Aries Spears

Aries Spears
Aries Spears performs at the Shoreline Comedy Jam in 2012
Born	Aries Spears (1975-04-03) April 3, 1975 (age 42) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, voice artist, comedian
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Elisa Larregui ( m. 2010-2014)
Children	3

Aries Spears (born April 3, 1975) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and voice artist. Spears was a regular on Fox's sketch comedy series MADtv, appearing in 198 episodes, making him the second longest-serving cast member on the show behind Michael McDonald. He recently released a special called Aries Spears: Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling. Also know for getting beat up recently btw

Spears was born in Chicago, IL and moved to New York when he was a year or two old. His mother, Doris Spears, is a jazz singer. Spears moved to New Jersey at age 11 and attended Arthur M. Judd Elementary School. He became a comedian at 14, performing stand-up comedy in various comedy clubs in New York City. He was expelled for fighting during his sophomore year in North Brunswick Township High School in North Brunswick Township, at age 17. Spears started doing his own comedy routine around his hometown.

Spears said that his first stand up comedy was doing impressions at the Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem, and Spears said that he recalls himself doing impressions of James Brown and Jack Nicholson during his first stand up comedy.

Spears' first television appearance was on Russell Simmons's Def Comedy Jam, followed by It's Showtime at the Apollo (1987). He moved to Los Angeles in 1992, landed a recurring role on A Different World (1993) and became a regular at The Comedy Store, The Improv and The Laugh Factory. Other television credits include Crosstown Traffic, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) and Soul Train.