Thomas Mikal Ford was born on September 5, 1964 in Los Angeles,
California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for "Martin" (1992),
"Harlem Nights" (1989), and "Across the Tracks" (1990).
He recently completed four seasons as the hilarious Pope of Comedy on
TV One's hit show "Who's Got Jokes?", hosted by Bill Bellamy.
In the past few years Tommy has starred in over 15 films and a new TV
series, "Basketball Wives."
Recently, Tommy has been focusing on building a successful career
behind the camera. He has directed and produced several webisodes,
television dramas, and sitcom pilots: including "Blvd West", "Ancestors",
"Comedy Camp", and "Flipping Bird", and "Bird & Brick." He directed
and produced seven films, "Switching Lanes" being the most recent.
Mr. Ford joined the cast of three wonderful television productions on
Uplifting Network: "Sugar Mamas", "To Love and to Cherish", and "In
the Meantime."
Whether playing Tommy on FOX's hit "Martin", displaying a versatile style
on FOX's drama "New York Undercover," or recurring as the fun-loving
father on UPN's "The Parkers" Ford constantly makes changes in his career
and finds success in any endeavor he chooses to take on. Following a long-
time dream, he launched a series of award-winning children's books designed
to promote healthy, spiritual, and non-violent living while guiding young
people to become better people.
He has been involved in numerous legitimate theater productions for
which he has received tremendous critical acclaim for his producing,
directing and acting efforts. Among those productions are "Jonin", "South
of Where We Live" (Drama Logue Award, Image Award nominations),
"Monsoon Christmas" (Drama Logue & Image Award), "Living Room" (Image
Award nomination), and "Distant Fires" (Drama Logue & Image Award nomination)
among others.
Tommy is excited to introduce two variety talk-shows and a documentary
that he is filming in Atlanta: "Don't Be Stupid" is best described as "Bill Maher
meets Chelsea Lately on collard greens"! And "Spoken Word With Hank
Stewart the Poet" highlights amazing poets and spoken-word artists.
He's also filming a documentary entitled "Reverse the Lynch Curse", an
empowering piece about breaking curses of fear distrust and envy.
