‏Mandell Frazier‏

Mandell Frazier is a Producer, Director, TV Talk Show Host, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Actor, Musician, Motivational Speaker and Humanitarian from Detroit, MI who has over 100 Film/TV/Commercial Internet Movie Database (IMDb) credits and is best known for portraying a wealthy homeowner on the prime time television soap opera drama Tyler Perry's "If Loving You Is Wrong" on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

Mandell began acting at the age of 10 performing in a very popular gospel stage play production written and directed by his mother Dolores Frazier who is a well-known and respected international Missionary/Evangelist and a 12-year breast cancer survivor. Mandell has trained at the prestigious Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB), SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory and the SAG Foundation. In 2015, Mandell was the recipient of the "Outstanding Christian Entertainer Award" from the Universal Deliverance Church in Los Angeles, CA.

Mandell is the youngest of 7 brothers and sisters and comes from a musical family. He grew up in church playing the percussions. Mandell is a freelance musician who has played for independent gospel artists, done live recordings, concerts, spot tours and performed in various drum circles/jam sessions throughout the country.

In fact, Mandell's father (Herbert A. Frazier, Jr.) was a gifted drummer and his older brother Zachary affectionately called "Zach" was a professional drummer in Motown who worked and recorded with some of the top artists of our time including Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Freda Payne, George Clinton & The Funkadelics, The Temptations, Dramatics, Etc. Zach whose industry nickname was "Thundersticks" due to the power and speed he demonstrated when he played a solo also played on hit tunes and recorded with major record labels.

Mandell also has a fitness background as a Group Fitness Instructor on the Nickelodeon network and is a former celebrity Personal Trainer. In 2015, Mandell was asked to be an Ambassador and Guest Speaker at President Barack Obama's Global Preparation Academy Health and Wellness Event in Los Angeles, CA accompanied by NBA head coaches Byron Scott (LA Lakers), Lionel Hollins (Brooklyn Nets) and World Series Champion/MLB Hall of Famer Eric Davis (Cincinnati Reds) encouraging students to stay in school while incorporating a healthy lifestyle.

In 2016, Mandell was invited again to be a Guest Speaker at President Barack Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" Festival at the newly renovated East Los Angeles Library in Los Angeles, CA. Mandell's platform was "Faith, Fitness and Focus" and afterwards he was presented a "Certificate of Recognition" from County of Los Angeles Supervisor and former U.S. Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis.

Mandell believes in giving back to the community and is a proud donor/supporter of Alexandria House (a non-profit transitional residence for women and children in need) and volunteers in feeding the homeless at The Midnight Mission (a human services organization) on Skid Row.

In addition, Mandell has partnered with the LA County Library for several of their community events, served as the Ambassador for the All Sports Expo, has been the Guest Speaker at the Black College Expo, Holmes Early Education Center, Urban Network Digital Music Conference and have been involved with the 3-time WNBA World Champions LA Sparks, SAG Foundation, Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) and The Performing Arts for Life and Education Foundation (PALEF).

In 2016, Mandell began expanding his horizon in Hollywood by directing his first TV show called "Health From the Inside Out" focusing on health and wellness and in 2017 Mandell began co-producing and hosting his own faith-based live TV talk show called "Mandell & Friends" based on his platform of Faith, Fitness and Focus on Time Warner Cable WHPA channel 36 in West Hollywood, AT&T U-verse channel 99 in the greater Los Angeles area (reaching 18.2 million households) and streamed live online.

Mandell resides in Southern California with his beautiful wife and best friend Tonya whom he's known since she was 17 years old and married on his parent's 59th wedding anniversary at sunset on Secret Beach in Maui, HI.