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Redd in 2018, photo by kathclick<\/a>\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n

Birth Name: Christopher Jerell Redd<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: March 25, 1985<\/p>\n

Ethnicity: African-American<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris Redd is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was a cast member on the show Saturday Night Live<\/em>. His roles also include the shows Empire<\/em>, Love<\/em>, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later<\/em>, Disjointed<\/em>, Big Mouth<\/em>, Kenan<\/em>, Bust Down<\/em>, which he also co-created; Resurrected Rides<\/em>, and Power Book III: Raising Kanan<\/em>; and the films Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping<\/em>, Handsome<\/em>, Deep Murder<\/em>, Scare Me<\/em>, Vampires vs. the Bronx<\/em>, Spinning Gold<\/em>, Candy Cane Lane<\/em>, and Merv<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He was raised partly in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Chris’s paternal grandfather was M T Redd\/Red (the son of Walter Red and Susanna Elbert). M T was born in Brandon, Rankin County, Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Chris’s paternal grandmother was named Dolly Dimple. Dolly was born in Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Chris’s maternal grandfather was John Henry Nickerson (the son of J D Nickerson, and of a mother surnamed Adams). John was born in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Chris’s maternal grandmother was Iresse Winters (the daughter of Andrew Jackson Winters and Lenora Cross). Iresse was born in Kosciusko, Attala, Mississippi. Andrew was born in Kosciusko, the son of Pinkney William Winters and Mollie K. Lenora was born in Kosciusko, the daughter of Richard Curry Cross, and of a mother surnamed Allen, whose own father was a minister.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> Genealogy of Chris Redd – https:\/\/www.geni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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