Lavell Crawford Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000
Speaking Fee:
$20,000 to $30,000
Travels From:
LAX - Los Angeles (All Airports)
Travels From:
LAX - Los Angeles (All Airports)
Primary Topic Category:
Comedy and Entertainment
Primary Topic Category:
Comedy and Entertainment
Secondary Topic Category:
College Programs / Pop Culture
Secondary Topic Category:
College Programs / Pop Culture
Lavell Crawford Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Lavell Crawford is a stand-up comedian from St. Louis who gained national exposure on NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2007. He has performed professionally since 1990, and his one-hour specials include Can a Brother Get Some Love?, The Comedy Vaccine and Thee Lavell Crawford. The album version of The Comedy Vaccine was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.
Lavell Crawford is a stand-up comedian and actor who has worked comedy clubs, theaters, colleges and festivals for more than three decades. He began performing professionally in 1990 and appeared often on BET's ComicView. In 2007 he competed on season five of NBC's Last Comic Standing, which brought him national exposure and a holding deal with the network. Audiences also know him as Huell Babineaux, Saul Goodman's bodyguard, a role he played on AMC's Breaking Bad from 2011 to 2013 and on Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022.
Comedy Central gave him a half-hour special, and he filmed the one-hour Can a Brother Get Some Love? in St. Louis, released on DVD by Entertainment One in 2011. The Comedy Vaccine followed in 2021, and its album version was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. His 2023 special, Thee Lavell Crawford, premiered on Showtime. On television he has been a regular panelist on E!'s Chelsea Lately and a regular on Lopez Tonight, and he played Gus Patch in the Netflix film The Ridiculous 6. He has built his audience in theaters, comedy clubs, colleges and festivals, including HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival and LAFFAPALOOZA, and he is the author of Comedy School: Guide to Stand Up Today!, an ebook guide to stand-up comedy.
Lavell Maurice Crawford was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1968 and grew up in nearby Pagedale. He graduated from Pattonville High School in 1986 and attended Missouri Western State College, where he studied computer science.
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