Sinbad Parents: Meet Donald Adkins, Louise Adkins

David Adkins, better known by his stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

He became known in the 1990s for being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series such as Coach Walter Oakes in A Different World (1987–1991)

and as David Bryan on The Sinbad Show (1993–1994), and starring in the films Necessary Roughness, Houseguest, First Kid, Jingle All the Way, Good Burger, and Planes (2013).

Sinbad Parents: Meet Donald Adkins, Louise Adkins

Sinbad was born November 10, 1956, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the son of Louise and a Baptist minister, Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins Sr.

He has five siblings: Donna, Dorothea, Mark, Michael, and Donald Jr.

Actor and Comedian Sinbad arrived on the comedy scene with a “ hit’em in the face” style of comedy that has kept audiences laughing in the aisles for over the past two decades.

He freely admits that he doesn’t know any jokes, except for the ones that his dad told him “back in the day”.

Sinbad tells stories, and boy does he tell stories! The basis of his humor comes from everyone he’s met, everything he’s seen, and everything he’s done.