Dave Chappelle

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Dave Chappelle
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Chappelle in October 2018
Birth nameDavid Khari Webber Chappelle
Born (1973-08-24) August 24, 1973 (age 48)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
  • film
Years active1988–present[1]
Genres
Subject(s)
Spouse
Elaine Erfe
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(m. 2001)​
Children3
Parent(s)William David Chappelle III
Yvonne Seon
Relative(s)
SignatureDave Chapelle Signature.svg

David Khari Webber Chappelle (/ʃəˈpɛl/; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Emmy Awards and three Grammy Awards as well as the Mark Twain Prize. He is known for his satirical comedy sketch series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006). The series, co-written with Neal Brennan, ran until Chappelle quit the show in the middle of production of the third season. After leaving the show, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the U.S.[2] By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire[3] and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer.[4] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time".[5]

Chappelle has appeared in several films, including Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), The Nutty Professor (1996), Con Air (1997), You've Got Mail (1998), Blue Streak (1999), Undercover Brother (2002), Chi-Raq (2015), and A Star Is Born (2018). His first lead role was in the 1998 comedy film Half Baked, which he co-wrote with Neal Brennan. Chappelle also starred in the ABC comedy series Buddies (1996). In 2016, he signed a $20 million-per-release comedy-special deal with Netflix and, as of 2019, he has released five standup specials under the deal.[6]

Chappelle received his first Emmy Award in 2017 for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.[7] In 2018, he received a Grammy Award for his Netflix-produced comedy album The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas.[8] Equanimity, another Netflix special featuring Chappelle, was nominated in 2018 for three Emmys and received the award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded). In 2019, Chappelle was selected to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which is presented by the Kennedy Center as America's highest comedy honor.[9] In 2020, Sticks & Stones earned Chappelle his third consecutive Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[10]

Early life[]

Dave Chappelle's father, William David Chappelle III, was a professor of vocal performance and the Dean of Students at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.[11] His mother, Yvonne Seon (née Reed, formerly Chappelle),[12] worked for Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba,[13] is a Unitarian Universalist minister,[14] and has been a professor and university administrator at several institutions including Wright State University and Prince George's Community College.[15] Chappelle has a stepmother and a stepbrother.[3]

Chappelle grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and attended Woodlin Elementary School.[11] His parents were politically active, and family house visitors included Pete Seeger and Johnny Hartman.[3] Hartman predicted Chappelle would be a comedian and, around this time, Chappelle's comic inspiration came from Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. After his parents separated, Chappelle stayed in Washington with his mother while spending summers with his father in Ohio. In high school he worked as an usher in Ford's Theatre.[16] In 1991, he graduated from Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he studied theatre arts.[11]

Career[]

Early career[]

Chappelle was featured in a montage of random people telling a joke in the first episode of ABC's America's Funniest People, airing on September 13, 1990. Chappelle moved to New York City to pursue a career as a comedian. He performed at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater in front of the infamous "Amateur Night" audience, but he was booed off stage. Chappelle described the experience as the moment that gave him the courage to continue his show business aspirations.[11] He quickly made a name for himself on the New York comedy circuit, even performing in the city's parks. In addition to weekend stand-up gigs, he also honed his craft at Monday night "open mic" performances at places like the Boston Comedy Club on W 3rd St., as late as the summer of 1994.[17] In 1992, he won critical and popular acclaim for his television appearance in Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam on HBO. It was his appearance on this show that allowed his popularity to truly begin rising, eventually allowing him to become a regular guest on late-night television shows such as Politically Incorrect, The Late Show With David Letterman, The Howard Stern Show, and Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Whoopi Goldberg nicknamed him "The Kid".[3] At 19, he made his film debut as "Ahchoo" in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He also appeared on Star Search three times but lost to competing comedian Lester Barrie; Chappelle later joked about becoming more successful than Barrie. The same year, Chappelle was offered the role of Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in Forrest Gump. Concerned the character was demeaning and the movie would bomb, he turned down the part.[18][19] He parodied the film in the 1997 short Bowl of Pork, where a dim-witted black man is responsible for the Rodney King beating, the LA riots and OJ Simpson being accused of murder.[20] Chappelle played another supporting role in an early Doug Liman film, Getting In, in 1994.[21] At age 19, he was the opening act for R&B soul singer Aretha Franklin.[22]

