Английская Википедия:Diallo Riddle

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Diallo Riddle (born May 6, 1977) is an American writer, producer, actor, showrunner, and DJ. Riddle is best known for his co-starring role as Stevie in the NBC sitcom Marlon, and has been the co-creator of several different television series. He won an NAACP Image Award for his directing on South Side.

Early life

Riddle was born in Atlanta, Georgia, as the sixth child of American painter and sculptor John Riddle Jr and Carmen Riddle. He attended Benjamin Elijah Mays High School, and later graduated from Harvard University, majoring in History.

Career

After attending Harvard University, Riddle and his writing partner Bashir Salahuddin, started a sketch comedy group called Cleo's Apartment. The group's members included Robin Thede, Thomas Fraser, Wyatt Cenac, Nika King and Nefetari Spencer. The group's stage show was adapted into a web series The Message by AOL and HBO, which aired in 2007.

Riddle, alongside his creative partner Bashir Salahuddin, have launched multiple projects over the years through their production company, J30 Studios. Both have multi-year deal with Warner Bros TV to create and produce TV projects. In August 2022 it was announced the duo will serve as showrunners, executive producers, and writers on “Book of Marlon,” Marlon Wayans’ new comedy inspired by his life and career.

In 2008, he joined the writing staff of Comedy Central's Chocolate News. In 2009, he joined the writing staff of the popular television show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he was also a performer. Among his sketches on the show, Riddle co-wrote Slow Jam The News with Barack Obama and three editions of A History of Rap with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake.

In 2013, Riddle filmed an HBO pilot for a show called The Reporters. Riddle then received a recurring role for the HBO show Silicon Valley. In 2015, HBO ordered a series written by and starring Riddle named Brothers in Atlanta. However, the order was canceled in early 2016.

In 2017, Riddle became a regular on the HBO's sitcom Marlon, where he played the role of Stevie, the best friend of Marlon Wayans.

The same year, Comedy Central picked up his new comedy show entitled South Side. In 2017, Riddle was also cast in a recurring role on the drama series Rise. Riddle has gone to write for an array of TV series, including The Last O.G., starring Tracy Morgan. Of the projects Riddle has worked on, he has also helped curate the music for the movie Baby Driver, and served as a writer for the television specials Taraji and Terrence’s White Hot Holidays, Maya and Marty, and The Maya Rudolph Show.

On May 3, 2018, it was announced that IFC picked up to series Sherman's Showcase, a scripted musical variety sketch comedy show which Riddle wrote with his writing partner Bashir Salahuddin. The series is produced by John Legend's Get Lifted Film Co. and premiered on July 31, 2019, on IFC.

On September 4, 2019, Comedy Central and WBEZ Chicago launched South Side Stories, a groundbreaking podcast collaboration between a public media organization and a cable television partner that celebrates the real-life people and places that inspired the hit scripted comedy series. The 10 episode podcast series was hosted by both Riddle and Salahuddin.

In 2020, South Side was renewed for another season by Comedy Central, to begin streaming on HBO Max in 2021. The release date for the second season of South Side was 11 November 2021. The third season of South Side was also launched and debuted on August 12, 2022. In June 2020, a second season of the Emmy winning show, Sherman's Showcase was confirmed, set to air on AMC in 2021. The second season of Sherman's Showcase debuted on October 26, 2022.

More recently, the duo of Riddle and Salahuddin signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television Studios.

Awards and nominations

In 2011, Riddle was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series through his work on Late Night. He was also nominated for a Writers Guild Award. In 2016 he received an additional nomination from the Writers Guild in the category of Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series for his work on Maya & Marty.

In 2019, "Time Loop" from Sherman's Showcase, won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a TV Show/Limited Series and in 2021, Riddle was nominated by the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special for Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular.

In 2022, Riddle was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for the “Tornado” episode of South Side.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as			Role
		Producer	Writer	Actor
2009-2011	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Mr. Farouk
2014	The Maya Rudolph Show	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:No
2015	Taraji and Terrence's White Hot Holidays	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:No
2016	Maya & Marty	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:No
	Brothers in Atlanta	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Langston
2017	NBA Awards 2017	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:No
2017-2018	Marlon	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Stevie
2018	The Last O.G.	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:No
	Rise	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Andy Kranepool
2015-2019	Silicon Valley	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Paul
2019	Black-ish	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Reggie
2019–present	South Side	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Allen Gayle
2019–present	Sherman's Showcase	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Шаблон:Yes	Dutch Shepherd
2020	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Fireman
2020	Indebted	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Juan Pablo
2021	Insecure	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:No	Шаблон:Yes	Moderator

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