Charlie Hill
Encyclopedia
Charlie Hill is an Oneida-Mohawk-Cree stand-up comedian
and actor
. He was also a writer on Roseanne
.
Although he is known for groundbreaking jokes that reverse the roles of Native American and white culture ("He looked like the wooden caucasian I have on my front lawn!"), his comedy transcends issues of color, and addresses foremost the matters of human dignity and spirit.
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He was also a writer on Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)
Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
.
Although he is known for groundbreaking jokes that reverse the roles of Native American and white culture ("He looked like the wooden caucasian I have on my front lawn!"), his comedy transcends issues of color, and addresses foremost the matters of human dignity and spirit.
Film and Television
- 2010: A Good Day to Die (documentary)
- 2009: Reel InjunReel InjunReel Injun is a 2009 Canadian documentary film directed by Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge and , that explores the portrayal of Native Americans in film...
(documentary) - 2009: Goin' Native: The Indian Comedy Slam - No Reservations Needed (TV movie)
- 2004-2006: Late Show with David LettermanLate Show with David LettermanLate Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
(TV series) - 2005: CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (TV series)
- 2004: City ConfidentialCity ConfidentialCity Confidential is an American documentary television show, transmitted on the A&E Network, which singled out a community during each episode and investigated a crime that had occurred there. Rather than being a straighforward procedural, the installments began by focusing on the history and...
(TV series documentary) - 1999: On and Off the Res with Charlie Hill
- 1996: White Shamans and Plastic Medicine Men (documentary short)
- 1996: MoeshaMoeshaMoesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show...
(TV series) - 1995: RoseanneRoseanne (TV series)Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
(TV series) - 1993: North of 60North of 60North of 60 is a mid-1990s Canadian television series depicting life in the sub-Arctic northern boreal forest . It first aired on CBC Television in 1992 and was syndicated around the world. It is set in the fictional community of Lynx River, a primarily Native-run town depicted as being in the...
(TV series) - 1992: The Tonight Show with Jay LenoThe Tonight Show with Jay LenoThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny...
(TV series) - 1986: Impure Thoughts
- 1985: MacGruder and LoudMacGruder and LoudMacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC in 1985.The series starred John Getz and Kathryn Harrold as married police officers Malcolm MacGruder and Jenny Loud in a Los Angeles Police Department-styled police agency...
(TV series) - 1985: Golden Girls (TV series)
- 1985: Spenser (TV series)
- 1985: Late Night with David LettermanLate Night with David LettermanLate Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night...
(TV series) - 1984: Earthlings (TV movie)
- 1984: Harold of Orange (short)
- 1980: The Big ShowThe Big Show (TV series)The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC for several months in 1980.The series aimed to revitalize the moribund variety television genre, which had been in a downward spiral since the cancellations of the Ed Sullivan Show and The Carol...
(TV series) - 1978: The Bionic WomanThe Bionic WomanThe Bionic Woman is an American television series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired for three seasons between 1976 and 1978 as a spin off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Wagner stars as tennis pro Jaime Sommers who is nearly killed in a skydiving accident. Sommers' life is saved by Oscar Goldman ...
(TV series) - 1977: The Richard Pryor ShowThe Richard Pryor ShowThe Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days....
(TV series)