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'''Keith Powell''' (born c.August 12, 1979)<ref name="playbill">{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/news/article/92010-Wilmingtons-Contemporary-Stage-Lures-Richard-Easton-and-Keith-David-for-Restoring-the-Sun-and-Harlem-Set-Fourposter |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131134424/https://www.playbill.com/news/article/92010-Wilmingtons-Contemporary-Stage-Lures-Richard-Easton-and-Keith-David-for-Restoring-the-Sun-and-Harlem-Set-Fourposter |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |work=[[Playbill]] |first=Kenneth |last=Jones |date=March 29, 2005 |title=Wilmington's Contemporary Stage Lures Richard Easton and Keith David, for Restoring the Sun and Harlem-Set Fourposter|quote=...Powell, the 25-year-old African-American actor-producer...}}</ref> is an American television actor, writer, director, and [[web series]] creator, known for his role as [[Toofer Spurlock|James "Toofer" Spurlock]] on ''[[30 Rock]]'', and for creating and starring in the web series ''[[Keith Broke His Leg]]'', for which he won several [[Indie Series Awards]] in 2016.

In the spring of 2007, while working as a recurring character on ''[[30 Rock]]'', he shot an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] pilot called ''Judy's Got A Gun''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefutoncritic.com/reviews/2007/07/17/the-futons-first-look-judys-got-a-gun-abc-24976/20070717_judysgotagun/|title=Rants & Reviews - The Futon's First Look: "Judy's Got a Gun" (ABC) - TheFutonCritic.com|website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}</ref> It was not picked up for the Fall 2007 season, and Powell returned to ''30 Rock'', where he was promoted to a series regular. In October 2008, Powell launched and starred in a self-funded web series called ''Keith Powell Directs a Play'' (co-written and directed by [https://www.unknownpenguin.com/home/about Patrick Flynn]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-30 |title=30 Rock's Keith Powell Directs a Play |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2008/12/30/30-rocks-keith-powell-directs-a-play/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref>)'','' chronicling Powell's foray into directing ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' at a fictional repertory theatre group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/10/08/30-rocks-keith-powell-directs-a-play-for-real|title=30 Rock's Keith Powell 'Directs a Play'… For Real!|access-date=2008-10-08|author=Stidham, Lindsay|date=2008-10-08|work=[[Tubefilter News]]}}</ref> In 2009, Powell was a guest commentator on [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s'', and also played a [[Tuskegee Airman]] in ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]''.

Powell recurred on the final season of ''[[The Newsroom (U.S. TV series)|The Newsroom]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/india-ennenga-joins-aes-the-returned-keith-powell-added-to-the-newsroom-738462/|title=India Ennenga Joins A&E's 'The Returned', Keith Powell Added To 'The Newsroom'|date=31 May 2014|website=[[Deadline.com Hollywood]]|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> He appeared in the feature film ''[[My Name Is David]]''. In 2015, he created, wrote, directed, and starred in the web series ''[[Keith Broke His Leg]]''. The series went on to win several Indie Series Awards, including Best Comedy Series and Best Actor in a Comedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indieseriesawards.com/2016/04/7th-annual-indie-series-awards-winners.html|title=7th Annual Indie Series Awards Winners|website=Indieseriesawards.com|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref>

Powell began his television directing career in March 2018 with the season three episode "Amnesty" of the [[NBC]] television series ''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/18/17130452/superstore-episode-15-recap-amnesty-nbc-mateo-jeff|title=Love in the time of late capitalism: how Superstore revived will-they/won't-they romance|first=Emily|last=VanDerWerff|date=18 March 2018|website=Vox}}</ref> He has since directed episodes of [[Dickinson (TV series)|''Dickinson'']], ''[[Single Drunk Female]]'', [[Interview with the Vampire (TV series)|''Interview with the Vampire'']], and ''[[So Help Me Todd]]''.

In October 2013, Powell married visual artist Jill Knox.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eggenberger|first=Nicole|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/30-rocks-keith-powell-is-engaged-to-jill-knox-2012187|title=30 Rock's Keith Powell Is Engaged to Jill Knox|date=18 July 2012 |access-date=August 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/fashion/weddings/a-shy-and-logical-guy-finds-his-open-and-wild-match.html?ref=weddings|first=Denise|last=Oliveira|title=A Shy and Logical Guy Finds His Open and Wild Match|date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> In 2019, Powell and Knox announced the birth of their first child, a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/03/12/30-rock-keith-powell-wife-jill-knox-welcome-baby-girl-after-stillborn-loss/3138179002/|title='After 5 years of trying' Keith Powell and wife Jill Knox announce birth of baby girl|last=Ali|first=Rasha|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> In 2021, they had a second child, a boy. Powell and Knox live in [[Los Angeles]].

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