Chappelle attracted the attention of TV network executives and developed numerous pilots but none were picked up for development into a series.[11][23] In 1995, he made a guest appearance on an episode of ABC's popular sitcom Home Improvement. The storyline had Chappelle and real-life friend and comedian Jim Breuer ask Tim Taylor for advice on their girlfriends.[24] The characters' single outing in the episode proved so popular that ABC decided to give them their own spin-off sitcom titled Buddies. However, after taping a pilot episode, Breuer was fired and replaced with actor Christopher Gartin. Buddies premiered in March 1996 to disappointing ratings and the show was canceled after only five episodes out of 13 that had been produced.

After the failure of Buddies, Chappelle starred in another pilot. According to Chappelle, the network was uncomfortable with the African-American cast and wanted white actors added.[25] Chappelle resisted and subsequently accused the network of racism. Shortly afterward, Chappelle's father died and after returning to Ohio, he considered leaving the entertainment business.[11][23]

He later appeared as a standup insult comic who targets patrons of a nightclub in the 1996 comedy The Nutty Professor starring Eddie Murphy, one of his major comedic influences.[26] He had a minor role in 1997's Con Air.[27] At the beginning of 1998, he did a stand-up performance for HBO Comedy Half-Hour. That same year, he appeared in "Pilots and Pens Lost," an episode of The Larry Sanders Show's sixth season, in which he and the executives of the show's unnamed television network satirize the treatment that scriptwriters and show creators were subjected to, as well as the executives' knee-jerk tendencies toward racial stereotypes.[28]

He and Neal Brennan co-wrote the 1998 cult stoner film Half Baked, Chappelle's first starring role, about a group of marijuana-smoking friends trying to get their other friend out of jail. It made money at the box office and remains a classic "stoner" film, a genre that includes the Cheech and Chong films as well as more recent fare like Judd Apatow's Pineapple Express.[29][30] In December 1998, Chappelle appeared as Tom Hanks' character's friend and confidant in You've Got Mail.[31] In 1999, he appeared in the Martin Lawrence film Blue Streak.[32]

In 2000, Chappelle recorded his first hour-long HBO special, Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly, in Washington, D.C. He followed this up with an appearance as "Conspiracy Brother" in the 2002 racial satire Undercover Brother.[33]

2003–2006: Chappelle's Show[]

Main article: Chappelle's Show

In 2003, Chappelle debuted his own weekly sketch comedy show on Comedy Central called Chappelle's Show. The show parodied many aspects of American culture, including racial stereotypes, politics and pop culture. Along with comedy sketches, the show also featured musical performances by mostly hip-hop and soul artists. He promoted the work of other black comedians as well, most notably Paul Mooney and Charlie Murphy.[34]

Due to the show's popularity, Comedy Central's new parent company Viacom[3] reportedly offered Chappelle a $55 million contract (giving Chappelle a share of DVD sales) to continue production of Chappelle's Show for two more years while allowing him to do side projects. Chappelle has said that sketches are not his favorite form of comedy,[3] and that the show's format was similar to short films.

In June 2004, based on the popularity of the "Rick James" sketch, it was announced that Chappelle was in talks to portray James in a biopic from Paramount Pictures, also owned by Viacom.[35] James' estate disagreed with the proposed comical tone of the film and put a halt to the talks.[36]

That same month, Chappelle recorded his second comedy special, this time airing on Showtime, Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth, at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, where Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Robin Williams had performed.

