Andra Fuller
Quick Facts
Biography
Andra Fuller (born May 27, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, probably best known for his role in The CW drama series The L.A. Complex.
Early life
The youngest of three siblings, he was educated at Baylor University where he was President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Career
Fuller has described the pinnacle of his stand-up career as performing at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York; moving to Los Angeles in 2008, however, he found far less opoortunity for his work as a comedian.
Apart from The L.A. Complex, he has worked on Black & Sexy TV, Issa Rae's Roomieloverfriends, and Aaron McGruder's comedy series, Black Jesus, which attracted criticism for its depiction of Christ in a twentieth-century inner city environment. Fuller responded to this criticism by claiming that it outweighed "how much heart the show has,"' Most recently he has appeared in Here We Go Again on TVOne.
Personal life
He is a vocal critic of what he perceives to be a contemporary televisual culture that places day-time reality shows on a higher standing than scripted works, and supported the Black entertainers' boycott of the 2016 Oscars.