Lil Rel Howery Explained

Milton Howery
Birth Name:Milton Howery Jr.
Birth Date:17 December 1979
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years Active:2001–present
Children:3

Milton Howery Jr. (born December 17, 1979),[1] better known as Lil Rel Howery, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Howery is known for playing Robert Carmichael in NBC's television comedy series The Carmichael Show (2015–2017) and Rod Williams in the horror film Get Out (2017). He starred in the short-lived TV series Rel (2018–2019), which he created and co-produced.

Early life

Milton Howery Jr. grew up on the West Side of Chicago, the son of Nancy and Milton.[1] [2] He attended Providence St. Mel School from fifth grade to ninth. He transferred to Crane High School.[3] At Crane, Howery wrote jokes and created a script in a senior talent show, after which he decided to pursue comedy professionally.[3] Playing high school basketball, he reminded people of his older cousin Darrel, and was nicknamed Lil Rel.[4]

Career

Howery began performing comedy in Chicago.[5] He made his television debut in January 2007 on the reality television competition Last Comic Standing.[6] [7] The same year, he was on P. Diddy Presents: The Bad Boys of Comedy on HBO.[8] In 2009, he was part of America's National Night Out Against Crime in Chicago.[9]

In 2012, Howery and five other comedians starred in Fox's revival of the 1990s sketch program In Living Color.[6] [10] The show was canceled in 2013. Howery went on to work as a writer, producer, and one of the regular cast members of the truTV sketch comedy series Friends of the People.[11] In 2015, he began co-starring as Bobby Carmichael on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show alongside the show's creator, Jerrod Carmichael.[12]

In early 2016, Netflix added Howery's first exclusive solo stand-up special, Kevin Hart Presents: Lil Rel: , for streaming in the United States.[13]

Howery won the 2017 "Best Comedic Performance" MTV Movie & TV Award for his performance in Jordan Peele's satirical horror film Get Out.[14] [15]

On May 10, 2018, Fox picked up Rel, a sitcom starring Howery in the lead role and Jerrod Carmichael and Mike Scully serving as executive producers. Howery said the show is loosely based on his own life, including being a divorced father.[16] The series premiered September 9, 2018.

Howery starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in the comedy film Free Guy. He played Buddy, a security guard.[17]

From 2019 to 2022, Howery had played the character Bishop on the HBO Max sitcom South Side.[18]

In 2019, HBO released Howery's second stand-up special, Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw.[19] His third special, I said it. Y'all thinking it. was filmed in his hometown of Chicago and released in 2022.[20] He starred in many movies from 2022 to 2023 such as I Love My Dad, Deep Water, and Vacation Friends 2. In 2024, he would have a role the film adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, playing Harold's friend Moose.[21]

Personal life

Howery married Verina Robinson on November 24, 2008.[22] [23] They have two children. The couple divorced in 2017.[23] [24]

In June 2016, Howery was a passenger in a vehicle that struck another car in University Village, Chicago.[25] The driver in the other car argued with Howery and called 911, claiming that Howery had punched him in the face.[25] [26] The driver of the car in which Howery was riding drove away without him.[25] Police officers arrested Howery on a charge of misdemeanor battery,[25] but he was found not guilty.

Notes and References

  1. News: Chicago Laugh Attack. Vivanco. Leonor. June 15, 2009. Chicago Tribune. December 30, 2018. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411082534/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-06-15-0906150100-story.html. live.
  2. Web site: Comedy Central. August 15, 2021. August 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210815152731/https://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/52392626378/ask-a-professional-comedian-lil-rel-howery. live.
  3. Web site: Lil Rel: Working His Way Up. Datcher. Mary L.. October 1, 2015. The Chicago Defender. en. 2018-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160927133854/http://chicagodefender.com/2015/10/01/lil-rel-working-his-way-up/. September 27, 2016. dead.
  4. "Storytelling like a good uncle is stand-up comic's best weapon". The Plain Dealer. (Cleveland, Ohio). September 11, 2015. p. T20.
  5. "LilRel Howery bio ". IMDb. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. Zwecker, Bill (April 4, 2012). "Local Light". Chicago Sun-Times.
  7. Howery, Lil Rel "Last Comic Standing ". MySpace. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  8. Toby, Mekeisha Madden (April 6, 2007). "Mekeisha's pick: New stand-up comics on tonight". The Detroit News. p. 2E.
  9. Jarocki, Gailann (August 2, 2009). "Help strengthen your community, National Night Out, August, 4th". Chicago Examiner.
  10. "Meet the New Cast of Fox's New 'In Living Color' ". Huffington Post. April 3, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  11. Bernhardt, Ross (September 4, 2015). "Lil Rel Howery: The Comedy King of Chicago ". Paste Magazine. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  12. "The Carmichael Show: About: Lil Rel Howery ". NBC. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  13. "Kevin Hart Presents Lil Rel: ". Netflix. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  14. Romero, Ariana (May 7, 2017). "Lil Rel Deserved So Much Better For His Big MTV Movie & TV Awards Win ". Refinery29.
  15. "'Stranger Things,' 'Beauty' win big at MTV awards". Agence France-Presse. May 8, 2017.
  16. Truitt, Brian (July 2, 2018). "Lil Rel Howery has his game face on ". USA Today. p. D3.
  17. Web site: August 14, 2021. Lil Rel Howery on 'Free Guy' and If He's Trying to Overtake Kevin Hart as the Hardest Working Man in Hollywood. Weintraub. Steven. August 27, 2021. Collider. en-US. August 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210827142750/https://collider.com/lil-rel-howery-free-guy-interview/. live.
  18. Web site: 'South Side': TV Review. The Hollywood Reporter. July 9, 2019. March 13, 2022. March 13, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220313031348/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/south-side-review-1222438/. live.
  19. Web site: Mears . Katie . November 25, 2019 . Why Lil Rel Howery Filmed His New Special in a High School Gym . 2022-12-11 . Vulture . en-us . December 11, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211223313/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/lil-rel-howery-jerrod-carmichael-live-in-crenshaw-high-school-gym.html . live .
  20. Web site: VanArendonk . Kathryn . November 11, 2022 . Lil Rel Howery Is So Happy to Be Here . 2022-12-11 . Vulture . en-us . December 11, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211223310/https://www.vulture.com/article/lil-rel-howery-i-said-it-yall-thinking-hbo-comedy-review.html . live .
  21. News: Review: ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ draws a perplexing adaptation. Katie. Walsh. Seattle Times. August 2, 2024. August 2, 2024.
  22. Web site: Lil Rel Howery's life is now a sitcom. Jones. Tashara. September 7, 2018. New York Post. en. 2018-12-30. November 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023554/https://nypost.com/2018/09/07/lil-rel-howerys-life-is-now-a-sitcom/. live.
  23. Web site: Lil Rel Howery's TV career is about to take off as he deals with real-life Chicago drama. Swartz. Tracy. September 6, 2018. chicagotribune.com. en-US. 2018-12-30. November 9, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025645/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-lil-rel-howery-sitcom-20180906-story.html. live.
  24. Bocque, Anslem Samuel (March 2, 2018). "From 'Get Out' to Balling With Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Howery Isn't Done Having the Best Year Ever . Complex. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  25. Web site: Chicago comedian Lil Rel Howery arrested on Near West Side. Owen. Jordan. June 20, 2016. Chicago Sun-Times. en. 2018-12-30. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411082653/https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/chicago-comedian-lil-rel-howery-arrested-on-near-west-side/. live.
  26. "Celebrity File". Daily Post (Palo Alto, California). June 21, 2016. p. 26.

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