![]() ![]() Epps has also featured on the Dom Kennedy song "Intro/Hard Work" on his FutureStreet/DrugSounds mixtape. Epps also has featured in rapper French Montana's Mac Wit Da Cheese mixtape, which was released on April 19, 2009. The song is currently on iTunes and can be found on his album, Funny Bidness: Da Album, which was released October 27, 2009. It was originally recorded by Bow Wow featuring Yung Joc. Epps also has a song called "Big Girls", which came out in 2008. Epps has also made a song called "Trying to Be a Gangsta" with Pooh Bear.Įpps also hosted G Unit's 2008 mixtape Elephant In The Sand, appearing on the track "Hollow Thru Him". Since 2021, he has been a main cast member on the Netflix sitcom The Upshaws.Įpps "hosted" the Jim Jones and Skull Gang album Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present A Tribute To Bad Santa Starring Mike Epps. He also starred as the title character in the single-season 2016 sitcom Uncle Buck. ![]() Įpps had a starring role in the 2016 comedy horror film Meet the Blacks and its 2021 sequel The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2. Epps did portray Pryor in the 2016 Nina Simone biopic Nina, and is set to play him again in a planned HBO drama series about the L.A. In 2014, Epps landed the coveted role of Richard Pryor in a planned Pryor biopic to be directed by Lee Daniels however, the project has remained in development hell. Epps' performance was well received by critics and audiences. In 2010, Epps also released a stand-up comedy special, Under Rated & Never Faded, and hosted the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards.Įpps starred alongside Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston in the 2012 remake of Sparkle, in his first non-comedic role as the main antagonist, Satin, a stand-up comic by day, an evil and abusive drug kingpin by night, who is engaged in an affair with the titular character's sister. Epps also voiced another bear character (Boog) in the 2008 film Open Season 2 after Martin Lawrence declined the role. ![]() Epps reunited with Ice Cube in 2002 as the bumbling thief to Ice Cube's bounty hunter in All About the Benjamins, and again re-teamed with Cube in Friday's second sequel Friday After Next. Dolittle 2 as Sonny the Bear and finished the year with a featured role as comical pimp Baby Powder in How High, starring Method Man and Redman. Later that year, Epps had a cameo in 3 Strikes, and supported Jamie Foxx in Bait.Įpps had a voice role in the 2001 film Dr. This followed weeks of auditions, after Ice Cube attended a stand-up set Epps did, and then asked Epps to try out for the role of Day-Day Jones. In 1999, Epps was then cast as Ice Cube's co-star in the sequel, Next Friday. ![]() Acting Įpps' first on-screen appearance came in Vin Diesel's second directorial film, Strays in 1997. Career Stand-up comedy Įpps began his professional career by joining the Def Comedy Jam tour in 1995 and starred in two of HBO's Def Comedy Jam broadcasts. In his adulthood, Epps moved to Brooklyn to star in Def Comedy Jam in 1994. He has had starring roles in the sitcoms Uncle Buck and The Upshaws.Įpps was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Mary Reed and (the late) Tommie Epps. He played Lloyd Jefferson "L.J." Wade in the films Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007). He was the voice of main character Boog in Open Season 2, replacing Martin Lawrence, with whom he starred in the comedy Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, playing "Reggie", cousin of Roscoe (played by Lawrence). He played Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and its sequel, Friday After Next, and also appeared in The Hangover and The Hangover Part III as "Black Doug". Michael Elliot Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. ![]()
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