Marcel Spears

Marcel Spears starred as “Juicy” in the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Fat Ham on Broadway, following an acclaimed run at The Public Theater. On television, Spears currently co-stars in the CBS comedy The Neighborhood opposite Cedric the Entertainer, after co-starring in the ABC comedy The Mayor. Other theater includes Othello (Classic Stage Company), Ironbound (Geffen Playhouse, West Coast premiere), At the Old Place (La Jolla Playhouse), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (The Old Globe), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Two River Theater, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson), Judy (Page 73), Mother Courage and Her Children (Classic Stage Company), Trouble in Mind (Guthrie Theater), and his NY stage debut in Classic Stage's Young Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Tyne Rafaeli, for which he was awarded the Rosemarie Tichler Fund Grant. Film: Always a Bridesmaid. Marcel is a New Orleans native and holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Columbia University.