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American actor

Alfonso Ribeiro (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor and television host. He is best known for his roles as Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons, and Maxwell Stanton on In the House. He is the current host of ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos, taking over for Tom Bergeron, who left after 15 years. Ribeiro has hosted the GSN game show Catch 21, the ABC Family show Spell Mageddon, and the television show Dance 360. At the beginning of his career, he starred in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and later took part in the 13th season of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Ribeiro won season 19 of Dancing with the Stars with professional partner Witney Carson, then later became the co host alongside Tyra Banks starting from season 31. Ribeiro has served as the main host of Dancing with the Stars alongside co host Julianne Hough beginning with season 32 in 2023.

Ribeiro was born in New York City in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx to parents of Trinidadian descent. His paternal grandfather was Albert Ribeiro, a calypsonian known professionally as Lord Hummingbird. His aunt had been a dancer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh In in the 1960s and 1970s. He received positive reviews for his performance and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. Ribeiro appeared as a dancer in a Pepsi commercial that featured Michael Jackson in 1984; a rumor spread that Ribeiro died from snapping his neck while dancing in the commercial. The same year, Ribeiro was cast as Rick Schroder's best friend on the TV series Silver Spoons, after which he and his family moved to Los Angeles. He also released four 12 inch singles on Prism Records, including the 1984 track "Dance Baby". After Silver Spoons ended, Ribeiro took a hiatus from acting to finish high school and attend California State University, Los Angeles. Ribeiro based "The Carlton" on Eddie Murphy's "white man dance" and Courteney Cox's dance from Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" music video. He graduated from the New York Film Academy in 1999 and would go on to direct episodes of One on One, All of Us, Meet the Browns, Are We There Yet?, Shake It Up and K. C. Undercover. He made it into the final round but lost to Keshia Knight Pulliam. Ribeiro competed as one of the celebrity singers on the reality television show Celebrity Duets in September 2006, winning over the runner up Lucy Lawless. From 2008 to 2016, Ribeiro hosted the game show Catch 21 on GSN. On July 24, he began hosting his second game show, Spell Mageddon, on ABC Family. On November 17, Ribeiro became a contestant in the thirteenth series of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. He was eliminated from the show on December 5, finishing in seventh place. On September 4, 2014, Ribeiro was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 19 of Dancing with the Stars. He partnered with professional dancer Witney Carson and became the fourth celebrity dancer in the show's history to receive a 9 from each judge in week one. On November 25, 2014, Ribeiro and Carson won the competition. After his victory, he hosted the nationwide live tour for the show. In July, Ribeiro made a cameo appearance in the music video for "All Night" by pop rock band R5. In September, he returned to Dancing with the Stars as a guest judge in week three of season 21, and he substituted for Bergeron as host the following week, after Bergeron's father became ill. In October 2018, he was announced as the host of the British game show Money Tree. That month, it was also announced that Ribeiro would sit in for Bruno Tonioli as guest judge on Strictly Come Dancing for week 5, joining regular judges Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, and Shirley Ballas. This would also occur in week 5 of the 2019 series. Catch 21 was revived in 2019, and Ribeiro returned as the host, with his former Dancing with the Stars partner Witney Carson joining as co host. His role earned him a 2020 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Game Show Host, but he lost to Alex Trebek. He earned another nomination the following year, but again lost to Trebek. In 2020, Ribeiro starred in a series of commercials for State Farm Insurance as a Chris Paul impersonator. In 2022, Ribeiro joined season 31 of Dancing with the Stars as co host of the show, alongside host Tyra Banks. After Banks departed the show following season 31, Ribeiro became the main host of the show, with Julianne Hough joining as co host, assuming Ribeiro's previous role.

On July 6, 2019, the syndicated radio show The '90s with Alfonso Ribeiro launched on multiple radio stations across the country via Sun Broadcast Group, co hosted by radio veteran Daena "DK" Kramer. The three hour weekly show celebrates 1990s music and culture while Ribeiro and Kramer share their stories, pop culture facts and memories from the 1990s.

Ribeiro was married to Robin Stapler from January 2002 until August 2006. They have a daughter, born in October 2002. Ribeiro married Angela Unkrich on October 13, 2012, following a three month engagement. The two live in Los Angeles and have three children, born in 2013, 2015, and 2019.

