Kevin Avery's high-energy brand of stand up has brought him to the finals of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition and earned him a spot on Metropolitan Magazines list of Top 99 People to Watch. A regular opener for Dave Chappelle and David Alan Grier, Kevin has become a nationwide comedy club favorite in his own right, and is also one half of the comic radio duo "Siskel and Negro." Of his animated style of stand up comedy and storytelling, the San Francisco Chronicle writes Avery is Amazing!
Website
myspace.com/siskelandnegro; kevinavery.com
Influences
Bill Cosby, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, John Ritter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Phil Hartman, Franklyn Ajaye, Dana Carvey, Martin Short, Damon Wayans, Bill Hicks, David Alan Moss, Bob Reuben, Milt Abel, Dan St. Paul, Bobby Slayton, Al Loubel, Sue Murphy, Robert Hawkins, Bob Sarlatte, Jim Samuels, Kids in the Hall, Dana Gould, Greg Proops, Freddy Soto, Marc Maron, Dave Attell, Mitch Hedburg, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Steve Martin, David Alan Grier, Eddie Murphy, the greatest entertainer of all time...Sammy Davis Jr.
TV Shows
Comics Unleashed Hot Chocolate (ABC/TVOne)...View from the Bay (ABC/KGO)...Ralph Ellison: An American Journey (PBS/Cable)...Stand Up, It’s Thursday Night (Cable)...First Mondays (CBS)...Nash Bridges (CBS)...KTVU’s Our Town (Cable)...Bay TV’s The Show (Cable)...Bay TV Mornings (Cable)
Films
Black Guys On A Beautiful Day (Indie Short)...Look Again (Indie Short)...Harrison Montgomery (Indie)...The Princess Diaries (Disney)...The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.)...The Matrix Revolutions (Warner Bros.)...Bald Witch (Indie).
Albums
"Hardcore" My first comedy CD recorded live at The Punch Line Comedy Club can now be found on iTunes comedy page! Pick one up and leave a review!
Kevin Avery's Interests
General
Swashbuckling, time travel, freestyle rap, stand up, anything that scares the hell out of me (i.e. prison), going to the movies.
Music
I simultaneously have the best and worst music collection ever.
Movies
Star Wars...Braveheart (apparently, because I'm a man)...The Usual Suspects...The Hunt for Red October...Apollo 13...Lord of the Rings (all of them!!)...Serenity...The Matrix...Red Dawn...Three Kings...The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh...Blazing Saddles...The Court Jester...The Bourne Identity...JFK...Batman Begins...Band of Brothers...Black Hawk Down...Anything with the words "Indiana Jones" in it!
Five movies that make me angry: Batman & Robin, Passenger 57, Demolition Man, Tomb Raider, Ballistics: Ecks vs Sever
Television
24...Battlestar Galactica...Lost...Prison Break...Jericho...Sarah Connor Chronicles...Family Guy...Heroes...The Shield...ER...The Office (UK & US)...Extras...Firefly...Breaking Bad...The Wire...Malcolm in the Middle...Miami Vice...Batman...Three's Company...I Dream of Jeannie...Thundar the Barbarian...Mighty Orbots!
Books
Favorite book of all time is Which Lie Did I Tell by William Goldman (thanks D!)...Timeline by Micheal Crichton (is that lame?)...You Got Nothin' Comin' by Jimmy A. Lerner...In Black and White (about the Life of Sammy Davis Jr. - the greatest entertainer that ever lived) by Wil Haygood...Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden.
About me: YOU CAN STILL FIND MY NEW CD, "HARCORE" ON ITUNES COMEDY PAGE...Go check it out, and leave a review if you like! And, of course, check out these nuggets of goodness...
"NOT IN A GAY WAY..."
Our newest short, featuring myself and Reggie Steele. I wrote it, Alex Koll shot & directed it, and you will enjoy it...
"BLACK GUYS ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY"
First short I wrote and produced featuring myself, W. Kamau Bell, Greg Edwards and Reggie Steele and directed by Alex Koll...
WHO AM I...Stand up comedian/actor...writer...sleep talker...great listener...eerily sharp instincts...closet nerd...fascinated with prison and prostitution (never been in either one)...can recite all the u.s. presidents in order...talk a lot...used to be in a boy band...can play piano and half of kumbaya on the harmonica...once had to be rescued from a trailer park home bathroom by the fire department. I was 6. It was a sunday.
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone who loves stand up comedy, has seen me perform or would like to come check out any of my shows in the future, or anyone who just wants to say "what up!"......Also, fellow MOVIE FANATICS. I'm a total film junkie and love to hear other people opinions on flicks past, present or upcoming.
Things is good out this way also. Work and work and then some more working is all i been doing these days and taking this classes, trying to get the school thing out the way, i'm real close to being done. nice hearing from you cuz. take care! let me know when you come out this way!
Also, David Alan Grier is hosting starting February 24-27th at 9:00pm on VH1's "Black To The Future," a nostalgic journey of all people and things African-American.
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