Overview
Nathaniel Stroman, known professionally as Earthquake, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and radio personality. He presently hosts a radio show entitled, Quakeshouse for SiriusXM and Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network. His first Netflix special entitled Chappelle's Home Team- Legendary: Earthquake was produced by Dave Chappelle and his Magic Lemonade production entity in February of 2022.
Earthquake performed a half-hour HBO special as part of the series One Night Stand, which first aired on August 26, 2005. His film credits include a small role in Kevin Smith's film Clerks II (2006), and a supporting role in the film, The Longshots (2008). His television appearances include a recurring role on CBS sitcom The Neighborhood (2018-2021) starring Cedric the Entertainer, cameos on South Side (2019), In the Cut (2017), and more. Earthquake's additional television credits include a recurring role as Chris' Uncle Mike, on Everybody Hates Chris. He voiced Root the Rooster in the 2006 CGI film, Barnyard and in the video game of the same title, and continued to do so on the TV series spinoff, Back at the Barnyard.
Early life
Nathaniel “Earthquake” Stroman was born in Washington, D.C.; his mother gave him the nickname “Earthquake”. She said: “Any time you take all the precautions not to have a kid, from the diaphragm to .... a condom, and you still have a child, there's nothing else you can name that child but a natural disaster."
He enlisted in the United States Air Force after he graduated from high school. Later he explained that he joined the military to get out of his mother's house.
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