Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro

Ribeiro in May 2011
Born Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro
(1971-09-21) September 21, 1971
New York, New York
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actor, dancer, host, director
Years active 1980–present
Spouse(s)
  • Robin Stapler (m. 2002–06)
  • Angela Unkrich (m. 2012)
Children 3

Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro Sr. (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor, television director, dancer, and show host. Ribeiro played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons, and Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He currently hosts ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos, taking over from Tom Bergeron who left after fifteen years. He hosted the GSN game show Catch 21 and the ABC Family show Spell-Mageddon. He also starred in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid.

Ribeiro took part in the thirteenth series of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, where he came in seventh place, leaving on day 19.

Ribeiro won season nineteen of Dancing with the Stars with professional partner Witney Carson.[1]

Early life

Ribeiro was born in New York City in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, to parents Michael and Joy Ribeiro (née De Leon) from Trinidad and Tobago. His mother was the daughter of Trinidadian Calypsonian the Roaring Lion, Rafael de Leon.[2][3]

Career

Ribeiro began his career at the age of eight. He first gained recognition in 1983, when he played a leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. He received positive reviews for his performance, and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award.[2]

Ribeiro appeared as a dancer in a Pepsi commercial that featured Michael Jackson in 1984.[4] A rumor spread that Ribeiro had died from snapping his neck while dancing for the commercial.[5] The same year, Ribeiro was cast as Rick Schroder's best friend on the TV series Silver Spoons.[6] In 1985, Alfonso appeared as himself in a commercial on MTV advertising a dance instruction book he authored called Alfonso's Breakin' & Poppin' Book. In 1986, he released a 12" rap record called "Timebomb" on Prism Records.

Ribeiro's breakout role was as Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1996. He played the cousin to Will Smith's lead character. The Carlton character was known for frequently dancing to Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual", a dance move that gained fame as "The Carlton Dance".[7]

After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Ribeiro competed as one of the celebrity singers on the reality TV show Celebrity Duets in 2006, winning over the runner-up Lucy Lawless.

In 2008, Ribeiro began hosting the game show Catch 21 on GSN. He also directed some episodes of Meet the Browns and a majority of the season two episodes of Are We There Yet? television series. In 2013, Ribeiro began hosting his second game show Spell-Mageddon on ABC Family.

On May 24, 2013, Ribeiro made a cameo appearance on The Graham Norton Show to perform "The Carlton Dance", with show guests Will and Jaden Smith.[8] In November of that year, Ribeiro took part as a contestant in the thirteenth series of the British reality show, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.[9] He was eliminated from the show on December 5, finishing in seventh place.

On September 4, 2014, Ribeiro was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 19 of Dancing with the Stars. He partnered with professional dancer Witney Carson. He became the fourth celebrity dancer in the show's history, to receive a 9 from each judge in week one. On November 25, Ribeiro and Carson won the competition.[10] In September 2015, he returned as a guest judge in week three of season 21, and he subbed for Tom Bergeron as host the following week.

On May 19, 2015, Ribeiro was named as Tom Bergeron's successor as host of America's Funniest Home Videos.[11] In July 8, 2015, Ribeiro made a cameo appearance in the music video for "All Night" by pop rock band, R5. [12]

Personal life

Ribeiro was married to Robin Stapler in 2002. He and Stapler divorced in 2006, filing papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court that cited irreconcilable differences. The couple share joint custody of their daughter Sienna.[13]

Ribeiro became engaged to writer Angela Unkrich in July 2012.[14]They married on October 13,[15] and reside in Los Angeles. In 2013, his wife gave birth to their first son Alfonso Jr. known as AJ.[16] In 2015, their second son Anders was born.[17]

Filmography

Acting

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1980 OYE Willie TV series
1984–87 Silver Spoons Alfonso Spears Regular in seasons 3–5; 72 episodes
1986 John Grin's Christmas Rocky TV movie
1986 Magnum, P.I. Kenneth Episodes: "L.A." (2 hours), "Missing Melody"
1987 Mighty Pawns Frank TV movie
1994 Bill Nye, the Science Guy Himself Episode: "Food Web"
1990 A Different World Zach Duncan Episode: "Hillmann Isn't Through With You Yet"
1990–96 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Carlton Banks 148 episodes
1993 Ticks Darrel "Panic" Lumnley
1994 Soul Train Host Guest-hosted one episode
1994–98 Spider-Man Randy Robertson / Teenage Robbie Robertson Voice role
1996–99 In the House Dr. Maxwell Stanton 51 episodes
1996 Kidz in the Wood TV movie
1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Roland Jackson Voice role
2000 Your Big Break Host Game show
2001 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Moon Goon #1 Voice role
2005 Love Wrecked Bert Hernandez
2006 Celebrity Duets Himself/contestant Winner
2008–09 GSN Live Host
2008–11 Catch 21 Host Game show
2011 Things We Do for Love Darren 4 episodes; also director
2012 Big Time Rush Captain McAllister Episode: "Bel Air Rush"
2013 Shake It Up Mr. Zigfeld Episode: "My Fair Librarian it Up"
2013 Spell-Mageddon Host 8 episodes
2013 The Graham Norton Show Himself UK comedy-chat show; cameo appearance in season 13, episode 8
2013 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Himself/contestant UK reality-competition show
2014 Dancing with the Stars Himself/contestant U.S. version; winner
2015- Unwrapped 2.0 Host/narrator Cooking Channel series
2015- America's Funniest Home Videos Host/narrator ABC series

