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Willie Macc (born Willie McMiller, August 4, 1984) is best know as the funny man from the hit BET Reality TV show, "College Hill Virgin Islands". He has become one of the few Reality TV stars to make the transition from Reality TV to that of a working actor in Hollywood.The son of Elder Willie McMiller and Minerva McMiller, Willie Macc was born in Seascy, Arkansas and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. A 2002 graduate of Hazelwood Central High School, he is currently a Marketing major at American InterContinental University in Los Angeles, California. His father, Elder Willie McMiller, is pastor of Brotherly Love Christian Assembly in Jennings. His mother, Minerva McMiller, is an elementary school teacher in the Ferguson-Florissant district. Both still live in suburban St. Louis with Willie Macc's four brothers - Gabriel(20), John(18), Jarvis (16) and James (8).In his season of College Hill (Season 4), four students from Los Angeles, and four students from the Virgin Islands lived together while they are taking classes at the University of the Virgin Islands. Filled with the usual fun times, arguments and chaos that a house full of 8 students normal bring, the living situation was pretty much business as usual for him, since he had grew up in a relatively large household.He has had a busy year since his "graduation" from College Hill. Once he relocated back to Los Angeles from the Virgin Islands, he continued his small screen run by appearing on multiple episodes of CSI, as well as Journeyman, 106th and Park and Take the Cake. He has also appeared in several national and regional commercials including Subway and Taco Bell.Willie Macc's big screen break came with his cameo appearance in the 2008 comedy spoof "Meet the Spartans" where he played a "Yo Mama" joke cracking opponent of the Spartan army. His second film, "House Arrest", Willie Macc co-stars as the Chris Tucker like side-kick in the "Friday" like direct to video comedy. Cited recently as a "modern day Eddie Murphy", Willie Macc continues his destiny to stardom when he begins shooting the action / comedy, "Chicago Pulaski Jones" (written by and starring Kel Mitchel of the "Kenan & Kel" show, and directed by Cedric the Entertainer) in March of 2008, and "The Scorpion" and "Hacking Hollywood" in April of 2008.Known for his big afro, the unique retro look made him one of the most recognizable cast members on his season of College Hill. While loved by many industry insiders, his hair also casted some doubt on whether or not the afro is suited for the majority of today's Hollywood roles. In November of 2007, after receiving a little pressured by some of those close to him to change his look, Willie Macc decided to leave the fate of his afro up to the public. Fans were allowed to weigh in both by an online poll as well as a text message poll on whether he should "Keep the Fro or Let it Go". With the results being statically the same (51.5% Keep to 49.5% Let it Go), Willie Macc decided to compromise by keeping it, but cutting it down about 3 inches.Both an actor and comedian, Willie Macc made his first professional stand-up comedy debut at the famous BB Kings at Universal Walk in Los Angeles on July 31, 2007. He continues to hone his comic skills by performing stand-up comedy routines in and around Los Angeles for both teen and adult audiences. A lover of sketch comedy in particular, he has developed a sketch comedy TV pilot with his College Hill cast mate "JayTee".A frequent guest on the "red carpets" in LA, Willie Macc has developed a knack for entertaining the media. So much so, BET designated Willie Macc to handle all local Los Angeles press appearances for the first ever BET "College Hill; Class Reunion" show which aired in three different episodes during March of 2008. His increasing popularity will soon expand internationally, with the April 2008 initial airing of College Hill Virgin Islands on the newly launched BET UK network. Willie Macc is slated to travel to London to help with the promotion of the show and to meet with several European advertisers for celebrity endorsement opportunities.Willie Macc cites Bernie Mac, Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy as his role models. He spells his name with two c's, so it would not be too confusing with Bernie Mac. But like Bernie Mac, Willie Macc aspires to one day have his own TV show.
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Acting, stand up, and making people laugh... thats what Im good at. I had a manager that told me once that he meant to fire me but the only reason he kept me was because I kept the life at the job... damn thats f'd up huh

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Martin Lawrence, Jamie Foxx, and Bernie Mac, my grandad (RIP). anyone cool and real its hard to find that out here in LA

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All types, mainly R n B Kayne West and BeBe and CeCe Winans

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last book i read was the Davinci Code...crazy book but good at the same time

