Mike Epps' name has become synonymous with a particular style of humor, through his appearance with several other African-American artists in the same genre. Epps earned a large portion of his fame through his credits in several Ice Cube films, including Next Friday (also starring Chris Tucker), How High (with Redman and Method Man), Friday After Next, and All About the Benjamins. Aside from featuring Ice Cube, the common thread of these films was the hilarious prominence of marijuana-smoking comic characters like the ones portrayed by Epps.
Born in Indianapolis, IN, into a large family, Epps' natural comedic ability was encouraged at an early age, and he began performing standup as a teenager. He moved to Atlanta where he worked at the Comedy Act Theater, before moving to New York City to star in Def Comedy Jam in 1995. His first major film role came just two years later when he starred in Vin Diesel's Strays, a dramatic portrayal of relationships and drugs. In 1999, he made an appearance on the HBO mafia series The Sopranos.
In addition to his aforementioned film work with Ice Cube, Epps had several other feature-film appearances. In 2000, he was featured in Bait, starring Jamie Foxx and David Morse, and in the jail-comedy 3 Strikes. He performed the voice of Sonny in Dr. Dolittle 2, starring Eddie Murphy, in 2001. As he gained more recognition, his comedic talent began to blossom, as demonstrated in his two 2002 features: Kevin Bray's All About the Benjamins, an action-packed comedy, and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, in which he starred as Day-Day.
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Sparkle
Actor |
2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
Jumping the Broom
Actor |
2011 | |||
35 & Ticking
Executive Producer |
2010 | |||
Faster
Actor |
2010 | |||
Lottery Ticket
Actor |
2010 | |||
Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed
Actor, Executive Producer |
2010 | |||
Mike Epps: Live From Club Nokia
Executive Producer, Performance, Screenwriter |
2010 | |||
Janky Promoters
Actor |
2009 | |||
Mike Epps: Funny Bidness
Executive Producer, Performance |
2009 | |||
Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded - Live from Detroit!
Executive Producer, Performance, Screenwriter |
2009 | |||
Next Day Air
Actor |
2009 | |||
Open Season 2
Voice |
2009 | |||
The Hangover
Actor |
2009 | |||
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2008 | |||
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
Performance |
2008 | |||
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2008 | |||
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2007 | |||
Talk to Me
Actor |
2007 | |||
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Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam: Season 01
Participant |
2006 | |||
Something New
Actor |
2006 | |||
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2005 | |||
Roll Bounce
Actor |
2005 | |||
The Honeymooners
Actor, Executive Producer |
2005 | |||
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2004 | |||
Still Bout It
Actor |
2003 | |||
The Fighting Temptations
Actor |
2003 | |||
All About the Benjamins
Actor, Executive Producer |
2002 | |||
BET ComicView: All Stars, Vol. 10
Performance |
2002 | |||
Friday After Next
Actor |
2002 | |||
How High
Actor |
2001 | |||
3 Strikes
Actor |
2000 | |||
Bait
Actor |
2000 | |||
Def Comedy Jam: All Stars, Vol. 8
Performance |
2000 | |||
Next Friday
Actor |
2000 | |||
Strays
Actor |
1997 |
