Shawn Michael Howard

Shawn Michael Howard (born July 31, 1969) is an American film, television and theater actor.

Howard was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Olivia C. and Frank Howard, Jr., brother of Brad Howard and Tyrone Scott Howard. Father of Elijah Howard Shawn moved to Manhattan at age 19 to study acting at New York University. He began working off-Broadway while still in school, in Mac Wellman's Crowbar, which won the obie for Best Play. He worked in character roles on episodic television in New York City, and his first film role came opposite Tupac Shakur in Above the Rim. In 1994 he moved to Hollywood and starred in Sunset Park with Terrence Howard. A succession of recurring television roles led to his breakthrough role as Russell on the NBC sitcom The Single Guy in 1995. He has been a featured guest voice on many animated shows, including American Dad!, Family Guy, and Robot Chicken. He voiced the character "Smokey" on the animated series The PJs with Eddie Murphy.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Above The Rim Bobby 1996 Flirting with Disaster Roger 1996 The Cable Guy Basketball Player 1996 Sunset Park Kurt 1997 Plump Fiction Lee 1998 Thursday Jimmy 1998 The Velocity of Gary Coco 2000 Ritual Mason Becker 2000 Men of Honor Junie 2001 Note come due RJ Short 2001 3000 Miles to Graceland Roller Elvis 2003 Masked and Anonymous Nestor 2003 Victor and Eddie Victor Short 2005 Extreme Dating Detective Rawlings 2009 Next Day Air Derrick 2011 The Inheritance Simpson 2016 Desolation

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 Law & Order Franco Episode: "Profile" 1996 Married... with Children Barney 2 episodes 1996 Nash Bridges Antoine 2 episodes 1996-97 The Single Guy Russell 21 episodes 1997 Soul Train Guest Host Episode: "Deborah Cox/Westside Connection/Day Ta Day" 1997 413 Hope St. Episode: "A Better Place" 1997 Mr. Show with Bob and David Todd Episode: "Oh, You Men" 1997-98 The Practice Warren Cruickshank 3 episodes 1998 Smart Guy Mitchell Harrison Episode: "My Two Dads" 1998 Martial Law Rickey Dukes Episode: "Shanghai Express" 1998-2003 NYPD Blue "Flossy" Carver / Dino 2 episodes 1998 Ally McBeal Ben 2 episodes 1998 Cupid Shawn Episode: "Hung Jury" 1999-2001 The PJ's Smokey (voice) 41 episodes 1999 Jack & Jill Theodore Kincaid Episode: "Welcome to the Working Week" 2001 Boycott Fred Gray TV movie 2001 Becker Clay Episode: "Nocturnal Omissions" 2001 It's Like, You Know... Patrick Episode: "Hoop Dreams" 2002 The Rats Ty TV movie 2003 The Pitts VW Bug Episode: "A Bug's Wife" 2006-08 American Dad! Man (voice) / Chris The Homeless Guy (voice) / Belmonpan (voice) 4 episodes 2012 Cops Uncuffed Officer Todd Dawson TV movie 2017 Family Guy New Orleans Band (voice) Episode: "The Peter Principal" 2018 Motown Magic Clarence (voice) 3 episodes 2019 The Rookie Peter Langston Episode: "Free Fall"

Videogames Year Title Role Notes 2008 Lost: Via Domus Michael Dawson 2012 Prototype 2 Additional Voices 2012 Syndicate Kris 2013 Grand Theft Auto V The Local Population 2013 Dead Rising 3 Additional Voices