Byron Allen was born in 1961 in Detroit. Not long afterward, he moved
to LA. When he was just a teenager, he started doing stand-up clubs in
Los Angeles. That was where comedian
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker discovered him, and
offered him a job as a writer. Allen worked alongside
David Letterman and
Jay Leno. He has been hosting
Entertainers with Byron Allen (2000)
since 1993.
