Michael Chambers
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| Born | 1967 Long Beach, California |
Michael Chambers (born 1967) is an American dancer and actor known for his role as "Turbo" in the 1984 cult classic film Breakin' and the 1984 hit sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. In both movies he is credited as Boogaloo Shrimp, a name that remains inextricably linked to the Hollywood phase of popping, boogaloo and robot dancing also the freestyle art of b-boying. During the height of the popularity of those movies, he and other's from the films appeared in the Chaka Khan music video for the song I Feel for You.
Chambers, nicknamed "shrimp" by his sister, got an early entrée into professional dancing via television commercials, followed by an appearance in the video for Lionel Richie's All Night Long. In 1985, he co-starred in "Stop the Madness," an anti-drug music video sponsored by the Reagan administration, featuring several famous musicians, actors and athletes.
He also appeared in such films as Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey as a dancing robot and in the 1999 film Dudley Do-Right. He also appeared as Urkelbot in a 1991 episode of Family Matters, again as a robot.
Chambers was the announcer on the kid's show Fun House from 1990-1991. In contrast to his style of dancing, he would dance while "rapping" the opening spiel at the start of the show. He appeared in the Sugar Ray's 1997 video of the song Fly and breakdanced in the video.