Season 3 problems[]

In a June 2004 stand-up performance in Sacramento, California, Chappelle walked off the stage after berating his audience for constantly shouting "I'm Rick James, bitch!" which had become a catchphrase from his popular "Rick James" sketch. After a few minutes, Chappelle returned and resumed by saying, "The show is ruining my life." He stated that he disliked working "20 hours a day" and that the popularity of the show was making it difficult for him to continue his stand-up career, which was "the most important thing" to him. He told the audience:

"You know why my show is good? Because the network officials say you're not smart enough to get what I'm doing, and every day I fight for you. I tell them how smart you are. Turns out, I was wrong. You people are stupid."[37]

Season 3 was scheduled to begin airing on May 31, 2005, but earlier in May, Chappelle stunned fans and the entertainment industry when he abruptly left during production and took a trip to South Africa.[3] Chappelle said that he was unhappy with the direction the show had taken, and expressed in an interview with Time his need for reflection in the face of tremendous stress:

"Coming here, I don't have the distractions of fame. It quiets the ego down. I'm interested in the kind of person I've got to become. I want to be well-rounded and the industry is a place of extremes. I want to be well-balanced. I've got to check my intentions, man."[38]

Immediately following Chappelle's departure, tabloids speculated that Chappelle's exit was driven by drug addiction or a mental problem, rather than the ethical and professional concerns that Chappelle had articulated.[38]

Chappelle's decision to quit the show meant walking away from his $50 million contract with Comedy Central[34] and forming a rift with longtime collaborator Neal Brennan.[3]

The show still plays in syndication on several television networks, despite the relatively small number of episodes compared to most American syndicated television programs.[39] Chappelle's abrupt departure from his show continues to be a focus of interviews and profiles of Chappelle and of Chappelle's own comedy.[40][41][42] In Bird Revelation, Chappelle draws an analogy between his departure and the book Pimp, the memoir of Iceberg Slim.[43]

2004: Dave Chappelle's Block Party[]

A picture of The Broken Angel House in Brooklyn on May 16, 2007.
The Broken Angel House in Brooklyn on May 16, 2007, which was the site of the documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)

Chappelle was the star and a producer of the Michel Gondry-directed documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party, which chronicles his hosting a free concert in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn on September 18, 2004.[3] Several musical artists, including Kanye West, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Dead Prez and Jill Scott, are featured in the movie both performing in the concert and in conversation off-stage; Chappelle brought Yellow Springs residents to Brooklyn at his own expense.[3] Another highlight of the event was the temporary reunion of 1990s hip-hop group The Fugees.[44]

Chappelle toured several cities in February and March 2006 to promote the film under the name "Block Party All-Stars Featuring Dave Chappelle". Universal Pictures' genre division, Rogue Pictures, released the film in the U.S. on March 3, 2006. It was a success, grossing a total of $11.7 million on a $3 million budget.[45]

2005–2013: Infrequent comedy appearances[]

In June 2005, Chappelle performed impromptu stand-up shows in Los Angeles,[14][46][47] then went on a tour that began in Newport, Kentucky, not far from his Ohio home.[48] On May 11, 2006, Dave made a prearranged, but quietly marketed, surprise appearance at Towson University’s annual Tigerfest celebration. He made another appearance on HBO's Def Poetry, where he performed two poems, titled "Fuck Ashton Kutcher" and "How I Got the Lead on Jeopardy!"[49]

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired on February 3, 2006, Chappelle explained his reasons for quitting Chappelle's Show.[50] He also expressed his contempt for the entertainment industry's tone-deafness regarding black entertainers and audiences:

When I see that they put every black man in the movies in a dress at some point in their career, I start connecting the dots.[51][52]

Chappelle in 2007

Chappelle was interviewed for Inside the Actors Studio on December 18, 2005, at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. The show premiered on February 12, 2006.[11] Four days earlier, he had introduced the musical tribute to Sly Stone at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.[3]

Chappelle said on Inside the Actors Studio that the death of his father seven years prior influenced his decision to go to South Africa. By throwing himself into his work, he had not taken a chance to mourn his father's death. He also said the rumors that he was in drug or psychiatric treatment only persuaded him to stay in South Africa.[11] He said,

I would go to work on the show and I felt awful every day, that's not the way it was. ... I felt like some kind of prostitute or something. If I feel so bad, why keep on showing up to this place? I'm going to Africa. The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.[11]

