Mike Epps

Description

By 1995, Mike Epps ended up on the Def Comedy Jam tour and starred in two of HBO's Def Comedy Jam broadcasts. With a stop along the way to appear in actor Vin Diesel's directorial debut "Strays" (1996), Mike Epps was well on his way to becoming one of the bigger names in stand-up.

He appeared in an episode of "The Sopranos" in 1999, the same year the comedian learned that Ice Cube was soon to cast his co-star (effectively, Chris Tucker's replacement) in the "Friday" sequel "Next Friday." Epps headed for Los Angeles, where he invited Ice Cube to catch his stand-up set. Impressed, the rapper-actor-producer asked Epps to try out for the part of Day-Day, which he landed after weeks of auditions.

Opening at Number One on the box-office charts, "Next Friday" was a breakthrough for the new actor, who was already familiar to much of the audience from his stand-up work Epps' played the ineffectual Day-Day, a smoked-out character stalked by his obsessive ex-girlfriend (Tamala Jones) and her brutish younger sister Baby D (Lady of Rage). Later that year, he had a cameo in DJ Pooh's "3 Strikes" and supported Jamie Foxx in the action comedy "Bait."

Mike Epps began 2001 with a voice role in the family comedy "Dr. Dolittle 2" and finished the year with a featured role as comical pimp Baby Powder in "How High," starring hip-hop artists Redman and Method Man. Epps played the bumbling thief to Ice Cube's bounty hunter in the action comedy "All about the Benjamins" and again re-teamed with the rapper-actor-filmmaker in the continuing "Friday" saga's latest entry "Friday After Next" (both 2002).

Other notable movie roles include The Fighting Temptations with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and R&B/Pop diva Beyoncé Knowles, Guess Who (the 2005 remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with Bernie Mac), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), the 2005 remake of The Honeymooners with Cedric the Entertainer, and Roll Bounce (playing one of two garbage men along with Charlie Murphy).

Information from the club's site

Some nearby drink specials on April 20th

• Crystal's Entertainment Complex: 6 pm - 9 pm: $2 you call its

Some nearby restaurants

• Hav-R Burgers
• Taste of Thai
• Empress Palace
• Pham Thi Trouc Restaurant
• Bistro B (Grand Prairie)

Some nearby events on April 20th

• Cesar Cervantes / Marvin Michaels (CANCELED), Hyena's Comedy Night Club (Arlington), 10:30 p.m.
• Cesar Cervantes / Marvin Michaels (CANCELED), Hyena's Comedy Night Club (Arlington), 8:30 p.m.
• Mike Epps, Hyena's Comedy Night Club (Arlington), 8:30 p.m.

Event posted April 16, 2007
Last updated April 16, 2007

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