Who is Aries Spears?

Aries Spears is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and voice artist. Spears was a regular on Fox’s sketch comedy series MADtv, appearing in 198 episodes, making him the second longest-serving cast member on the show behind Michael McDonald. He recently released a special called Aries Spears: Hollywood, look I’m Smiling.

Aries Spears’s Early life, Childhood, & Education

Aries Spears was born on April 3, 1973, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Spears was born in Chicago, IL and moved to New York when he was a year or two old. His mother, Doris Spears, is a jazz singer. There is no information about his father. Spears moved to New Jersey at age 11 and attended Arthur M. Judd Elementary School.

He became a comedian at 14, performing stand-up comedy in various comedy clubs in New York City. He was expelled for fighting during his sophomore year in “North Brunswick Township High School” in North Brunswick Township, at age 17. Spears started doing his own comedy routine around his hometown.

Aries Spears said that his first stand-up comedy was doing impressions at the Uptown Club in Harlem, and Spears said that he recalls himself doing impressions of James Brown and Jack Nicholson during his first stand-up comedy.