Howie Bell is a veteran stand-up comedian”and actor, born and raised in Detroit, MI. From the start, Bell has taken the comedy game to the next level. He's appeared on several stand-up specials such as Comedy After Dark (Comedy Central 2013), six seasons of Comic View (BET), including the recent edition One Mic Stand, hosted by Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx's LAFFAPALOOZA! (Comedy Central), two seasons on P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy (HBO), Byron Allan’s Comics Unleashed, and two seasons on Black Men Revealed (TV ONE). In 2007, Bell was nominated for “Best Comedic Performance” by the “NAMIC” Awards for his performance on Robert Townsend Presents: Partner’s in Crime The Next Generation. Howie has also enjoyed road success as well. Performing on the National “Bad Boys of Comedy" tour, Laffapalooza festivals in Atlanta, GA, Jamie Foxx’s Y2K & Unpredictable tours, as well as at The Improv, Funny Bone, Laugh Factory, Comedy Store, and comedy clubs across the country. Bell has also opened for several “A-list” comics such as Jamie Foxx, Katt Williams, Brandon T. Jackson, Ricky Smiley, Joe Torry and Earthquake, to name a few. Howie has also had the opportunity to be a part of some film projects such as Busted, Hollywon’t, Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary (ILL VILLE Films), Once Apon a Time in Detroit, Heaven on Seven, and the recent critically acclaimed film Detroit Unleaded. Howie has also been in the “writing arena” as well, creatively contributing to the sketches that landed his improv/sketch group the Otha Level a spot at the Bumpershoot Festival (Seattle, WA) and a slot at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival (2000), as well as being a personal writer for P. Diddy when he hosted the MTV VMA’s in 2005, where one of Bell’s sketches made the cut. Howie also heads the HBz Premier Comedy Agency that books live stand-up comedy events nationwide, most notably the Latino Laff Blast, featuring Joey Medina and Alex Reymundo, two of the Latin Kings of Comedy, and Super Comedy Week, a weeklong comedy festival in Detroit that was an official event of the Super Bowl Host committee for Super Bowl XL in Detroit.