Actor, Author. He gained fame as an award-winning American television actor who was also a stand-up comedian, author, and game show host. He is best remembered for his role as Maurice in the film "Coming to America" in 1988, and his last film was "Coming 2 America" in 2021. For his part in the animated television series "Life with Louie," he received four nominations for the Daytime Emmy for Outstand Performer in an Animated Program and received the award in 1997 and 1998. He received three Humanitas Prizes for writing a children's animated series and a Genesis Award, and he was the creator and starred in "Life with Louie." Anderson received three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations and received the 2016 award for his performance as Christine Baskets, the mother of twin sons, on the FX comedy television series "Baskets. He appeared in 39 episodes of "Baskets." From 2003 to 2012, he performed in various Las Vegas hotels in a stand-up show called "Louie: Larger Than Life." Born one of 15 children, his father was a trumpeter for singer Hoagy Carmichael's band. He made his debut on January 13, 1984, on Rodney Dangerfield's "Young Comedians Special" on HBO television. Starting in 1999 for three seasons, he became the television game show host of the new version of "Family Feud." He appeared as a one-time guest actor in a host of television shows. Not every show was a success, as CBS canceled "The Louie Show" after six episodes. He was a best-selling author with four books: "Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child" in 1989, "Goodbye Jumbo…Hello Cruel World" in 1993, "The F Word: How to Survive Your Family" in 2001, and "Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, but You Can Read Them Too" in 2018. He married and divorced twice, with each marriage lasting only weeks. Of his fifteen siblings, he had two sisters survived him, who filed a lawsuit against his manager for allegedly coercing major changes in his will days before his death. At the time of his death, his estate was worth $10 million. After having two major successful heart procedures in 2003 at age 50, he died of the complications of large B-cell lymphoma.