Willie Macc
Willie Macc (born Willie McMiller) is best known 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 graduated of Hazelwood Central High School, he is currenlty a Marketing major at American Inter Continental 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 elementrary school teacher in the Ferguson-Florissant district. Both still live in suburban St. Louis with Willie Macc’s four brother – Gabriel, John, Javis, and James.
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 would 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 serveral national and regional commercial 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 craking 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 recongnizable 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 rsults being statically the same (51.5% Keept It to 49.5% Let It Go), Willie Macc decided to compromise by keeping it, but cutting it down about 2 inches.
Both an actor and comedian, Willie Macc made his first professional stand-up comdey 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 comdey routines in and around Los Angeles for both teen and adult audiences. A lover of sketch comdey 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 aird in three diffeent episoes during March of 2008. His increasing popularity will soon expand internationally, with the April 2008 initial airing of College Hill Vrigin Islands on the newly launched BET UK network. Willie Macc is slated to travel to London to help with promotion of the show and to meet with several Eurpean advertisers for celebrity endorsement opportunities.
Will Macc cites Bernie Mac, Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy as his role models. He spells hs 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.