Interview by Paul Salfen
Alfonso Ribeiro is an iconic television personality, actor, TV director, award-winning dancer and Broadway star. Ribeiro has spent over 30 years leaving his unique mark on television, theater and pop culture worldwide. Ribeiro currently hosts “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which is currently in its 33rd season. Ribeiro will return to the “Dancing with the Stars” ballroom again but has been upped to emcee of the franchise in its 32nd season. Ribeiro also hosts the hit cable spinoff of the longtime ABC hit “America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition,” which airs on Nat Geo WILD, and he hosted six seasons of the hit “Catch 21,” for which his work garnered two Emmy nominations. He has many acting credits, including “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” as the iconic character Carlton Banks, for which he is known throughout the world.
