Finesse Mitchell
SAG/AFTRA
comedian/ actor/ writer / mc
From BET’s “Comic View” to “The Tyra Banks Show” from “Comedy Central Presents...” to the “Today Show”, Finesse Mitchell got his first big break when he was asked to be a feature player on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and was promoted to cast member in 2005. Long before becoming a regular on SNL, this author, actor and former insurance salesman made an impact in the world of stand-up comedy, with sold-out live performances all over the country and abroad.
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orn and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Finesse graduated from the University of Miami. A former ber of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity student-athlete who was a walk-on Incorporated. for the Hurricanes football team, With the help of Quincy Jones’s Finesse played with other UM son, QD3, his stand-up routine alumni such as Dwayne “The “Snap Famous,” is now available Rock” Johnson and Warren Sapp. in stores and online via DVD. Finesse is also a distinguish member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated. With the help of Quincy Jones’s son, QD3, his stand-up routine “Snap Famous,” is now available in stores and online via DVD. Finesse is also a writer for ESSENCE Magazine. His monthly column, “Oh, Brother!”, offers up hip, hilarious and honest relation- ship advice to over 1 million ES- SENCE readers.
In 2007, Finesse authored his first book, “Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much”, (Simon Spotlight), giving no-holds barred dating advice to women needing real answers to the same old, baffling relationship questions. In 2008, Finesse created Snap Famous Productions, LLC, creating and producing content for animation, television, film and the internet. Finesse’s “Comedy Central Half Hour Special” is a favorite on the network and one of its highest rated shows. The funny man can also be seen in the movies “Who’s Your Caddy?,” “The Comebacks” and “Mad Money.”
What he Does
FILM
“Mad Money” - Supporting, Callie
Khouri, dir/Big City Pictures
“Who’s Your Caddy?” - Lead, Don
Michael Paul, dir/Ascendant
“The Comebacks” - Supporting
Tom Brady, dir./Fox Atomic
TELEVISION
The Today Show (NBC) - Himself
Tyra Banks Show (CW) - Himself
100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs (VH1) - Himself
Chelsea Lately (E!) - Himself /Panel
Guest/2 appearances
Comic Unleashed (ABC) - Himself/2 appearances
BET’s Top 25 Countdown - Himself
BET Network (3 appearances)
“Comedy Central Presents”... Featured Guest
Saturday Night Live (NBC) - Cast
Member/3 seasons
Late Show w/ Conan O’Brien (NBC)
Himself/2 appearances
“Premium Blend” (Comedy Central) - Himself
Late Late Show Craig Kilborn (CBS) - Featured Comedian
Late Friday (NBC) - Featured Comedian
Comic View (BET) - Featured Comedian
WRITING
“Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much” - Simon Schuster (2007)
“Oh Brother!” - ESSENCE Magazine (2007 - Present)
STAND-UP
Comix, Carolines, Comedy Cellar New York, NY
Uptown Comedy Corner, The Funny Farm - Atlanta, GA
The Improv - Miami, FL, West Palm
Beach, FL, Hollywood, CA, Kansas
City, MO, Des Moines, IA, Brea, CA,
Ontario, CA, New York, NY
Laugh Factory - Hollywood, CA, New York, NY
Acme Comedy Club - Minn, MN
2008 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival - Bermuda
2002/2005 Just for Laughs Comedy
Festival - Montreal, Canada
EDUCATION
B.A. – University of Miami, Florida
PERSONAL APPEARANCES & PUBLICITY
Derek Van Pelt
Levity Entertainment
6701 Center Drive West, Suite 1111
Los Angeles, CA 90045
P: 310-417-4891 / F: 310-410-1542
BOOKS
Kristin Dwyer, Simon & Schuster
kristin.dwyer@
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