Reginald D. "Reggie" Brown (born 28 September 1980) is a copycat comedy of America and resembles former US President Barack Obama.
Reggie Brown is best known for the controversy surrounding his performance at the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference, his television appearances occasionally, and his activities on YouTube.
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Early life and education
Brown is a native of Chicago, and was born Reginald Dennis Odell II in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Like President Obama, Brown was born of a white mother and a black father. When Brown was five, his father left his mother to raise Reggie and her sister Lawrence himself. When Brown was nine, his mother married his stepfather, Lawrence Brown. A year later her stepfather was diagnosed with Leukemia and started a 3-year battle with the disease. At the age of 13, his stepfather died, leaving Brown and his siblings raised by a single mother.
Brown attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before dropping out of college to pursue a career in modeling. He also has a snake in college. After joining Ford Model Management, enrolled at The Acting Studios Chicago to take voice and acting classes.
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Careers
Local reporter
From 2006 to 2008, Brown worked as a blogger for the WMAQ-TV Street Team, where he covered local events. On September 9, 2008, Brown won the Emmy for 'Extraordinary Achievement for Alternative Media/New Media Interactivity' for his contribution to the coverage of Looptopia Live as part of the Chicago/Midwest Street Team Chapter of the National Television and Arts Academy of Arts.
Obama impersonator
Brown claims that he first knew his resemblance to President Obama at the age of 21, when Obama was still Illinois state legislator. Brown's career as a professional imitator was launched by a series of appearances on the Fox Business Network, beginning with an artificial debate against Ron Paul's Representative on the Stossel . Brown later appeared in Stossel for a debate similar to Governor Gary Johnson and Herman Cain. Controversy of the President of the Republic 2011 leadership
Brown was the subject of a national controversy in June 2011 when, during a nationally televised show by Brown at the Republican Leadership Conference, he was cut in the middle of a sentence by Conference Chairman Charlie Davis. Davis told CNN that he ended Brown's performance because the Conference had a "zero tolerance [policy] for jokes that were not sensitive to race." At first, Brown denied the factual basis of Davis's statement, claiming that the show was over because Brown "was past [his] time a few minutes." Later, Brown responds to the accusations of racism by stating that he "does not hear any joke about any racial joke" and that he feels "very safe content like that" because he and the President have the same mixed race. Background. "I'm not going to touch anything I do not think the President will be comfortable with or not to do it alone, he's someone I respect, I want to make him happy," Brown said.
In the aftermath of the incident of the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference, Brown was invited by comedian Bill Maher to complete his action on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher.
YouTube activity
Brown appeared in a viral YouTube parody of the hit song Psy Gangnam Style , titled Gangnam Obama Style! This video received over 100 million views worldwide including over 30 million views from Twitter Users in China, who reportedly believed that President Obama was actually responsible for the video. He also imitated Obama in the ALS Ice Ember Challenge, and in the US presidential election of 2016 he debuted a cross between Obama and Donald Trump, talking about a popular Trump quote, at CollegeHumor. He gave a similar appearance in 2017 on Real Time with Bill Maher in a segment called "New Rule: What If Obama Told It?".
Movieography
Personal life
Brown is currently in Los Angeles, California. When asked about his political affiliation by NewsOne, Brown declined to comment whether he was a Democrat or a Republican, noting that he was merely an "entertainer".
References
External links
- Media associated with Reggie Brown (impersonator) on Wikimedia Commons
- Reggie Brown's official website
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