Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • Alfonso Ribeiro was nominated for a BET Comedy Award in 2005 for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for All of Us - shared with Debbie Allen. []
  • Alfonso's Nominations:

    - Nominated for a NAACP Image Award in 1999 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for In the House

    - Nominated for a NCLR Bravo Award in 1996 for Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    - Nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1987 for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a Television Comedy or Drama Series for Silver Spoons

    - Nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1986 for Best Young Actor in a Television Comedy Series for Silver Spoons

    - Nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1985 for Best Young Actor in a Television Comedy Series for Silver Spoons []
  • Ribeiro participated in the Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational to benefit cancer research. []
  • Alfonso supports the charity, "Fresh Start", which provides plastic surgery to children with birth defects. []
  • He ranked #95 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars. []
  • He won the NAACP Image Award Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series In the House 1997. Alfonso also won the Image Award in 1996 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. []
  • He began professional acting at the age of eight. []
  • 1985 was his first appearance in a TV special, Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa. []
  • In 1992, Alfonso served as a presenter at "The 4th Annual Desi Awards", a syndicated awards telecast honoring the achievements of Hispanics in music, film and TV []
  • Alfonso resides in Los Angeles. []
  • He is of Domenican-American descent. []
  • As of 2007, he is dating Ashlynn Brooke. []
  • Alfonso attended the California State University in Los Angeles. []
  • His parents emigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic. []
  • His trademark is the Carlton Dance. []
  • Alfonso was cast as one of the background dancers in Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercials in the early 1980s. []
  • There was a rumor that he died in the 1980s while doing a head spin, but he was confused with a breakdancing boy in a Pepsi commercial who did die. []
  • Alfonso made a cameo on the music video of Fergie's Glamorous. []
  • Alfonso had a cameo role on the music video of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's song I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson. []
  • Alfonso is the winner of Celebrity Duets. []
  • Alfonso attended New York's Film School to become a director. []
  • Alfonso performed in the New York musical Golden Boy in 2002. []
  • Alfonso starred in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. []
  • Alfonso got married to his wife, Robin Stapler, in January 2002. In 2006, he divorced her. []
  • He was in a commercial from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about telling the truth. []
  • Alfonso's actual height is 5'6.4" but he likes to round up and tell people that he's 5'7". []
  • Alfonso won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach celebrity race in 1994 and 1995. []
  • Alfonso was the host for the show Your Big Break. []
  • Alfonso raced part-time in the mid to late 1990's in the Star Mazda Series, with a best finish of 3rd at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. []
  • As of July 2005, Alfonso was directing four shows for UPN. []
  • Alfonso is a professional tap dancer and gymnist. []
  • Alfonso starred in a McDonalds commercial for McGriddle breakfast sandwiches in 2003. []
  • Alfonso has a daughter named Sienna. []
  • In 1982, Alfonso was Rick Schroder's best friend on Silver Spoons. []
  • As of 2006, Alfonso is living in Los Angeles and participating in celebrity car races. []
  • At the age of 10, Alfonso dabbled in music and released the singles Dance Baby, Not Too Young, Sneak Away With Me and Time Bomb. []
  • Musical group Virginia Coalition has a song entitled Mista Banks in which a reference is made to Alfonso playing Carlton Banks. []
  • Alfonso was casted as an extra in the Will Smith's music video Wild Wild West. He can be seen as a dancer in the music video. []
  • Alfonso races cars and motorcycles. []

Quotes

  • Alfonso (On playing Carlton): People are still seeing me in that light... It's a character people. I'm not playing myself, that's why they call it 'acting!' []
  • Alfonso: The role has made it harder for me to do new work as an actor. For example, Carlton's character can't dance, but I can. I've been dancing since I was a kid. I don't think I'm anything like Carlton Banks []
  • Alfonso: I truly enjoy directing. I enjoy looking at the words on the paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. []

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