Anthony Anderson

Gala, Master of Ceremonies

Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor, Anthony Anderson starred for 8 seasons in ABC’s multi-award nominated sitcom “black-ish” where he portrayed Andre “Dre” Johnson, where he also served as executive producer.

Most recently, Anderson hosted the 75th Annual Emmy Awards live on FOX, where he brought his signature humor and charm, receiving positive reviews for his performance. Anderson will next be seen hosting FOX’s “The Real Full Monty,” a two-hour special raising awareness for prostate and testicular cancer testing and research. 

Anderson has partnered with Cedric the Entertainer to launch their own barbecue label, AC Barbeque, and documented their journey to become barbeque masters on the A&E Network unscripted series “Kings of BBQ.”

Recently, Anderson hosted the ABC game Show, “To Tell the Truth,” a popular primetime re-imagination of the beloved classic game show of the same name, which ran for seven seasons.  He also hosted the FOX game show “We Are Family” and embarked on a six-week journey around Europe with his mother for their E! reality series “Trippin’ with Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris.” Anderson also reprised his role as Detective Kevin Barnard on the 21st season of the highly anticipated return of “Law and Order.” 

Anderson is executive producer of the ‘black-ish’ spin off, “grown-ish” for Freeform and executive produced“Road Trippin’” with Rickey Thompson and Denzel Dion which airs on SnapChat.

Anderson has numerous other television and over twenty film credits including TRANSFORMERS, THE DEPARTED and HUSTLE & FLOW.  Anderson has received seven Emmy consecutive nominations for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series,” four Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Comedy Series” as producer, three Golden Globe nominations and three Critics Choice nominations for his role on “black-ish.” He has won eight Image Awards and a total of 18 nominations in his career and has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards, BET Awards, and Teen Choice awards as well as one People’s Choice Awards and one Kids’ Choice Awards.  Anderson hosted the NAACP Image Awards for nine years from 2014-2022 and the CLIO Awards in 2022. In 2020, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2022, Anderson was named as one of the 2022 Disney Legend Award recepients, The Walt Disney Company’s highest honor recognizing individuals who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.

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