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Darryl Lynn "D. L." Hughley (born March 6, 1963) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and star of the television sitcom The Hughleys, which ran from 1998 to 2002 on ABC and then on UPN. Most notably, D. L. Hughley is a member of The Original Kings of Comedy.
Hughley was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Audrey and Charles Hughley, who was a Delta Air Lines maintenance worker. He is the second of four children. He grew up in L.A.'s South Central where he was a member of the Bloods gang after getting kicked out of high school. However, he turned his life around after a cousin was shot. He quit the gang and got a job as a telemarketer for the Los Angeles Times, where he moved into management and met his wife-to-be. She was the one who convinced him to try his humor on stage. After years of club dates, he was selected by BET as the first host of "Comic View" and subsequently got additional recognition with two very adult oriented HBO specials.
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D.L. Hughley Biography
Mar 6, 1963Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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D. L. Hughley
American actor and comedian (born 1963)
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Hughley at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards in May 20, 2013 | |
| Born | Darryl Lynn Hughley (1963-03-06) March 6, 1963 (age 61) Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse | LaDonna Hughley (m. 1986) |
| Children | 3 |
Darryl Lynn Hughley (; born March 6, 1963)[1] is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Hughley is best known as the original host of BET's ComicView from 1992 to 1993, the eponymous character on the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys, and as one of the "Big Four" comedians in The Original Kings of Comedy. Additionally, he has been the host of CNN's D. L. Hughley Breaks the News, a correspondent for The Jay Leno Show on NBC, and a local radio personality and interviewer in New York City. In early 2013, D. L. Hughley landed in ninth place on Dancing with the Stars.
Early life
Hughley was born in Portsmouth, Vi
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