Alfonso Ribeiro was born in New York on September 21, 1971. Alfonso's family is from Trinidad & Tobago. Although rumor has been that he is of Dominican descent, he has stated in an interview that this is false. Neither he nor his family are from the Dominican Republic; they originate from Trinidad & Tobago. Ribeiro began his career when he debuted on the PBS show "Oye Ollie." After getting the starring role in the Broadway musical "The Tap Dance Kid" Ribeiro was spotted by Michael Jackson who cast him in one of the singer's many Pepsi commercials of that decade. At the age of 10 Ribeiro dabbled as a musician, releasing singles such as "Dance Baby," "Not Too Young (To Fall In Love)", "Sneak Away With Me" and "Time Bomb". It was about this time that he was cast as Ricky Schroder's best friend on the long-running series Silver Spoons (1982). He attended California State University at Los Angeles after the end of the series, and was later cast as Carlton Banks on the popular series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). An avid race car driver, Ribeiro resides in Los Angeles where he participates in celebrity car races.

Filmography

• 2021Muppets Haunted Mansion — Ghost of Fred
• K.C. Undercover — Director
• Young & Hungry — Director
• Spell-Mageddon — Host
• Shake It Up — Mr. Zigfield
• Big Time Rush — Block Captain McCallister
• True Jackson, VP — Director
• Celebrity Duets
• Cuts — Director
• Hi-Jinks
• 2005Love Wrecked — Brent Hernandez
• The Search for the Funniest Mom in America
• All of Us — Director
• 2003Daredevil vs. Spider-Man — Randy Robertson (voice)
• Eve — Director
• 2002Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin — Randy Robertson (voice)
• One on One — Lenny, Director
• The Brothers García — Mr. Sweets
• Extreme Ghostbusters — Roland Jackson (voice)
• 1996Kidz in the Wood — Morgan
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Illunga (voice)
• In the House — Maxwell Stanton, Carlton Banks, Director
• Spider-Man — Randy Robertson (voice)
• 1993Ticks — Darrel 'Panic' Lumley
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Carlton Banks, Director
• A Different World — Zach Duncan
• 1987The Mighty Pawns — Frank
• 1986John Grin's Christmas — Rocky
• 1985Dancing in the Wings — Alfonso
• 1985The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
• 1984Laugh Busters
• Silver Spoons — Alfonso Spears
• Magnum, P.I. — Kenny

Appearances as themselves (28)

• Dancing with the Stars Official Podcast — Self
• 2025Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — Self - Host
• 2024Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — Self - Host
• Jack Hanna's Passport — Self - Host
• 2024The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular — Self - Host
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self, Self - Guest
• America's Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition — Self - Host
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• 2020The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Steve — Self
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Unwrapped 2.0 — Self - Host
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• Steve Harvey — Self
• The Wendy Williams Show — Self
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Host, Self - Trio Partner, Self - Contestant, Self - Guest Judge, Self - Guest Host
• 2005Girls Rock — Self
• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! — Self
• America's Funniest Home Videos — Self - Host
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• 1985Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• A Capitol Fourth — Self