Sinbad

David Adkins (born November 10, 1956) better known by his professional name of Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor. He became well known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Necessary Roughness, Houseguest, First Kid, and Jingle All the Way. He also provided the voices of Riley in Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Hollywood Shuffle in Ready to Run, and Roper in Planes, and Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular. Additionally, he voiced Uroho in The Lion Guard episode "The Traveling Baboon Show" and appeared in Bill Nye the Science Guy.
In 1997 he starred in the Nickelodeon Movie Good Burger as Mr. Wheat, the teacher whose car Dexter Reed, played by Kenan Thompson, destroyed, leading to the latter's job at the title restaurant.
He also appeared in the December 30, 1995 episode of All That, as Sinboo, the father of Thompson's Ishboo character.
== Trivia ==
Sinbad is commonly mistaken for starring in a film called Shazaam where he supposedly portrayed a genie. In actuality, the movie was Kazaam and it starred Shaquille O'Neal. Sinbad would later make a sketch with College Humor poking fun at this mistake.
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