Frank Schaeffer Fresh Prince (2024)

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Who played Frank on Fresh Prince in season 3? ›

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series 1990–1996) - Diedrich Bader as Frank Schaeffer - IMDb.

Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice (Charlayne Woodard), when Will's mom meets Janice's intended husband, Frank (Diedrich Bader) who is a white man.

The now 52-year-old recalled the first time he stepped onto the set of the Fresh Prince, at the age of 21, and feeling intimidated because he was surrounded by actors whereas he was a rising rapper.

Then suddenly, in the series' fourth season in 1994, The Fresh Prince pulled a Darrin Stevens-Bewitched-style switcheroo, replacing Janet Hubert with Daphne Maxwell Reid as Aunt Viv.

Ross Elliot Bagley (born December 5, 1988) is an American former actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Nicky Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as well as Dylan Dubrow in Independence Day. He also played Buckwheat in The Little Rascals (1994).

During the 2001-02 season, Smith played professional basketball for the Colima Tuberos in the LNBP League in Colima, Mexico. During that time, Smith also served as a tutor, and a conversation English teacher at the University of Colima. Smith lettered four times in basketball at Hamilton High School (Memphis).

The last character we are introduced to is Carlton Banks, the second protagonist of the show, who is also the same age as Will.

In the pilot episode, Will's character is 17 years old and Ashley is only 9. By a few episodes into the second season, Will is still only 17 yet Ashley has aged to 13.

Smith's charming and mischievous personality earned him the nickname "Prince," which eventually became "Fresh Prince".

Hubert said she was offered a "bad deal" in the show's third season and instead chose to leave the series. “When I left the show, I had this new baby and no one,” Hubert told Smith. “My family disowned me; Hollywood disowned me.

Why did they replace Vivian? ›

In 2020, during the Fresh Prince reunion show on HBO Max, he would explain that leading into Season 4, the studio offered her a new deal that had a salary cut. and she wasn't allowed to work on any other project. She rejected it. and the role was immediately recast.

Additionally, the character Nicky Banks was added to the cast toward the end of the season as Phillip and Vivian's newborn son, due to Hubert-Whitten's pregnancy.

"Grim & Evil" Hoss Delgado: Spectral Exterminator/Evil on Trial/To Eris Human (TV Episode 2002) - Diedrich Bader as Hoss Delgado - IMDb.

From 2014 to 2019, Bader had a recurring role on HBO sitcom Veep. Since 2016, Bader has had a recurring role as best friend, Rich, on Better Things.

Many know him for his roles as Oswald Lee Harvey on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence from the film Office Space, and his voice portrayal of Batman on Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Diedrich Bader as Rex - IMDb.