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American actor and comedian

For other people named Thomas Davidson, see Thomas Davidson (disambiguation).

Tommy Davidson (born November 10, 1963) is an American actor and comedian.^[2] He was an original cast member on the sketch comedy TV show In Living Color, Mitchell on Between Brothers (1997–1999), Dexter on Malcolm & Eddie (1999–2000), Oscar Proud on The Proud Family (2001–2005) and its 2022 revival, Rushon in Booty Call (1997), Womack in Bamboozled (2000), and Cream Corn in Black Dynamite (2009) and its subsequent television series.

In 2022, Davidson appeared on Storybound reading from his book, Living in Color: What's Funny about Me.

Early life

Born Anthony Reed in Rolling Fork, Mississippi,^[1][3] Davidson was abandoned in the trash at 18 months old, before being rescued by a white woman who became his adoptive mother.^[4][5] His parents changed his name to Thomas Davidson whe