BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " LAVELL MAURICE CRAWFORD " IS AN AMERICAN STAND-UP COMEDIAN AND ACTOR FROM ST LOUIS, MISSOURI AND IS KNOWN FOR PLAYING HUELL IN " BREAKING BAD " : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                                            BLACK               SOCIAL             HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Lavell Maurice Crawford  born November 11, 1968  is an American stand-up comedian and actor from St. Louis, Missouri and is known for playing Huell in Breaking Bad.

Life and career

Crawford attended Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri, where he graduated in 1986.

As a child, Crawford suffered from numerous hardships, including a struggle with weight, a near-drowning at age 10, and abandonment by his father (Daryl Crawford), a body builder. However, according to his 2011 DVD of the October 23, 2010 "Can a Brother Get Some Love?" show at the Roberts Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, MO, the two have reconnected.

Crawford also appeared on AMC's Breaking Bad with the recurring role as Huell Babineaux, Saul Goodman's bodyguard, and on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as a standup comedian going by the stage name Landslide. He also appeared in an episode of Tosh.0, where he helps "the worst stand up comedian" redeem himself.