MIKE EFFS (Ed Norton) has generated quite a buzz among his peers and within the industry for being one of the funniest comic actors to emerge into the Hollywood scene as of late.
Since 2001, Epps’s comedic film roles have really taken off. In March 2002, Epps was seen starring opposite Ice Cube in New Line Cinema's "All About the Benjamins.” Epps also reprised his role as Day-Day in “Friday After Next,” the third installment of the “Friday” series.
In 2003, Epps appeared in the Paramount comedy “The Fighting Temptations” alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyonce Knowles, and in 2004, he was in Sony Pictures’ blockbuster sequel, “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” with Milla Jovovich.
Eppa was most recently seen in Columbia Pictures’ “Guess Who,” with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac, and soon will appear in Fox Searchlight’s “Roll Bounce,” a film set in the late l970s about the miter skating lifestyle. “Roll Bounce, “which also stars Bow Wow, Chi McBride, and Nick Canon, will be released on July 1st
Mike Epps recently began production on Focus Features’ “42.4 Percent,” which is about a professional black woman (Sanaa Lathan) who, determined to get married, finds romance with a white working-class man (Simon Baker).
Epps has been mastering and performing his comedy act, The Mike Epps Show, to sold-out theatres and clubs around the country.
A native of Indiana who has steadily climbed his way up the stand-up comedy ranks for the last seven years, Epps’s comedic talent was recognized by a national audience in 1995 when he appeared on the Def Comedy Jam tour and appeared on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam broadcasts. Epps moved to Los Angeles after his successful perfonnance at the 1999 Laffapalooza festival in Atlanta. During his performance at LA’s Comedy Store, Epps caught the attention of Ice Cube. This led to him being cast in the co-starring role of Day-Day in his feature film debut, 2000’s hit comedy “Next Friday.” Epps has also appeared in “Bait” with Jamie Foxx, “How High” with Method Man and Redman. and was the voice of Sonny in “Dr. Dolittle 2.”
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