred in the feature "My Baby's Daddy"

Reunited with Bartkowiak and DMX for "Cradle 2 the Grave"

Acted opposite Jerry O'Connell as a pair of New Yorkers on the lam in the Australian Outback in "Kangaroo Jack"

Acted as the confidant colleague of David Arquette's postal worker in the comedy "See Spot Run"

Co-starred in the comedy "Two Can Play That Game"

Played Jada Pinkett Smith's bumbling husband, brother of LL Cool J and son of Whoopi Goldberg, in "Kingdom Come", a family comedy-drama set at a funeral

Reteamed with Bartkowiak, providing comic relief as DMX's sidekick in "Exit Wounds"

Cast as a bodyguard in the Andrzej Bartkowiak actioner "Romeo Must Die"

Had a two-episode recurring role on Fox's "Ally McBeal"

Played one of Jim Carrey's sons in the Farrelly brothers' comedy "Me, Myself & Irene"

Reteamed with Lawrence for "Big Momma's House"

Was a film student haunted by a mysterious killer in "Urban Legends: Final Cut"

Acted in Barry Levinson's "Liberty Heights", a portrait of racial and religious tension in 1950s Baltimore

Featured in the 1930s-set prison comedy "Life", starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence

Appeared on an episode of "NYPD Blue" (ABC)

Made TV series regular debut on the Saturday morning NBC teen comedy "Hang Time"

Made cameo appearance in the Showtime thriller "Alien Avengers", an installment of the "Roger Corman Presents" series

Had early TV credit, guesting on an episode of the NBC sitcom "In the House" starring LL Cool J

Landed first professonal job with a role in a TV commercial at age five (date approximate)

Raised in Compton, California