"I'm an iconic man -- I didn't know that! Damn. I am somebody baby!" It's one of the first things that Mark Curry says to ET's Nischelle Turner, but to anyone who grew up watching the classic '90s sitcom Hangin' With Mr. Cooper, it's no surprise that Curry is one of ET's Iconic Leading Men of '90s TV alongside Jimmy Smits, Patrick Duffy, Charles Shaughnessy and Grant Show. The actor is known for his stand-up comedy chops, having performed alongside the greats, including opening for the late Richard Pryor and working with Martin Lawrence and Damon Wayans. He reveals that he earned an HBO special after opening for Wayans in his first week after moving to L.A., noting that he hadn't even gotten furniture for his apartment yet. "I was on my floor with a phone -- all I had was a phone because my furniture hadn't gotten there," he recalls. He went to film that special in Chicago with Lawrence, which led to him getting approached to film the pilot for