starring Keke Palmer, NAACP Image Award winner, as True. He co-stars in a new comedy series called True Jackson VP. Greg Proops is a stand-upcomic from San Francisco. Stiles’ television credits include “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” (1990), “Mad About You” (1992), and cable’s “The Hitchhiker” (1983). Film and television roles soon followed, including roles in “Hot Shots!” (1991) and “Hot Shots! Part Deux” (1993). In 1990, Stiles moved to Los Angeles to perform with the Los Angeles Second City group. In 1986, he joined the highly acclaimed Second City comedy ensemble in Toronto, where he honed his improvisational skills. He didn’t stray too far from the world of comedy. In spite of his parents’ objections, he was able to support himself for several years, but “I got out of stand-up when everybody else started doing it,” he says. Although he was a good student, Stiles admits that “being a high school senior gave me too much freedom.” He got so carried away with his flexible schedule that he quit school a few months shy of graduation and got a job doing stand-up comedy at Punchlines, a club in Vancouver. After all, the first job Stiles ever had was that of a stand-up comedian. It’s not surprising that Ryan Stiles would feel comfortable doing a comedic turn in the role of Lewis, one of DrewĬarey‘s ever-present friends in the comedy, “The Drew Carey Show” (1995).
