12 Facts About Tommy Davidson

Thomas Davidson was born on November 10,1963 and is an American comedian and actor.

In 2022, Tommy Davidson appeared on Storybound reading from his book, Living in Color: What's Funny about Me.

Tommy Davidson was a child of an interracial adoption, being that his adoptive parents are white.

Tommy Davidson's parents changed his name to Thomas Davidson when they adopted him.

Tommy Davidson has two older white siblings, Michael and Beryle.

Tommy Davidson's parents divorced when he was five years old, and his mother and the children moved to Washington, DC They later moved to Wheaton, Maryland, then the neighborhood of Rosemary Hills in Silver Spring, and then Takoma Park.

Tommy Davidson attended Rosemary Hills Elementary School, Sligo Middle School, and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Tommy Davidson had jobs in the kitchen of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, cleaning at Roy Rogers, bussing tables at an IHOP in Wheaton, and working in the stockroom of Hechinger in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Tommy Davidson started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1986, when a childhood friend convinced him to perform stand-up at The Penthouse strip club in Park View, Washington, DC He continued performing in various comedy clubs throughout the Washington Metropolitan region, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

Tommy Davidson opened concerts for Patti LaBelle, Starpoint, and Kenny G Tommy Davidson performed on a fundraising telethon for WHMM in 1987.

Tommy Davidson won an amateur stand-up competition at the Apollo Theater in 1987.

Tommy Davidson performed at the Comedy Store, where Robert Townsend heard of him and asked him to be the warm-up comic for an HBO special.