Exclusive: UTA has signed comedian, actor, author, TV personality and award-winning radio host Rickey Smiley for representation.
Touring as a stand-up for more than 30 years, Smiley got his start on Def Comedy Jam and as a host of BET’s Comic View and continues to light up stages across the nation, hitting comedy clubs and theaters on his standalone tour, as well as all-star lineups like the Martin Lawrence-headlined “Lit Af” Tour and Lawrence’s upcoming “Y’all Know What It Is” Tour.
Previously putting out the comedy specials Comedy Central Presents: Rickey Smiley and Rickey Smiley: Open Casket Sharp, his next hour, directed by David Talbert and shot in Smiley’s hometown of Birmingham, Al, is due to launch later this year or early next.
A two-time Marconi award winner, Smiley is also known as the host of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, the #1 syndicated urban radio program in the country,...
Touring as a stand-up for more than 30 years, Smiley got his start on Def Comedy Jam and as a host of BET’s Comic View and continues to light up stages across the nation, hitting comedy clubs and theaters on his standalone tour, as well as all-star lineups like the Martin Lawrence-headlined “Lit Af” Tour and Lawrence’s upcoming “Y’all Know What It Is” Tour.
Previously putting out the comedy specials Comedy Central Presents: Rickey Smiley and Rickey Smiley: Open Casket Sharp, his next hour, directed by David Talbert and shot in Smiley’s hometown of Birmingham, Al, is due to launch later this year or early next.
A two-time Marconi award winner, Smiley is also known as the host of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, the #1 syndicated urban radio program in the country,...
- 9/17/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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