- Brian Copeland
Brian Copeland is an American
actor ,comedian , radio talk show host,playwright andauthor based in theSan Francisco Bay Area .He has been the opening act for such artists as
Ray Charles ,Natalie Cole ,Aretha Franklin andRingo Starr . For the past 12 years he has hosted a radio program forSan Francisco ABC stationKGO (AM) .cite web|title=Brian Copeland|url=http://www.kgoam810.com/complexshowdj.asp?DJID=3554|accessdate=2007-07-24] His program is on Sunday mornings from 9 to 11, and he also fills in for other KGO talk show hosts occasionally."Not a Genuine Black Man"
In 2004, Copeland premiered his first one man show, "Not a Genuine Black Man", about his experiences growing up in the East Bay suburb of
San Leandro, California in the 1970s, when it was considered a racist enclave due to its 99.4% white population and coordinated policies of housing discrimination and segregation.cite web|title=Bearing life in all-white San Leandro|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/07/BAGVH9NIBO1.DTL|author=Joan Ryan|accessdate=2007-07-24] The play, originally scheduled for a six-week run, went on to run 25 months, becoming the longest-running solo show in San Francisco history.cite web|title= Bay Area playwright ready for swan song|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20061227/ai_n17076858|accessdate=2007-07-24]In 2006, the publisher Hyperion released a memoir by Copeland based upon the play.cite web|title=Not a Genuine Black Man|url=http://www.hyperionbooks.com/titlepage.asp?ISBN=1401302335&SUBJECT=Autobiography|accessdate=2007-07-24]
Film career
In 2006, Copeland was cast in the
Rob Reiner film "The Bucket List ", starringJack Nicholson andMorgan Freeman , in the role of Freeman's son.References
External links
* [http://www.kgoam810.com/ KGO Radio]
* [http://www.kgoam810.com/complexshowdj.asp?DJID=3554 Brian Copeland's biography at KGO Radio]
* [http://www.briancopeland.com/ Brian Copeland official website]
*imdb name|id=1016301|name=Brian Copeland
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