The Untold Truth Of Anthony Anderson

It's not hyperbole to state that Anthony Anderson's acting career has been somewhat eclectic over the years. AsIMDbillustrates, early roles ranged from the action-heavy crime thriller "Romeo Must Die" to alleged comedy "Kangaroo Jack," which iswidely reviled and considered by some to be cinema's all-time worst movie.

It's not hyperbole to state that Anthony Anderson's acting career has been somewhat eclectic over the years. As IMDb illustrates, early roles ranged from the action-heavy crime thriller "Romeo Must Die" to alleged comedy "Kangaroo Jack," which is widely reviled and considered by some to be cinema's all-time worst movie.

However, in those early years, Anderson was far more associated with comedies, and he appeared in numerous sitcoms (including his own, "All About the Andersons") and a string of wacky big-screen comedy hits including "Big Mama's House," "Me, Myself and Irene," "Barbershop," and entries in the "Scary Movie" and "Harold & Kumar" franchises. At a certain point, however, Anderson made a mid-career shift to embrace more serious fare, appearing in such well-respected television crime dramas as "Law & Order" and "The Shield," in addition to critically acclaimed big-screen drama "Hustle & Flow." That shift, he explained in an interview with Exclaim, was not by accident.

"I was typecast as just a comedic actor or the fat funny guy," Anderson said of his determination to demonstrate he was capable of much more than Hollywood's perception of him. "I always sort of never wanted to be placed in a box, you know, I never wanted to be defined by just one thing. I wanted to show the world that there was more to me than the laughter ... I hadn't been afforded the opportunity to really flex that dramatic muscle."

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