Chappelle said that he felt some of his sketches were "socially irresponsible."[51][53] He singled out the "pixie sketch" in which pixies appear to people and encourage them to reinforce stereotypes of their races. In the sketch, Chappelle is wearing blackface and is dressed as a character in a minstrel show.[54] According to Chappelle, during the filming of the sketch, a white crew member was laughing in a way that made him feel uncomfortable and made him question himself.[51][53] Chappelle said, "It was the first time I felt that someone was not laughing with me but laughing at me."[51]

During this time, Chappelle did not rule out returning to Chappelle's Show to "finish what we started," but promised that he would not return without changes to the production, such as a better working environment. He wanted to donate half of the DVD sales to charity.[51] Chappelle expressed disdain at the possibility of his material from the unfinished third season being aired, saying that to do so would be "a bully move," and that he would not return to the show if Comedy Central were to air the unfinished material.[53] On July 9, 2006, Comedy Central aired the first episode of Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes. After the DVD release, Chappelle was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN and reiterated he would not return to Chappelle's Show. An uncensored DVD release of the episodes was made available on July 25.

Chappelle has been known to make impromptu and unannounced appearances at comedy venues,[55] and continues to do so following his post–Chappelle's Show return to standup.[56]

In April 2007, Chappelle set a stand-up endurance record at the Laugh Factory Sunset Strip comedy club, beating comedian Dane Cook's record of three hours and 50 minutes. In December of the same year, Chappelle broke his own record with a time of six hours and 12 minutes. Cook reclaimed the record in January 2008, with a time of seven hours.[57] On November 19, 2009 Chappelle performed at the Laugh Factory again, where it was speculated that he would attempt to take back the record. However, according to the club owner, he was disqualified after he left the stage five hours into his routine.[58]

Chappelle again appeared on Inside the Actors Studio and, in celebration of the show's 200th episode, he interviewed the show's usual host, James Lipton. The episode aired on November 11, 2008. He appeared again on Inside the Actors Studio in 2013, for its 250th episode.

In February 2009, Chappelle did a four-hour set at Comic Strip Live in New York.[59]

In August 2011, Chappelle appeared at Comedy Jam in San Francisco.[60]

2013–2017: Career comeback[]

Dave Chappelle and Donnell Rawlings in February 2017.
Chappelle (right) and Donnell Rawlings (left) stand in front of a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (2017)

In August 2013, Chappelle returned to full-time touring stand-up,[61] as a headliner,[62] when he was featured during the Oddball Comedy & Curiosity festival. Sponsored by Funny or Die, Chappelle co-headlined with comedy act Flight of the Conchords.[63]

During a stop in Hartford, Chappelle walked off the stage due to heckling from the crowd that lasted throughout his entire performance. The heckling was so raucous that it drowned out Chappelle's voice over the PA system and included chants of "White Power", a line used in a Chappelle's Show episode, that was viewed as wildly inappropriate and out-of-context by other audience members who later wrote about the event.[64][65] A few days later, Chappelle stopped in Chicago for a performance. The comedy website ComedyHype.com acquired and released audio of him on stage responding to the heckling. Chappelle referenced the Hartford incident, stating that "young, white, alcoholic[s]" should be blamed for the prior incident, that he hoped North Korea would bomb Hartford, that in the future he would not stop in Hartford for gas, and finally summarizing his feelings on the situation by saying, "Fuck Hartford!"[66] However, in August 2014 Chappelle returned to Hartford for a surprise appearance at the 2014 Oddball Festival and received multiple standing ovations during his set.[67]

In June 2014, Chappelle made his first major New York City appearance in eleven years, performing ten nights at Radio City Music Hall.[34] Chappelle promoted the dates by appearing on The Today Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Show with David Letterman.

