Hangin' With Mr. Cooper - "My Dinner with Mark" - 10:00 am Friday, May 8 on WNBC Cozi TV

Mark Curry (Actor) .. Mark Cooper

Born: June 01, 1964
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States

Trivia: Worked as a drugstore manager before he became a comedian. Made his stand-up debut at an Oakland comedy club in 1987. Made his film debut in Talkin' Dirty After Dark (1991). Was a contestant on Celebrity Mole Yucatan in 2004. Was injured in a freak home accident in 2006. He was put in a medically induced coma, had second-degree burns and then dealt with depression resulting from the incident. Was one of five stand-up comedians performing as part of the Royal Comedy Tour in 2012.

Holly Robinson Peete (Actor) .. Vanessa Russell

Born: September 18, 1964
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Trivia: Holly Robinson Peete began her career in show business in 1969 when she was five years old with an appearance on the children's series Sesame Street, on which her father played non-Muppet cast member Gordon. In adulthood, she would go on to appear on shows like 21 Jump Street and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and later on Love, Inc. She became one of the co-hosts of The View knockoff The Talk, and in 2012 she spoofed her breakthrough part by appearing in the big-screen comedy 21 Jump Street. She is married to former NFL quraterback Rodney Peete.

Cylk Cozart (Actor) .. Quentin

Born: February 01, 1957

Denise Nicholas (Actor) .. Mrs Walker

Born: July 12, 1944

Trivia: A graduate of the University of Michigan, actress Denise Nicholas made her first off-Broadway appearance in the 1966 revue Viet Rock. She later appeared in such New York productions as Ceremonies in Dark Old Men and Dame Lorraine, and was active with the Free Southern Theater and the Negro Ensemble Company. She co-starred with Bill Cosby in a number of films, including Let's Do It Again (1975), A Piece of the Action (1977), and Ghost Dad (1990). Nicholas was been a regular on three TV series, playing guidance counselor Liz McIntyre in Room 222 (1969-1974), for which she received three Golden Globe nominations; Olivia Ellis in Baby, I'm Back (1978); and Harriet De Long in In the Heat of the Night (1988-1994). She later starred as an alcoholic mother in domestic drama Ritual (2000). Nicholas is also author of The Denise Nicholas Beauty Book.

David Bowe (Actor) .. Guard

Born: January 04, 1964

Hangin' With Mr. Cooper: My Dinner with Mark

10:00 am - 10:30 am, Friday, May 8 on WNBC Cozi TV (4.2)

My Dinner with Mark

Season 1, Episode 9