Darryl Lynn "D. L." Hughley (born March 6, 1963) is an American actor, political commentator and stand-up comedian. He is perhaps best known as the star of the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy. Additionally, he has been the host of CNN's D. L. Hughley Breaks the News, a correspondent for The Jay Leno Show on NBC, and a local radio personality and interviewer in New York City. In early 2013 DL Hughley landed in 9th place Dancing with the Stars

Early life

Hughley was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Audrey and Charles Hughley, who was a Delta Air Lines maintenance worker.

Career

From 1992 to 1993, Hughley was the original host of ComicView, the stand-up comedy program on BET. In 1998, through 2002, he wrote, produced and starred in the television sitcom series, The Hughleys. During 2005, he released a stand-up comedy album "D.L. Hughley: Notes From The GED Section" and had a short-lived talk show on Comedy Central called Weekends at the D.L.. He is a member of The Original Kings of Comedy, and has also had roles on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and on NBC's Scrubs as Turk's brother. He was the host of the 2008 BET Awards. He also attended the funeral of one of his best friends and fellow King of Comedy, Bernie Mac. At the service, he gave a tearful speech during the eulogy.

It was announced in June 2010 that NBC has ordered a game show pilot that Hughley will host entitled Who's Bluffing Who? Also in June 2010, Hughley served as special guest moderator of ABC's "The View" for one day.

Hughley is scheduled to guest-star on TBS' Glory Daze as well as guest host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Hughley has filled in for Meredith Vieira as a guest host on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Hughley's first book, I Want You to Shut the Fuck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes Is Ruining America, was published on July 31, 2012 by Crown Archetype Press.

Hughley was a contestant on Season 16 of Dancing With the Stars. He was partnered with two time champion Cheryl Burke.

CNN

Hughley was selected to host and write a comedic news-show on CNN which covers global happenings in politics, entertainment, sports and pop culture, titled D. L. Hughley Breaks the News, which aired its premiere episode on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 10 p.m. EDT on CNN. On March 9, 2009, CNN announced Hughley would be ending the show due to a desire to work in Los Angeles and be closer to his family. He plans to continue his work with CNN as a Los Angeles-based contributor for the network.

Radio

Recently, Hughley began a career as an on-air radio personality. On July 20, 2009, The D.L. Hughley Morning Show premiered on WRKS (now WEPN), more popularly known at the time as 98.7 Kiss FM, an urban adult contemporary station in New York City. His co-hosts included former BET news correspondent Jacque Reid. Airing from 6"10 am, the show placed Hughley in direct competition with his fellow "King of Comedy" Steve Harvey, whose nationally-syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show airs in New York on WBLS (Kiss FM's longtime rival). There were plans to take Hughley's show into syndication as well, but a dispute regarding his salary erupted between Kiss FM's parent company and the potential syndication company. In August 2010, Kiss FM dropped the show from its schedule, and Hughley moved on to other endeavors.

On August 12th, 2013, REACH Media, the syndicator founded by Tom Joyner, announced it had finalized a deal with D.L. to host a new nationally-syndicated Afternoon drive show be distributed by Cumulus Media Networks.

Personal life

Hughley and his wife, LaDonna, have two daughters, Ryan and Tyler, and a son, Kyle. Hughley has discussed his son Kyle's Asperger syndrome on several occasions.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Inspector Gadget	Gadgetmobile	Voice
2000	The Original Kings of Comedy	Himself
2001	The Brothers	Derrick West
2003	Inspector Gadget 2	Gadgetmobile	Voice/Video
	Chasing Papi	Rodrigo
	Scary Movie 3	John Wilson
2004	Soul Plane	Johnny
2005	Shackles	Ben Cross
	Weekends at the D. L.	Host
2006	Cloud 9	Tenspot
	The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	Brer Fox	Voice/Video
2008	Spy School	Albert
	D. L. Hughley Breaks the News	Host

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episodes and notes
1993	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Keith	Guest role
1998"2002	The Hughleys	Darryl Hughley	Lead actor
2001	The Parkers	Darryl Hughley	Crossover appearance
2003	Scrubs	Kevin Turk	Guest star
2003	Premium Blend	Himself	Host
2006"2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Simon Stiles	Lead Actor
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Skeet	Guest star
2011	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Guest host
2012	DL Hughley: The Endangered List	DL Hughley	Executive producer, Star
2012	Match Game	Himself	Pannelist
2013	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	Contestant
2013	Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host	Himself	Co-host

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