Directing

Television
Year Title Notes Ref.
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Episode: "I, Ooh, Baby, Baby"
2006–07 All of Us 26 episodes
2009–10 Meet the Browns 8 episodes
2011–12 Are We There Yet? 19 episodes
2014 Mighty Med 1 episode
2015 Young & Hungry Episode: "Young & Part Two" (season 2) [18]

Dancing with the Stars performances

Ribeiro was partnered with Witney Carson for season 19. On November 25, 2014, Ribeiro and Carson were declared the season's champions.

Week # Dance / Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Hough Tonioli
1 Jive / "3-6-9" 9 9 9 9 Safe
2 Samba / "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" 8 8 8 8 Safe
3 Quickstep / "Hey Goldmember" 8 81 8 8 Safe
4 Jazz / "It's Not Unusual" 10 102 10 10 Safe
53 Flamenco / "Angelica" 8 94 9 8 No elimination
6 Salsa / "Booty" 10 105 9 10 Safe
7 Rumba / "Ghost"
Team freestyle / "Time Warp"		 9
8		 9
8		 9
8		 9
8		 Safe
8 Cha-cha-cha / "Trust"
Jive Dance-Off / "Rip It Up"		 10
Awarded		 9
3		 9
Extra		 10
Points		 Safe
9 Foxtrot / "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
Trio Paso Doble / "Turn Down for What"		 9
10		 9
10		 9
10		 10
10		 Safe
10
Semi-finals		 Argentine Tango / "Love Runs Out"
Contemporary / "Love Runs Out" (acoustic version)		 9
10		 9
9		 9
10		 9
10		 Safe
11
Finals		 Jive / "3-6-9"
Freestyle / "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)"
Cha-cha-cha & Argentine Tango Fusion / "Shut Up and Dance"		 10
10
10		 10
10
10		 10
10
10		 10
10
10		 Winner

1 Score given by guest judge Kevin Hart in place of Goodman.

2The American public scored the dance in place of Goodman with the averaged score being counted alongside the three other judges.

3This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Ribeiro performed with Cheryl Burke instead of Carson.

4Score given by guest judge Jessie J in place of Goodman.

5Score given by guest judge Pitbull in place of Goodman.

References

  1. ↑ Kubicek, John (November 24, 2014). "'Dancing with the Stars' Season 19 Finale Recap: And the Winner Is...". BuddyTV. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Marilyn; Parks, Rebecca (1998). "Alfonso Ribeiro". Encyclopedia.com.
  3. ↑ Ribeiro, Alfonso (7 August 2008). A Chat with Alfonso Ribeiro. Interview with Harris, Will.
  4. ↑ Keller, Richard (24 September 2006). "Alfonso Ribeiro—a member of the Pepsi Generation". AOL TV.
  5. ↑ "Broadway star not dead". Lakeland Ledger. June 5, 1984.
  6. ↑ "Alfonso Ribeiro". TBS.
  7. ↑ Rush, George; Molloy, Joanna Rush (5 September 2008). "Greenlighting an airborne TV tie-in". Daily News.
  8. ↑ "'The Graham Norton Show'". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Eames, Tom. "I'm a Celebrity...". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  10. ↑ "'Dancing with the Stars' Season 19 Finale Recap: And the Winner Is...". buddytv.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Alfonso Ribeiro Set as New Host of ABC's 'America's Funniest Home Videos'". hollywoodreporter.com. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9klkVh5V7g
  13. ↑ Acomyo, Mary Margaret (10 August 2006). "Fresh Prince Star Alfonso Ribeiro Divorcing". People. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Alfonso Ribeiro ties the knot". CNN. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  15. ↑ O'Sullivan, Erin (14 October 2012). "Fresh Prince Star Alfonso Ribeiro & Angela Unkrich Are Married". Yahoo 7 News. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  16. ↑ Webber, Stephanie (2013-10-28). "Alfonso Ribeiro, Wife Angela Unkrich Welcome Son Alfonso Lincoln Jr.". US Weekly. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  17. ↑ "Exclusive: It's a Boy! Alfonso Ribeiro, Wife Angela Welcome Baby No. 2!". In Touch Weekly. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Alfonso Ribeiro on Twitter". Twitter. March 13, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Meryl Davis & Maksim Chmerkovskiy		 Dancing with the Stars (US) winners
Season 19 (Fall 2014 with Witney Carson) 		Succeeded by
Rumer Willis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy
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