- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Hollywood SAG-AFTRA actor Mandell Frazier was born on December 17, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan, USA and is best known for the primetime television soap opera OWN's Tyler Perry's "If Loving You Is Wrong", CBS's eleven-time Daytime Emmy® Award-winning soap opera "The Young and the Restless" and CBS's six-time Daytime Emmy® Award-winning game show "The Price Is Right" (winning over $33K in prizes).
The Michigan-born star has close to 100 film, TV and commercial IMDb credits and is also a former TV talk show host and on-air radio personality. Frazier's passion for promoting human welfare and his ongoing support of various nonprofit human services organizations has led him to being the recipient of multiple humanitarian awards including being presented the Certificate of Recognition Award by former U.S. Congresswoman/U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.
Frazier's community involvement is extensive and includes the Love My Neighbor Foundation, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, County of Los Angeles Public Library, The Midnight Mission, Alexandria House, Holmes Early Education Center, Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) and the Black College Expo.
Frazier's platform is FAITH, FITNESS and FOCUS and as a motivational speaker has had numerous speaking engagements as well as being a featured speaker at two of former President Barack Obama's initiatives (e.g., Global Preparation Academy, My Brother's Keeper Alliance).
Frazier enjoys working out, swimming, racquetball, volleyball, cycling, hiking, kayaking, jet skiing, riding his 3-wheel motorcycle and watching Michigan football...Go Blue! He resides in Southern California with his beautiful wife and best friend (Tonya) whom he's known since she was 17 years old and married on his parent's 59th wedding anniversary at sunset on Secret Beach in Maui, Hawaii. The Fraziers are partners in life, partners in love and partners in purpose.- IMDb Mini Biography By: PR Team
- SpouseTonya Frazier(August 20, 2016 - present)
- Big muscular arms, athletic physique.
- Often portrays real people: Christopher Hanney in CBS's "The Doctors: My Husband Tried to Murder Me" (2016), Henry Tillman in TV One's "Celebrity Crime Files: Contenders to Offenders" (2014), John Keller in The Weather Channel's "Hurricane 360: Battle of New Orleans" (2014), Robert Reed in The Weather Channel's "Tornado Alley: I Survived a Tornado" (2014) and Larry Hazlett in Investigation Discovery's "Beauty Queen Murders: Fatal Obsession" (2013).
- Often play law enforcement roles.
- Makes the peace sign when taking pictures.
- Infectious smile.
- He saved a friends life by performing the Heimlich Manuever when she began choking on doughnut holes.
- He was a licensed Insurance Producer in Indiana.
- As a teenager he was rushed to the ER after a near-death experience from an asthma attack while sleeping. During his stay at the hospital he was diagnosed with asthma bronchitis and was informed he would eventually outgrow it.
- His nephew, Dr. Andraé Townsel, Ed.D. is the first African American to be appointed to Superintendent in Calvert County, Maryland.
- Mandell and hip-hop rapper/actress Da Brat once attended the same church in Chicago, Illinois as teenagers and even walked down the aisle together as groomsman and bridesmaid after she convinced him to tell the bride to switch pairings during rehearsal.
- I may be in Hollywood but Hollywood is not in me.
- I hate working out but I love the results.
- Pray, grind and be patient.
- Stay in your own lane and run your own race.
- Don't focus on where you're at but where you're going.
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