Lavell Maurice Crawford (born November 11, 1968) is an American comedian and actor, known for playing Huell Babineaux in Breaking Bad (2011–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2017–2022).

[7] Crawford graduated from Pattonville High School in 1986 before attending Missouri Western State College, where he studied computer science.

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

In 2011 at the Roberts Orpheum Theatre in St. Louis, he recorded Lavell Crawford: Can a Brother Get Some Love.

[8] He also played Babineaux in Huell's Rules, a non-canonical comedy short set after the events of Breaking Bad.