Mo Alexander (born November 7, 1970)[1] is an American stand-up comedian and actor originally from Memphis, Tennessee.

Donnie Snow of the Memphis Commercial Appeal called him "as funny and fearless a stand-up as the Mid- South ever produced.

"[2] Alexander was born in south Memphis, near Stax Records, and raised by his mother (a grade-school teacher) and his grandmother.

He became a full-time professional touring comic in 1996 after his grandmother died, and he decided to leave Memphis and go on the road for six months.

[18][15] He has also opened for Dave Chappelle, Brian Regan, Chris Rock, Dom Irrera, and Tommy Davidson.

In 2015, Alexander developed blood clots in his heart and was pronounced clinically dead twice; he claims that he had a near-death experience in which he heard the chorus to The Notorious B.I.G.

[15][8] Mo' Possum Blues takes its title from Alexander's unusual pets—he has taken in several semidomesticated opossums that have been injured and can no longer safely live in the wild.

[30] He played a prison librarian in the 1998 psychological thriller A Letter from Death Row, written, directed and starring Poison frontman Bret Michaels.