Ribeiro competed in several editions of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race car race in Long Beach, earning an overall win in 2015 and celebrity class wins in 1994, 1995 and 2016. He also worked as radio spotter for CART racecar driver Bryan Herta, and performed the national anthem at CART and IndyCar Series races.

In December 2018, Ribeiro, along with Instagram star Russell Horning, aka Backpack Kid, and rapper Terrence Ferguson, aka 2 Milly, brought a lawsuit against Epic Games for their decision to feature respective choreographies in the popular game Fortnite. In Ribeiro's case, his "Carlton dance", which he made popular in the 1990s as a cast member of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, is one of the many dances that Fortnite players can purchase for their avatars. Epic Games declined to comment on the lawsuits. The U. S. Copyright Office denied him a copyright for his dance on January 13, 2019. On March 7, 2019, Ribeiro dropped the lawsuit.

+Film and television Year Title Role Notes 1980 Oye Willie TV series 1984–1987 Silver Spoons Alfonso Spears Recurring role; 72 episodes 1986 John Grin's Christmas Rocky Television film 1986 Magnum, P. I. Kenneth Episodes: "L. A." (2 hours), "Missing Melody" 1987 Mighty Pawns Frank Television film 1990 A Different World Zach Duncan Episode: "Hillmann Isn't Through With You Yet" 1990–1996 The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Carlton Banks 147 episodes 1993 Ticks Darrel "Panic" Lumnley 1994 Bill Nye, the Science Guy Himself Episode: "Food Web" 1994 Soul Train Host Guest hosted one episode 1994–1998 Spider Man Randy Robertson / Teenage Robbie Robertson Voice 1996–1999 In the House Dr. Maxwell Stanton 51 episodes 1996 Kidz in the Wood Television film 1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Roland Jackson Voice 1999 V. I. P. Himself Episode: "The Last Temptation of Val" 2000 Your Big Break Host Game show 2001 Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase Moon Goon #1 Voice, television film2001 The Weakest LinkHimself/contestantGame Show 2002 One on One Lenny Richburg Episode: "Me and My Shadow" 2002 For Your Love Ray Episode: "The Professionals" 2002–2003 The Brothers García Mr. Sweets 2 episodes 2005 Love Wrecked Bert Hernandez 2006 Celebrity Duets Himself/contestant Winner 2008–2009 GSN Live Host 2008–2011, 2019–2020 Catch 21 Host Game show, 365 episodes 2011 Things We Do for Love Darren 4 episodes; also director 2012 Big Time Rush Captain McAllister Episode: "Bel Air Rush" 2013 Shake It Up Mr. Zigfeld Episode: "My Fair Librarian it Up" 2013 Spell Mageddon Host 8 episodes 2013 The Graham Norton Show Himself UK comedy chat show; cameo appearance in season 13, episode 8 2013 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Himself/contestant UK reality competition show 2014Dancing with the Stars Himself/contestant Season 19 winner 2015–2017Unwrapped 2.0 Host/narrator Cooking Channel series 2015–presentAmerica's Funniest Home Videos Host/narrator ABC series 2016Whose Line Is It Anyway? Himself Season 12 Episode 1 2016The $100,000 Pyramid Himself (Celebrity Guest) Episode: "Alfonso Ribeiro vs. Mario Batali" 2018–2019 Strictly Come Dancing Himself (Guest Judge) Filled in for Bruno Tonioli 2021–presentAmerica's Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition Host Nat Geo Wild series 2021 Muppets Haunted Mansion Fred TV special 2022–present Dancing with the Stars Co Host/Host Disney+ series 2022 Big City Greens Mr. Extras Voice, episode: "Virtually Christmas"

+Television Year Title Notes Ref. 1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Episode: "I, Ooh, Baby, Baby"1997 1998In the House 4 Episodes 2003 The Brothers García 1 episode 2004–2007 All of Us 26 episodes 2005–2006 One on One 8 episodes 2006 Cuts 1 episode 2006 Eve 1 episode 2009–2010 Meet the Browns 8 episodes 2010 True Jackson, VP 1 episode 2011 Things We Do for Love 4 episodes 2011–2012 Are We There Yet? 20 episodes 2012–2013 Shake It Up 7 episodes 2013–2014 Let's Stay Together 4 episodes 2014 Mighty Med 1 episode 2015 Young & Hungry Episode: "Young & Part Two" (season 2) 2015–2018 K. C. Undercover 2 episodes