In 2015, Chappelle appeared in the Spike Lee film Chi-Raq, his first film role in 13 years.[68]

On November 12, 2016, Chappelle made his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live the weekend of Donald Trump winning the 2016 presidential election. The show also featured A Tribe Called Quest as the musical guest.[69] In his opening monologue, Chappelle tackled Trump and the election head on. He ended his monologue by stating, "I'm wishing Donald Trump luck, and I'm going to give him a chance, and we, the historically disenfranchised, demand that he give us one too."[70] His performance on SNL received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike. At the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his appearance.[7] He donated the Emmy to his former high school while filming an episode of Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Season 10, Episode 2: "Nobody Says, 'I Wish I Had A Camera'").[71]

On November 21, 2016, Netflix announced that they would be releasing three new stand-up comedy specials from Chappelle in 2017, with Chappelle being paid $20 million per special.[72][73][74] The first two specials were released on Netflix on March 21, 2017, and hail directly from Chappelle's personal comedy vault. "Deep in the Heart of Texas" was filmed at Austin City Limits Live in April 2015,[75] and "The Age of Spin" was filmed at the Hollywood Palladium in March 2016.[76] The specials marked the comedian's first concert specials released in 12 years, and proved to be an immediate success as Netflix announced a month later that they were the most viewed comedy specials in Netflix's history.[77][78]

The third special, Equanimity, was filmed in September 2017 at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C., and then on November 20, 2017, Chappelle filmed a fourth special, The Bird Revelation, at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles.[79] On December 22, 2017, Netflix announced the expansion of the deal to include The Bird Revelation, which was released with Equanimity on December 31.[79]

2018–present[]

Chappelle with Jon Stewart performing at Royal Albert Hall in 2018
Chappelle standup on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 2019

In January 2018 at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, Chappelle received a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his first two 2017 specials The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas.[80] In September 2018, Chappelle's Equanimity special received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded).[81] In October 2018, Chappelle returned to the big screen as "Noodles", Jackson Maine's best friend and retired musician in Bradley Cooper's directorial debut, a remake of A Star Is Born. The film was a massive critical and commercial success. He was nominated along with the cast for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture.[82] In 2018, Chappelle and Jon Stewart joined forces for a duo comedy tour in the United States, and across the United Kingdom.[83] He has also collaborated with Aziz Ansari for three standup shows in Austin, Texas at the Paramount Theater.

In February 2019, Chappelle was nominated for and won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Equanimity and Bird Revelation.[84]

In 2019, Chappelle was chosen to receive the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presented by The Kennedy Center. President of the Kennedy Center Deborah Rutter stated "Dave is the embodiment of Mark Twain's observation that 'against the assault of humor, nothing can stand'... and for three decades, Dave has challenged us to see hot-button issues from his entirely original yet relatable experience." The set of people honoring Chappelle included Jon Stewart, Bradley Cooper, Morgan Freeman, Lorne Michaels, Tiffany Haddish, Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman, Neal Brennan, Q-Tip, Mos Def, John Legend, Frederic Yonnet, Erykah Badu, Common, SNL cast members Kenan Thompson, Michael Che and Colin Jost, as well as Eddie Murphy. The Prize was awarded at the Kennedy Center gala on October 27, 2019. The ceremony was broadcast on PBS January 7, 2020.[85][86] The Mayor of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser, declared the day of the award ceremony "Dave Chappelle Day" in Washington, D.C.[87][88]

On August 26, 2019, Chappelle's fifth Netflix special, Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones, was released.[89] The special garnered controversy (received an average score of 5.70 by Rotten Tomatoes critics),[90][91] receiving backlash for jokes about abuse allegations against singers Michael Jackson and R. Kelly,[92][93][94] as well as for jokes about the LGBT community and cancel culture, among other topics.[95][96][97] In 2020, Sticks & Stones won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[10]

On June 12, 2020, Netflix released 8:46, a 27-minute and 20 second video of newly recorded stand-up by Chappelle on the YouTube channel "Netflix Is a Joke". The private event was held outdoors on June 6, 2020, in Yellow Springs, Ohio,[98] where audience members observed social distancing rules and wore masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The stand-up was entitled 8:46 in reference to the 8 minutes and 46 seconds that police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, killing him. Chappelle touches on Floyd's death and subsequent protests and takes aim at Don Lemon, Laura Ingraham and Candace Owens.[99][100]

