Biography
Michael K. Colyar is an American actor and comedian. Born in Chicago in 1957, he began his career in stand-up comedy, performing regularly on the Venice Beach boardwalk in California for nine years. He won the grand prize on the television talent show Star Search in 1990.
Colyar is known for film roles including Body Guard #3 in Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Recruiter Mike in Johnny Be Good (1988), Williams in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), the Apollo Announcer in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Morris the Barber in Norbit (2007) and the voice of Buford in The Princess and the Frog (2009). Television appearances include Mr Whitaker in Martin (1992) and Reverend Hubbard in black-ish (2014). He has also written a book and continues to perform stand-up.
