JaDarrel Belser

JaDarrel Belser( JD to his friends) was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. His lifelong desire to be an actor was nurtured by a love of sketch and improv comedy, in particular shows like ' In Living Color' , 'SNL' , ' Whose Line is It Anyway' and ' Chappelle's Show'. His acting role models are Eddie Murphy, John Candy and Bill Murray.He did a 5 year stint in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman ( medic) for the Marines from 2003 to 2008. His acting career started in 2010. As an improv performer, he has previously performed and/or trained at The LA Connection, The Second City Hollywood, IO West and The Underground off Sunset. His film and TV credits included "MegaShark Vs Crocosaurus", Vin Diesel's "The Ropes'', Syfy's" Geeks Who Drink" , the All Def Digital movie 'Major Label',HBO's 'Insecure' and ABC's 'Abbott Elementary" .In recent years, he has been seen in many music videos like Kendrick Lamar's 'Humble', Why Don't We's ' Lotus Inn', Buzz Low's "Thong Song Remix" , Justin Timberlake's " No Angels" , Childish Gambino's ' Little Foot" and Tim Hicks' ' Not Truck Song". He has done commercials for Geico, Tekkan Tag Team, Kelley Blue Book and Disney Plus. He was also featured in a popular Super Bowl commercial for Homes.Com with 'SNL' star Heidi Gardner and 'Schitt's Creek' star Daniel Levy. In addition to acting, JaDarrel was a writer/ host for pop culture site 'GeeksHaveGame',. He is also the lead contributor to the popular blog ' Belser-Verse' on Facebook and Instagram. JaDarrel was a long time member of the YouTube sketch comedy show ' TMI Hollywood' and former co-host of the pop culture podcast ' Droppin' That Culture With JD and AJ'. He and his writing partner( comedian Tim Mathis) formed the production company GateCrashers Inc.