Mike Epps Biography
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. Sarah Sloboda, Rovi
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