My guest speaker JaDarrel ( JD to his friends) was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. His lifelong desire to be an actor was nurtured by a love of sketch and improv comedy, in particular shows like ‘ In Living Color’ , ‘SNL’ , ‘ Whose Line is It Anyway’ , ' Mad TV' and ‘ Chappelle’s Show’. His acting role models are Eddie Murphy and Bill Murray.He did a 5 year stint in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman ( medic) for the Marines from 2003 to 2008. His acting career started in 2010. He has previously performed and/or trained at The LA Connection, The Second City Hollywood, IO West and The Underground. His film and TV credits included "MegaShark Vs Crocosaurus", the All Def Digital movie ‘Major Label’, HBO’s ‘Insecure’ , 'Dueces', ' White T' and Netflix's ' 100 Humans'. His music video credits include Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’, Kevin Gates' 'Push It', Buzz Low's ' Thong Song Remix' and Tim Hicks ' No Truck Song'. He has done commercials for Geico, Tekkan Tag Team, Kelley Blue Book and Disney Plus. In addition to acting, JaDarrel is a writer for pop culture site ‘God Hates Geeks’, the lead contributor to the popular blog ‘ Belser-Verse’ on Facebook and Instagram. JaDarrel is currently a memeber of the sketch show ' TMI Hollywood' and co-host of the pop culture podcast ' Droppin' That Culture With JD and AJ'. We learn about all of this and more on “Behind The Real”.

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