51 years old (Born on August 24, 1973)
comedian; He is famous from The Dave Chappelle Show.
Due to the popularity of his show, Comedy Central's parent company Viacom cut a $50 million deal with him that will continue the production of "Chappelle's Show" (2003) for two more years and will allow him to do side projects. Is one of the few (if not only) celebrities to do advertisements for both Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Is very good friends with fellow comedian Mario Cantone, who appears in the "Ask A Gay Dude" segment on Chappelle's Show. Made the Forbes Celebrity 100 List with $12 million in earnings. Turned down an offer to host the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards 2004 (2004) (TV).Dave Chappelle's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Dave Chappelle
Grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland; Yellow Springs, Ohio; and Washington, D.C., and still lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with his wife and children.
Is currently in the beginning of talks about a movie involving his family and historical events they are fictionally involved in. [2004]
He has gone on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" 8 times so far, more appearances than he has had on all other talk shows combined.
#43 on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Standups of All Time. He is the youngest person to make the list.
Often appears opposite a "Saturday Night Live" (1975) star: Screwed (2000) (with Norm MacDonald), Half Baked (1998) (with Jim Breuer), and Undercover Brother (2002) (with Chris Kattan).
His oldest son is named Sulayman.
His favorite show is MTV's "The Real World" (1992).
His mother has been a professor at Howard University, Wilberforce University, Central State University and University of Maryland. She is also a Unitarian Universalist minister.
His father taught music and voice at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Wife Elaine is a Filipina.
Was in talks to play Rick James in a film about James' life. Prior to James' death, due to some content objections by Rick James himself, it was decided the project would not happen. (2004)
Sits in with Howard Stern when in New York. Chappelle is one of Stern's favorite comedians.
Was best friends and frequent co-writers with Neal Brennan. Their partnership ended when Chappelle abruptly left "Chappelle's Show" (2003) in its third season.