Don Reed is an American television actor, writer, author, and comedian. He is best known for Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Once Upon a Forest, Fear of a Black Hat, and Hollywood Shuffle. Other film credits include Go West, The Meteor Man, I Yabba-Dabba Do!, The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime, and City Rhythms.

Off-Broadway theatre credits include East 14th: True Tales of a Reluctant Player (New World Stages).