Expanding on the concept of the socially distanced comedy presentation, beginning with a pair of performances in late June 2020 and officially kicking off with a Fourth of July celebration, "Chappelle and friends" hosted what became known as "Chappelle Summer Camp", which brought live performances to a masked, socially distanced audience at Wirrig Pavilion, in Yellow Springs, Ohio. These shows featured regular performances from comedians Michelle Wolf, Mohammed Amer and Donnell Rawlings, as well as Chappelle's tour DJ, DJ Trauma and frequent special guests including Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, David Letterman, Bill Burr, Michael Che, Brian Regan, Chris Tucker, Kevin Hart, Ali Wong, Trevor Noah, Tiffany Haddish, with musical guests John Mayer, Common, and many others. After several shows in July, some issues arose from neighbors' complaints of noise and disturbances, local zoning officials granted a special variance allowing the performances to continue through October 4, 2020.[101] The Chappelle Summer Camp series of shows ended suddenly September 25, 2020, when Elaine Chappelle announced in a closed Facebook fan group that there had been a possible COVID-19 exposure in their inner circle, and all further performances were cancelled. [102]

It was announced that Chappelle would return to host Saturday Night Live the weekend of the 2020 United States presidential election giving yet again another post-election monologue. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the results were delayed and announced earlier that Saturday. In response to Joe Biden defeating Donald Trump, Chappelle's offered jokes ranging from Trump's handling of the pandemic to his resultant legacy, and the political future of the United States, in his 16-minute opening monologue:

"Everyone knows how that feels. But here’s the difference between me and you: You guys hate each other for that, and I don’t hate anybody. I just hate that feeling. That’s what I fight through. That’s what I suggest you fight through. You’ve got a find a way to live your life. You’ve got to find a way to forgive each other. You’ve got to find a way to find joy in your existence in spite of that feeling."[103]

Critics and audiences praised the monologue describing it as "scathing", "illuminating", and "powerful".[104][105]

On June 20, 2021, Chappelle joined Foo Fighters onstage at Madison Square Garden to sing a cover version of Radiohead's Creep.[106]

Influences[]

In his interview with Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton, he said that his biggest influences in comedy are Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Paul Mooney, and Mel Blanc.[11]

When asked about his earliest influence in comedy, Chappelle said:

You know who was a big influence on me that is really weird is Bugs Bunny. That's just weird. If you watch a lot of the stuff I do, you can almost see the influence in it, because these animators would animate these performances that were off the hook, and the guy that, the guy that did the voices was Mel Blanc. This guy was like some kind of savant or genius or something. But they had some kind of real big comedic influence on me, like, I liked those cartoons, I think that was my first real big comedy influence, was a rabbit.[107]

When asked about the biggest influence on him in comedy, Chappelle spoke of Richard Pryor:

What a precedent he set. Not just as a comic, but as a dude. The fact that someone was able to open themselves wide-open like that. It's so hard to talk in front of people or to open yourself up to your closest friends. But to open yourself up for everybody: I freebase, I beat my women, I shot my car. And nobody's mad at Richard for that. They understand. Somehow they just understand. And when I was going through this thing this year, that is the example I would think to myself that gave me the courage to just go back on the stage.[108]

Personal life[]

Chappelle married Elaine Mendoza Erfe in 2001.[3] They live with their two sons, Sulayman[54][109] and Ibrahim,[110] and their daughter, Sanaa, on a 65-acre (26 ha) farm[11][23] near Yellow Springs, Ohio.[48] He also owned several houses in Xenia, Ohio. Chappelle told Yellow Springs' residents in September 2006, "Turns out you don't need $50 million to live around these parts, just a nice smile and a kind way about you. You guys are the best neighbors ever. That's why I came back and that's why I'm staying."[111]

Chappelle converted to Islam in 1991. He told Time in May 2005, "I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way."[38] Chappelle appears in a video explaining the religious backstory of the Well of Zamzam in Mecca.[112]

