Lavell Crawford

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Summary

Lavell Crawford is a stand-up comedian and actor known for playing Huell Babineaux in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. His comedy often draws on family life, his upbringing, weight, sex, and church. In a 2017 interview, he made disparaging remarks about gay people and questioned their representation in children’s cartoons; he later apologized and said he respected people regardless of sexual orientation. He has said politics bore him, and no public DEI work or political advocacy is on record.