Background and career
Affion Crockett is an American actor and comedian who appeared on Black-ish and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and was the producer and star of the Fox series In the Flow with Affion Crockett.
Crockett was a US Army brat raised in Germany and Fayetteville, North Carolina and is a Trinbagonian. He graduated from Fayetteville State University, with a bachelor's degree in business.
Crockett first appeared on HBO's Def Comedy Jam in 1996, demonstrating his impressions and physical comedy. He was a cast member of the game show Wild 'n Out, starring Nick Cannon. He has appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Black-ish, co-starred in the films A Haunted House 1 & 2 with Marlon Wayans, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins with Martin Lawrence, Soul Men with Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac, The Wedding Ringer with Kevin Hart and Josh Gad, and Pixels with Adam Sandler. In 2016, Affion was a contestant playing for charity, on a season 3 episode of the game show Idiotest. Crockett starred in and produced his own sketch comedy show for Fox titled In the Flow with Affion Crockett, which was executive produced by Jamie Foxx. He wrote, produced, and rapped on his debut comedy album, Watch the Clone. He hosted a reunion special for the TV series Martin titled Martin: The Reunion that aired June 16, 2022 on BET+. Crockett wrote, produced, financed and starred in his own feature film A Hip Hop Story co-starring Cedric The Entertainer, Lil Rel Howery, Fredro Starr and Wayne Brady. The film is a Coming To America style satirical look back on the culture of hip hop starting from the Bronx up to present.
