The multi-talented Tommy Davidson will do a routine that will combine stand-up comedy with music and song at tonight's Bermuda Music Festival.

The stand-up comedian, actor, musician and singer is set to host the evening's line up.

Mr. Davidson is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of the hit television show 'In Living Color', where he played various characters, including his impersonation of Sammy Davis, Jr. and the victim of Homey D. Clown.

He was also acted in Spike Lee's film 'Bamboozled' as 'Juwanna Mann' and was one of the cast members in 'Woo'.

He currently provides the voice for born loser and snack-food mogul Oscar Proud in the Disney animated series 'The Proud Family'.

This will be Mr. Davidson's first time in Bermuda and his aim is not only to entertain, but also to catch up with an old mate of his.

"I am looking forward to hanging out with Steve Harvey," Mr. Davidson told The Royal Gazette. "We have known each other over the last 18 years or so. He's really cool — we're always going to bring it!"

Before becoming a successful stand-up comic, actor, singer and musician, Mr. Davidson was working in a hotel kitchen as a chef's assistant. Mr. Davidson's success as a comedian was not something that he thought much about growing up — he was just a funny guy who loved making people laugh.

"A friend of mine asked me to try it (stand-up)," he remembered.

"I wasn't thinking about it really. So I ended up at a club, he lined it up and the next thing from the first time I said, 'hello' on the microphone, it was all over.

"At the time I was an assistant to a chef at a hotel, where I had worked for a long time. When the opportunity came, I went for it and it wasn't a year, and I was in Hollywood and within three years I was on 'In Living Color'. It's a blessing."

Since the late 1980s, he has performed in various comedy clubs throughout the Washington Metropolitan region, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

When asked how he comes up with his content for comedy skits, he said: "Actually I just live it through, I don't really think it through too much.

"I just kind of harness what is going on and make it work. One of the easiest things that I do is stand-up comedy. As a kid, I just always said the right thing at the right time. So, here I am in a profession where it is appropriate, but it was not always appropriate in class. It was a long, long road."

As a child Mr. Davidson was adopted by Caucasian parents. "I think it has made my comedy what it is really," he said of his childhood.

All his experiences infuse his comedy he said, and audiences tonight will see that firsthand.

"I'll bring my comedy, which is stories, but there will be singing and stuff — it'll be a full circle of entertainment," he said.

"Just expect me there. I always love to see new places so I can't wait to see how it is. I'm always at 100 percent, so expect that and have a good time."