Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro Sr. (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor, television director, dancer, and show host. Ribeiro played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons, and Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He currently hosts ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos, taking over from Tom Bergeron who left after fifteen years. He hosted the GSN game show Catch 21 and the ABC Family show Spell-Mageddon. He also hosted the hit television show Dance 360, and starred in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. Ribeiro took part in the thirteenth series of the British reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, where he came in seventh place, leaving on Day 19. Ribeiro won season nineteen of Dancing with the Stars, with professional partner Witney Carson. 2Early life Ribeiro was born in New York City in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, to Trinidadian parents Michael and Joy Ribeiro (née De Leon). His mother was the daughter of Trinidadian Calypsonian the Roaring Lion, Rafael de Leo