Biography
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians ever. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974.
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Awards & recognition
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2006
- Mark Twain Prize — American Humor · 1998
- Grammy Award — Best Comedy Album · 1982
- Grammy Award — Best Comedy Album · 1976
- Grammy Award — Best Comedy Album · 1974
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- Primetime Emmy Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Writers Guild of America Award
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award · 1984 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Dark Side of Comedy
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
John Candy: I Like Me
The Comedy Store
Lost Highway
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Martin
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Remembering Gene Wilder
Blue Collar
The Muppet Movie
Blazing Saddles
The Busy Body
The Norm Show
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
I Am Richard Pryor
Saturday Night Live
Breakdown: 1975
Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Wattstax
The Partridge Family
The Ed Sullivan Show
Silver Streak
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Brewster's Millions
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin'
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Stir Crazy
Greased Lightning
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Bustin' Loose
The Wiz
Uptown Saturday Night
Harlem Nights
In God We Tru$t
Which Way Is Up?
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Car Wash
The Toy
California Suite
Hit!
Wild in the Streets
Superstar
Moving
Some Kind of Hero
Another You