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me! Entertainment Columnists Gail Pennington Story Hazelwood grad takes the laughs to 'College Hill'
By Gail Pennington
POST-DISPATCH TELEVISION CRITIC
03/05/2007
Willie McMiller
Willie McMiller (Hazelwood Central High School, 2002), is glad his debut on the BET reality series "College Hill" will come on a Tuesday night. His parents go to church Tuesday nights.
His father, Elder Willie McMiller, is pastor of Brotherly Love Christian Assembly in Jennings. His mother, Minerva McMiller, is an elementary school teacher in the Ferguson-Florissant district.
But Willie Macc, as he likes to be called, follows his own drummer. In this case, the beat took him all the way to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. That was the setting for the fourth season of "College Hill," described by BET as "TV's most addictive black reality show" and promising "uncensored and completely unrestricted" fun.
The new season has four college students from Los Angeles transferring temporarily to the University of the Virgin Islands, where they live in "a tricked-out pad" with four local students.
In real life, McMiller, 22, is six classes away from graduating from American Intercontinental University in Los Angeles, where his major is international marketing. His real goal, though, is to be an actor-comedian.
He talked about "College Hill" last week from Los Angeles.
Q: Willie, do your parents have cable?
A: Yeah, yeah, they do.
Q: What do you think their reaction to the show will be?
A: I don't expect them to be surprised. I already called my father and told him, "Dad ."â€°."â€°. some pretty wild things happened."
Q: And he said?
A: He just told me, "Sinners do what sinners do." I was like, "Ouch!"
Q: How did a pastor's son wind up on a reality show anyway?
A: I had done something with Tracey Edmonds' little brother (Edmonds is executive producer of "College Hill"), and he was always telling me I was hilarious, and why wasn't I on a show? He told me about "College Hill" and was very enthusiastic about me doing it.
Q: Did he give you any advice?
A: He told me, "Make my sister laugh, and you'll get it."
Q: Did you?
A: Yeah, I did. And when they asked me, "Why should we put you on?" I told them, "I know I'll be good TV. I may sound cocky, but I'm good at what I do. Saying I'm not would be like Michael Jordan saying he's not good at basketball."
Q: How did you get along with the seven people you lived with?
A: That was eye-opening. The four people from the Virgin Islands, you hear their accent and immediately think Jamaica. But they are not like Jamaicans. They are private and reserved.
And the four of us from Los Angeles were different, too. One girl from Orange County said she'd never seen so many black people before. And a guy from Compton (a rough LA neighborhood) said he was used to gunfire on the corners.
Q: These shows are all about the hookups. Did you make a connection with any of your housemates?
A: The problem with me was that I'm never serious. The girls liked me, but they thought I was so goofy that they couldn't imagine (dating) me. My role in the house was to lighten the mood. When people got mad, I was the mediator. I was like, just laugh it off.
Q: But from what you told your father, you did get lucky?
A: Well, yeah. We had an assignment to take a person from school out on a date, so I asked this girl from class. We got back to the house about 3 a.m., and she asked if she could spend the night there. (The inevitable happened, recorded by night-vision cameras.)
The next morning, when she saw the cameras, she really freaked out. She claimed she didn't know I was on a TV show. There was even a microphone under the pillow. I felt bad about that.
Q: There were cameras in every room, and a camera crew following your every move. How did that affect your behavior?
A: I didn't care when the cameras were on. If I did, I wouldn't have done half of what I did, knowing my dad would see. Everybody treated the cameras differently. Some would hold back, but others went all out.
In the beginning, the cameras were cool. But later, it could be annoying that they were always in your face. Especially if you were mad, you wanted privacy.
Q: Did you actually take classes at the University of the Virgin Islands?
A: Yes, I took three classes. I learned fencing, and that was interesting. In my world, we don't know fencing. I told my grandmother, and she said, "So now you can build a fence?" I took poetry performance; I was the only guy in the class. And I took Caribbean culture and learned so much.
Q: When will you graduate from college?
A: Probably this summer. I'm the first male in my family to go to school, and I want to finish for them, but I really want to do anything where I can make people laugh. I just performed my first stand-up show.
Q: Who are your role models?
A: Maybe Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy â€” I like the way they've mixed it up. I call myself Willie Macc, with two C's, so it wouldn't be too much like Bernie Mac, but I wouldn't mind being compared to him, either.
Q: You tell the people on the show that you're from Arkansas (he lived there until he was 6) and don't really mention St. Louis in the beginning. Was that deliberate?
A: It kind of was. I know church people will go running to my dad and say, (the elder McMiller is) preaching the word, but it isn't getting through to his son.
Q: Have you told your mother?
A: Yes, I called her and she just said, "Oh. All right." I thought, "Y'all are taking this way too well."
Q: They haven't seen it yet, though.
A: Right. They may miss it because of church on Tuesday, but when they do see it, it's not hard to figure out what my dad's next sermon will be about.

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Posted by www.williemacc.tv on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:30:00 PST

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The life and times of Willie Macc

They say if you write out your problems its like a stress killer so here it is...life has changed a lot since college hill the red carpets, the movies, the oppurtunities you get now that you never cou...
Posted by www.williemacc.tv on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:26:00 PST