Christopher Reid (rapper)
Christopher Reid | |
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 Christopher Reid (left) with Christopher Martin (right) at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Reid |
| Also known as | Kid |
| Born | April 5, 1964 |
| Origin | The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, rapper |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | Select |
Christopher Reid (born April 5, 1964), formerly known as Kid (shortened from his original MC name, Kid Coolout), is an American actor, comedian and former rapper. During the peak of his career with the rap duo Kid 'n Play (with Christopher Martin), Reid was notable for his exaggerated hi-top fade haircut.
Life and career
Reid was born in The Bronx, New York, to a Jamaican father (born 1931) and an Irish mother (1930–1973).[1][2] He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1982. He also graduated in 1986 from Lehman College in the Bronx after attending Miles College.
He played the role of The Rhymer on the TV series Supah Ninjas.[citation needed] He also appears in LMFAO's video for "Sorry for Party Rocking".[3]
In 2012, he broke into voice-over work in the military shooter video game Spec Ops: The Line, in which he plays Lt. Alphanso Adams, part of a three-man squad sent into a ruined Dubai to investigate a signal from an MIA military unit, The Damned 33rd.[4]
Discography
- 1988: 2 Hype
- 1990: Kid 'n Play's Funhouse
- 1991: Face the Nation
Filmography
- 1990: House Party
- 1991: House Party 2
- 1992: Class Act
- 1992: Martin
- 1994: House Party 3
- 1998: The Temptations
- 2001: Sealab 2021
- 2003: Pauly Shore Is Dead
- 2005: Barbershop: The Series
- 2008: War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
- 2009: Hell's Kitchen
- 2010: Freaknik: The Musical
- 2011: Supah Ninjas
- 2012-2014: Black Dynamite: The Animated Series
- 2013: Mad
- 2013: House Party: Tonight's the Night
Video games
- Spec Ops: The Line – 1st Lieutenant Alphonso Adams
References
- ^ Berkman, Meredith (November 22, 1991). "Kid 'N Play Party Down". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "NewsLibrary Search Results".
- ^ Lipshutz, Jason. "LMFAO Disturb The Peace in 'Sorry For Party Rocking' Video". Billboard.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Review: Spec Ops: The Line (PS3) – PlayStation Nation".
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- 1964 births
- American male film actors
- American stand-up comedians
- American television personalities
- The Bronx High School of Science alumni
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Jamaican descent
- Living people
- People from the Bronx
- American male television actors
- Lehman College alumni
- American male singers
- American singers
- American male video game actors
- American male voice actors
- American television writers
- Male television writers
- Comedians from New York (state)
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- 21st-century American comedians