Lavell Maurice Crawford is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Huell Babineaux in Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul. He also played the role of Gus Patch in the Netflix original movie The Ridiculous 6.

Crawford was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri, where he graduated in 1986. As a child, he suffered from numerous hardships, including a struggle with weight, a near-drowning at age ten, and abandonment by his father, a bodybuilder. However, as of 2010, the two have reconnected.

Crawford frequently performed on BET's ComicView in the '90s.

Lavell was a contestant on NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2007, where he lost to Jon Reep in the two-hour season finale.

In 2011 at the Roberts Orpheum Theatre in St. Louis, he recorded Lavell Crawford: Can a Brother Get Some Love? He went on to appear on the crime drama series Breaking Bad as Saul Goodman's bodyguard Huell Babineaux and on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as a stand-up comedian going by the stage name Landslide. He also appeared in an episode of Tosh.0, where he helps "the worst stand-up comedian" redeem himself. He has a small supporting role in the 2015 film American Ultra.



Crawford made multiple appearances on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2015 as a special correspondent and panel member. On Adult Swim, Crawford made a guest appearance on Aqua TV Show as Unbelievable Ron and a chimp alien. He also made a celebrity guest appearance in Squidbillies and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell. In 2017, he appeared on Better Call Saul, reprising his role as Huell Babineaux from Breaking Bad. Crawford also appears in J-Kwon's Tipsy music video.

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