Finesse Mitchell

Actor

Birthday June 12, 1972

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Age 51 years old

Nationality United States

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1972

Alfred Langston "Finesse" Mitchell (born June 12, 1972) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and author.

1999

Mitchell made his first television appearance in 1999 on BET's Comic View, where he instantly became a favorite among the show's loyal followers.

Shortly after Comic View, Mitchell moved to both Los Angeles and New York City, where he had several appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and two on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

2003

From 2003 to 2006, Mitchell was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.

He has also appeared on such television shows as Showtime at the Apollo, BET's ComicView, Comedy Central Presents, Disney Channel's A.N.T. Farm, and NBC's Late Friday.

Finesse Mitchell was born in Atlanta.

He is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he was a member of the football team and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

In 2003, Mitchell became a featured player on Saturday Night Live.

2005

After two seasons, in 2005, he was promoted to full cast member.

His screen time was drastically reduced after this promotion.

2006

On September 20, 2006, Saturday Night Live announced that the show was dropping Mitchell, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz from the show due to budget cuts.

After SNL, he has continued to perform stand-up comedy and appeared in the films Who's Your Caddy?, The Comebacks and Mad Money.

2007

His 2007 book, Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much, gives dating advice to African-American women.

2008

From 2008 to 2009, Mitchell made several appearances on The Today Show as a guest correspondent and on Tyra and Chelsea Lately as a guest panelist.

On September 13, 2008, he married Jessica Santos in Atlanta.

2010

In 2010, he appeared in the Comedy Central sketch series Nick Swardson's Pretend Time.

With the help of Quincy Jones's son QD3, Mitchell released his stand-up comedy DVD titled Snap Famous.

2011

On May 20, 2011, Mitchell and Santos divorced.

2012

In 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show The Choice.

Mitchell recurred as Darryl Parks, Chyna's (China Anne McClain) police officer father on the Disney Channel sitcom A.N.T. Farm.

2013

He married again, in September 2013, to Adris DeBarge, daughter of singer El DeBarge.

2015

In January 2015, he appeared at Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops.

Their eldest daughter was born in March 2015.

Elle Kate is their youngest daughter.

2016

In 2016 he recurred as Harvey in the Showtime series Roadies.

He had a role in the film Barely Lethal.

2019

On December 4, 2019, Mitchell was cast as a series regular, playing Irwin on the Fox comedy Outmatched.

The character is the best friend of main character Mike.

In 2022, he appeared on the Netflix baking competition Is It Cake? as a judge.