
Paul Mooney
Known for: Acting
Born: August 4, 1941
Died: May 19, 2021
Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, social critic, and television and film actor. He is best known as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor, playing singer Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story and Junebug in Bamboozled, and his appearances on Chappelle's Show.
Known for

Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America
2002

Paul Mooney: It's the End of the World
2010

Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra
2007
Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy
2012

Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - God Bless America
2014

Richard Pryor: Here and Now
1983

Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
1994

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987

Andrew Dice Clay and His Gang Live! The Valentine's Day Massacre
1993

Sombra azul
2009

Homie Spumoni
2006

All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
2010

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
1994

Black Hollywood
1984

High Freakquency
1998

FTA
1972

Bamboozled
2000

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
The Old Settler
2001

Carter's Army
1975

Meet the Blacks
2016

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988

Hollywood Shuffle
1987

The Buddy Holly Story
1978

Good Hair
2009

Which Way Is Up?
1977

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009

I Am Richard Pryor
2019

Bustin' Loose
1981

Good Times
1974

The Richard Pryor Show
1977

Hollywood Squares
1998

DTLA
2012

Chappelle's Show
2003

Full Frontal Comedy
1996

The Larry Sanders Show
1992

Late Show with David Letterman
1993