- Born
- Birth nameDavid Adkins
- Nicknames
- Red
- Sinbad not the Sailor
- Height6′ 3¼″ (1.91 m)
- Sinbad was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan to two parents, Louise and the Baptist Rev. Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins and was then known as David Adkins. He is primarily known as an actor and somewhat a writer and proved his comedic acting style in House Guest (1994), Jingle All the Way (1996), First Kid (1996) and Good Burger (1997). He has been married to Meredith Adkins since 2002 with two children. He was previously married to Meredith Fuller.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Serota
- SpousesMeredith Adkins(2002 - present) (2 children)Meredith Fuller(1986 - 1992) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsLouise Adkins
- RelativesMark Adkins(Sibling)Dorothea Adkins(Sibling)Donna Adkins(Sibling)Kylo Rain Adkins(Grandchild)Jalen Sky Adkins(Grandchild)Donald Adkins(Sibling)Michael Adkins(Sibling)
- Buzz cut
- Goatee
- Towering height
- Known for never using profanity in his act
- Finalist in Ed McMahon's Star Search (1983) talent contest for stand-up comedy. Lost to comedian and Crypt Keeper voice, John Kassir in the final round.
- Toured with the Air Force Tops in Blue program, which is a program of active duty Air Force members who perform shows around the world.
- Played college basketball at the University of Denver, but athletic career was ended by an injury.
- Alumnus of the University of Denver, where he lettered twice for basketball.
- Father, with Meredith Adkins, of daughter Paige Adkins, son Royce Adkins (aka Royce Beckly Adkins) and daughter Gem.
- If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful because all your problems just get magnified.
- But I said wait a minute, I'm going to get a computer, I can do this as well as anybody else. So I did some studying so I knew what kind of boards to get to put a PC together. But there was a guy sitting there with Apple. I said, 'what's that?' and he goes, 'Apple with 128k, it's all built into the box,' and I bought it. That was my first computer.
- People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me.
- There's no one defining moment that kills you or makes you.
- Who the heck is Donald Trump to fire me? I regret I didn't tell Donald Trump, 'You need to fire your barber. I'm sorry. I ain't feeling you, man. You're fired! I fire you, Donald Trump.'
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