Paul Mooney
Known for ActingBorn 1941-08-04 — died 2021-05-19Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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
Bamboozled
2000 · as Junebug
Meet the Blacks
2016 · as Klansman
Good Hair
2009 · as Self
Which Way Is Up?
1977 · as Inspector Caine
The Buddy Holly Story
1978 · as Sam
FTA
1972 · as Self
Carter's Army
1975 · as Soldier
Bustin' Loose
1981 · as Marvin
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
1983 · as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Homie Spumoni
2006 · as George
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · as Self
I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · as Self
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 · as President of NAACP
Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
1994 · as Self
The Old Settler
2001 · as Man at Counter
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
Black Hollywood
1984 · as Self