Trivia

He serves on the board of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England.

Attended the University of Sheffield in Yorkshire, England.

He is a British citizen.

London, England: Playing the lead role of King Lear in a production at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and touring on an Elizabethan-style stage in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. (August 2013)

His primary claim to fame is the portrayal of the butler Geoffrey on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990).

Son, Ben (b. 1979)

Daughter, Jessica (b. 1989)

Trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.

London, England: Starred as Leonato in a production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. (September 2011)

In The Man with the Golden Gun (2014), Jimmy Akingbola, who plays Geoffrey in Bel-Air (2022), appeared as the son of Joseph Marcell, who played Geoffrey in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990).