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Alfonso Ribeiro

  • Birthplace: New York, New York
  • Birthday: September 21, 1971

Handsome, athletic character lead of TV first gained prominence in 1984 in the popular Broadway musical "Tap Dance Kid" wherein he created the lead role of Willie. Ribeiro danced into pop culture history with Michael Jackson in a memorable Pepsi commercial. On TV he succeeded the departing Jason Bateman as the designated sidekick of poor little rich boy Ricky Schroder for the last few years of the long-running sitcom "Silver Spoons" (NBC, 1984-87). Ribeiro also appeared in several specials and TV-movies throughout the 1980s,…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2002

    Played title role in the Encores! staging of "Golden Boy"

  • 2000 to 0000

    Hosted the syndicated weekly series "Your Big Break"

  • 1994

    Feature debut, "Ticks", a direct-to-video horror outing

  • 1992

    Served as a presenter at "The 4th Annual Desi Awards", a syndicated awards telecast honoring the achievements of Hispanics in music, film and TV

  • 1986

    Played recurring role of Kenny on several episodes of one season on the long-running CBS detective series, "Magnum, P.I."

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Awards

  • 1997

    NAACP Image Award: Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

  • 1996

    NAACP Image Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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