His great-grandfather, Bishop William D. Chappelle, born enslaved in 1857, served as a president of Allen University and led a delegation of African Americans who met President Woodrow Wilson at the White House.[113][114] His great-great-grandfather, Robert J. Palmer, was a member of the South Carolina Legislature, then majority black, during Reconstruction.[115] His grand-uncle, W. D. Chappelle, Jr., was a physician and surgeon who opened the People's Infirmary around 1915, a small hospital and surgery practice in Columbia, South Carolina, during a time when segregation prevented many African Americans from having access to healthcare.[116]

In 2004, he donated his time to Seeds of Peace International Camp, a camp located in Otisfield, Maine, which brings together young leaders from communities in conflict.[117]

Chappelle endorsed Andrew Yang in the 2020 United States presidential election.[118]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Ahchoo
Undercover Blues Ozzie
1994 Getting In Ron
1996 The Nutty Professor Reggie Warrington
Joe's Apartment Cockroach (voice)
1997 Con Air Pinball
The Real Blonde Zee
Damn Whitey Dave Short film
Bowl of Pork Black Forrest Gump Short film
1998 Half Baked Thurgood Jenkins / Sir Smoke-a-Lot Also writer and producer
Woo Lenny
You've Got Mail Kevin Jackson
1999 200 Cigarettes Disco Cabbie
Blue Streak Tulley
2000 Screwed Rusty P. Hayes
2002 Undercover Brother Conspiracy Brother
2006 Dave Chappelle's Block Party Himself Also writer and producer
2015 Chi-Raq Morris
2018 A Star Is Born Noodles
2021 The One and Only Dick Gregory Himself Documentary

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1992-95 Def Comedy Jam Himself 2 episodes
1995 Home Improvement Dave Episode: "Talk to Me"
1996 Buddies Dave Carlisle 14 episodes, lead role
1997 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Dave (voice) Episode: "Electric Bike"
1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Spider (voice) Episode: "Mother Goose"
1998 The Larry Sanders Show Dave Chappelle Episode: "Pilots and Pens Lost"
1998 HBO Comedy Half-Hour Himself Episode: "Dave Chappelle"
2002–07 Crank Yankers Francis, Shavin (voice) 2 episodes
2003 Wanda at Large Vincent Episode: "The Favor"
2003–04 Chappelle's Show Himself (host) / Various 28 episodes; also co-creator, writer, executive producer
2016
2019
2020 		Saturday Night Live Himself (host)
Himself (guest)
Himself (host) 		Episode: "Dave Chappelle/A Tribe Called Quest"
Episode: "Eddie Murphy/Lizzo"
Episode: "Dave Chappelle/Foo Fighters"
2018 Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Himself Episode: "Nobody Says, “I Wish I Had A Camera"
2020 My Next Guest Needs No Introduction Himself Episode: "Dave Chappelle"
22nd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Himself (honoree) Television special

Stand-up specials[]

Year Title Platform Ref.
2000 Killin' Them Softly HBO [119]
2004 For What It's Worth Showtime [120]
2017 The Age of Spin Netflix [121]
2017 Deep In The Heart of Texas
2017 Equanimity [122]
2017 The Bird Revelation
2019 Sticks & Stones [123]
2020 8:46 YouTube [124]
2020 Unforgiven IGTV [125]
2021 Redemption Song [126]

Honors and legacy[]

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Dave Chappelle

Chappelle has received many awards and nominations for his work in standup and television including three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album.[127] He has also received four Primetime Emmy Awards and one Screen Actors Guild Award nomination along with the ensemble of A Star Is Born.[128][129]

In 2017, Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steven Benjamin declared February 3 "Dave Chappelle Day" when Chappelle spoke at the Chappelle Auditorium at Allen University, a building named after his great-grandfather, Bishop William David Chappelle, who worked at the university.[130]

In 2019, Chappelle was awarded the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.[131] Those to honor Chappelle at the event included Jon Stewart, Bradley Cooper, Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman, Chris Tucker, Frederic Yonnet and Lorne Michaels.[132] The award ceremony was turned into a television special and released on Netflix and received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) nomination.[133]

His work, as well as that of Margaret Cho, was also the subject of a book by Canadian dramaturg Elizabeth Ludwig, American Stand-Up and Sketch Comedy, that was published at the end of 2010.[134]

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