Reno Wilson Biography

Fast Facts

• Father was a blues pianist and mother is an opera singer
• Changed his stage name to Reno to honor his father, who died when Wilson was 4, and who gave him the name
• Graduated in the same high school class as Jennifer Aniston
• Landed his first entertainment-industry job at 16, appearing in a commercial for The $25,000 Pyramid
• First TV role was on the long-running sitcom The Cosby Show
• Lent his voice to the video game Final Fantasy XIII and the 2007 Transformers movie
• Has been a regular on several shows, including sci-fi series The Chronicle, police drama Blind Justice and sitcom Mike & Molly
• Plays the piano