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Bobby Brown

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn February 5, 1969 (57 years)
Robert Barisford Brown Sr. (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and dancer. Alongside frequent collaborator Teddy Riley, he is recognized as a pioneer of new jack swing: a fusion of hip-hop and R&B. Brown rose to fame as a founding member of the R&B/pop vocal group New Edition, contributing to hits like "Candy Girl", "Cool It Now", and "Mr. Telephone Man". He left the group in 1985 to pursue a solo career but later reunited with them for their Billboard 200 number-one album Home Again (1996).

Brown's debut album, King of Stage (1986), featured the number-one R&B single "Girlfriend". However, it was his second album, Don't Be Cruel (1988), that brought him commercial and critical success, producing five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including the number-one hit "My Prerogative" and the Grammy Award–winning "Every Little Step". In 1989, Brown contributed two songs to the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. His next album, Bobby (1992), was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA and featured the singles "Humpin' Around", "Get Away", and "Good Enough". Brown has also appeared in films, including A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Two Can Play That Game (2001).

In 1992, Brown married Whitney Houston, with whom he had daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Their widely-publicized relationship was marked by drug issues and domestic disputes, attracting significant media attention. Brown and Houston starred in the 2005 reality television series Being Bobby Brown. Houston filed for divorce in 2006, and it was finalized the next year.

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Known For

  • A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  • The New Edition Story
  • Two Can Play That Game
  • The Bobby Brown Story
  • Panther
  • Gang of Roses
  • Nora's Hair Salon
  • Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
  • Attack of La Niña
  • Biography: Bobby Brown
  • Nora's Hair Salon II
  • Go for Broke
  • The Madness
  • Outsider's Inn
  • Every Little Step
  • The Grand Bizarre

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    Filmography

    2023
    Lockwood & Co. (TV Series) · as Paul
    2019
    A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Tc Quest
    2019
    American Soul (TV Series) · as Rufus Thomas
    2019
    The Masked Singer (US) (TV Series) · as Crab
    2016
    Get Out the Way · as Cast
    2011
    2011
    2010
    2008
    Outsider's Inn (TV Series)
    2008
    Nora's Hair Salon II · as Old Man Butter
    2007
    2005
    2005
    Being Bobby Brown (TV Series)
    2005
    Cuts (TV Series)
    2004
    Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Cast
    2004
    Nora's Hair Salon · as Benny
    2003
    Gang of Roses · as Left Eye Watkins
    2002
    Go for Broke · as Jive
    2002
    Crank Yankers (TV Series) · as Bobby Brown's Uncle
    2001
    1996
    1996
    1995
    Panther · as Rose
    1992
    Renegade (TV Series)
    1990
    The Word (TV Series) · as Cast
    1990
    Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme · as Three Blind Mice
    1989
    Ghostbusters II · as Mayor's Doorman
    1985
    227 (TV Series)

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