1. Shavar Ross is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor, photographer, author, online retail entrepreneur, and spiritual mentor and teacher.
11 Facts About Shavar Ross
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Shavar Ross is known for his recurring television role as Dudley Johnson, Arnold Jackson's best friend in the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, Weasel in the ABC sitcom Family Matters, and as "Reggie the Reckless" in the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th movie series Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.
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Shavar Ross's parents separated when he was seven years old.
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Shavar Ross's mother took Shavar and his sister to Macon, Georgia, while his father went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
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In 1979 while visiting his father in California during his school's Christmas vacation, Shavar was discovered by top children's agent Evelyn Shultz.
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In 1980, Shavar Ross landed his first recurring television role on NBC's Diff'rent Strokes as Dudley Johnson, the best friend of Gary Coleman's character Arnold Jackson.
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Also in 1980, Shavar Ross appeared in the TV film Scout's Honor, with Gary Coleman.
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Two years later, Shavar Ross became a voice actor for Hanna-Barbera and voiced Our Gang kid Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas from the animated TV series version of The Little Rascals.
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Shavar Ross appeared in season 2 of the television show Benson, episode 11 "Big Buddy" and episode 17 "Easy Kid Stuff".
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Shavar Ross had a recurring role on the series Family Matters as "Weasel".
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Additionally, in 1996, after completing four years of Bible School at The Ministry Training Institute, an auxiliary of Crenshaw Christian Center, Shavar Ross founded The Alive Church, a non-denominational Christian church in Los Angeles, and was its pastor for four years.