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name: "Michael Colyar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-colyar"
fi1m_id: "michael-colyar"
imdb_id: "nm0173485"
tmdb_id: 54430
wikidata_id: "Q6829397"
roles: []
born: "9 February 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 57
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:28:24.578126+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michael Colyar

## Identity

Michael Colyar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-colyar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-colyar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0173485
- **TMDB ID:** 54430
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6829397
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Colyar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6829397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173485/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54430

Actor. Born 9 February 1957 in Chicago.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 February 1957, Chicago
- **Active:** 1993–2009
- **Also known as:** Michael K. Colyar
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 67 (1), 2000s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 57 to 53 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Animation 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $565m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Colyar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6829397, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173485/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54430

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Princess and the Frog* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Buford (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-and-the-frog.md)
- *Norbit* (2007), Fi1m 31, as Morris the Barber — [page](https://film.one/film/norbit.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), Fi1m 67, as Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Too Many Christmases* (2024), as Myron
- *So Fly Christmas* (2023), as Myron
- *Outlaw Johnny Black* (2023), as Barker
- *The Shutdown* (2022), as Pops
- *Boosters LA* (2022), as X Boss
- *Holiday Heartbreak* (2020), as Mike McCoy · Producer
- *Rent Due* (2019), as Landlord Pete
- *It's a Date* (2018), as Everett Reese
- *black-ish* (2014), series, as Reverend Hubbard
- *Patterns of Attraction* (2014), as Uncle Benny
- *A Christmas Wedding* (2013), as Grady
- *Chocolate Sundaes Presents: Live on Sunset Strip!: Vol. 2* (2011), Actor
- *Church: The Movie* (2010), as Brother Johnson
- *The Princess and the Frog* (2009), as Buford (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-and-the-frog.md)
- *The Longshots* (2008), as Ennis
- *Uncle P* (2007), as Bus Driver
- *Norbit* (2007), as Morris the Barber — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/norbit.md)
- *Who Made the Potatoe Salad?* (2006), as Old Man #1 in Park
- *Clean Up Men* (2005), as Uncle Scott
- *A Get2Gether* (2005), as Dad
- *The Beat* (2005), as Chi-Barnes
- *Barbershop* (2005), series, as Leonard
- *Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles* (2004), as Man Getting Out of Car(uncredited)
- *Out on Parole* (2004), as Ward
- *If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely* (2004), as Andre
- *Family Reunion: The Movie* (2003), Actor
- *The Bernie Mac Show* (2001), series, as Man
- *The Parkers* (1999), series, Actor
- *A Luv Tale* (1999), as George Winston
- *The Hughleys* (1998), series, as Booker T.
- *High Freakquency* (1998), Actor
- *Homeboys in Outer Space* (1996), series, as Milky Ray
- *House Party 3* (1994), as Showboat
- *Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey* (1994), as Bouncer
- *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, as Lou Friedman
- *Poetic Justice* (1993), as Panhandler
- *What's Love Got to Do with It* (1993), as Apollo Announcer
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), as Williams — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)
- *Martin* (1992), series, as Mr. Whitaker
- *Zapped Again!* (1990), as Sheldon
- *The Closer* (1990), as Hustler
- *Blown Away* (1990), as Photographer
- *One Night Stand* (1989), series, Actor
- *Necessity* (1988), as Photographer
- *Johnny Be Good* (1988), as Recruiter Mike
- *Hollywood Shuffle* (1987), as Body Guard #3

## Gallery

- ![Michael Colyar](https://film.one/media/person/464279/gallery-14f065f1849b.jpg) Michael Colyar — Pendesign, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Michael_Colyar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Michael Colyar](https://film.one/media/person/464279/gallery-13ffab0b7edc.jpg) Michael Colyar — Image via TMDB

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