Mike Epps

Mike Epps

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, musician, and rapper, best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About The Benjamins. He is known as the new voice of Boog in Open Season 2 and Open Season 3. As of 2010, Epps was the executive producer on a documentary about the lif...

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Trouble Man!

Trouble Man!

2025

Acting

Jaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger...

Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central

Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central

2024

as Self

Acting

"Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central" features the greatest assemblage of all-star musical talent in Detroit since the legendary Motown...

Mike Epps: Ready to Sell Out

Mike Epps: Ready to Sell Out

2024

as Self

5.2
Acting

Mike Epps keeps it real as he riffs on poor personal hygiene, failing at infidelity and waging war on work husbands in this stand-up comedy special.

Mike Epps: Ready to Sell Out

Mike Epps: Ready to Sell Out

2024

Writer

5.2
Writing

Mike Epps keeps it real as he riffs on poor personal hygiene, failing at infidelity and waging war on work husbands in this stand-up comedy special.

Madame Web

Madame Web

2024

as O'Neil

5.3
Acting

Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...i...

The Underdoggs

The Underdoggs

2024

as Kareem

7.0
Acting

Jaycen 'Two Js' Jennings is a washed-up former pro football star who has hit rock bottom. When sentenced to community service coaching the Underdoggs,...

Young. Wild. Free.

Young. Wild. Free.

2023

as Lamont

2.3
Acting

High school senior Brandon is drowning in responsibilities when his world is turned upside down after being robbed at gunpoint by the girl of his drea...

You People

You People

2023

as Uncle EJ

5.6
Acting

A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.

On the Come Up

On the Come Up

2022

as DJ Hype

6.2
Acting

Sixteen-year-old Brianna Jackson is a gifted rapper who plans to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift up her family and do right by the legacy o...

The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival

The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival

2022

as Self

3.0
Acting

Top stand-ups and rising stars sound off on sex, parenting, politics, pettiness and more in these highlights from the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festiva...

Snoop Dogg's F*cn Around Comedy Special

Snoop Dogg's F*cn Around Comedy Special

2022

as Self

5.6
Acting

Snoop Dogg hosts a night of music and stand-up as he welcomes his friends — including legendary comedians Katt Williams and Mike Epps — to the stage.

Mike Epps: Indiana Mike

Mike Epps: Indiana Mike

2022

as Self

5.0
Acting

Filmed at the Walker Theatre in his hometown of Indianapolis, with an audience that includes the Mayor, the Indiana Pacers, and his criminal lawyer si...

Mike Epps: Indiana Mike

Mike Epps: Indiana Mike

2022

Writer

5.0
Writing

Filmed at the Walker Theatre in his hometown of Indianapolis, with an audience that includes the Mayor, the Indiana Pacers, and his criminal lawyer si...

The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

2021

as Carl Black

5.1
Acting

Bestselling author Carl Black moves his family back to his childhood home, he must team up with oddball neighbors to do battle with a pimp, who may or...

The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

2021

Producer

5.1
Producing

Bestselling author Carl Black moves his family back to his childhood home, he must team up with oddball neighbors to do battle with a pimp, who may or...

DeMarcus Cousins Presents Boogie's Comedy Slam

DeMarcus Cousins Presents Boogie's Comedy Slam

2020

as Self - Host

7.3
Acting

DeMarcus Cousins Presents Boogie's Comedy Slam hosted by Mike Epps featuring Gary Owen, Karlous Miller, Tony Roberts and Red Grant

DeMarcus Cousins Presents Boogie's Comedy Slam

DeMarcus Cousins Presents Boogie's Comedy Slam

2020

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

DeMarcus Cousins Presents Boogie's Comedy Slam hosted by Mike Epps featuring Gary Owen, Karlous Miller, Tony Roberts and Red Grant

Feeding America Comedy Festival

Feeding America Comedy Festival

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

All-star comics perform in support of Feeding America.

This Is Stand-Up

This Is Stand-Up

2020

as Self

5.0
Acting

An intimate and revealing insight into the work and lives of Stand-Up Comedians. Some of the biggest names in the game reveal what it's like to pursue...

A Compton Story

A Compton Story

2020

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

A comedic journey follows Problem as he risks life and limb in hopes that at least one good deed goes unpunished. Based on events that could be from ...

The Cat and the Moon

The Cat and the Moon

2019

as Cal

4.5
Acting

Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in th...

Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name

2019

as Jimmy Lynch

7.0
Acting

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

How High 2

How High 2

2019

as Baby Powder

6.2
Acting

When two jobless friends discover a hidden weed bible and the ultimate bud, they think that they’ve got it made…with 'seed' money to start a new snack...

Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw

Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw

2019

as Mike Epps

Acting

Mutah Beale, better known as Napoleon of Tupac Shakur's infamous rap group "The Outlawz" goes through an emotional roller coaster since birth. From wi...

Mike Epps: Only One Mike

Mike Epps: Only One Mike

2019

as Himself

6.9
Acting

In a raw stand-up comedy special, Mike Epps mixes it up as he tackles sexual misconduct, special ed, aging body parts and much more.

Mike Epps: Only One Mike

Mike Epps: Only One Mike

2019

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

In a raw stand-up comedy special, Mike Epps mixes it up as he tackles sexual misconduct, special ed, aging body parts and much more.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

2019

as Bobby

7.0
Acting

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont,...

The Trap

The Trap

2019

as Dutch

4.9
Acting

A man returns home to Atlanta to help and turn around his family's struggling restaurant with the help of a new chicken recipe.

I Am Richard Pryor

I Am Richard Pryor

2019

as Self - Actor and Comedian

6.9
Acting

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his ho...

Troop Zero

Troop Zero

2019

as Dwayne Champaign

6.9
Acting

In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NA...

Love Jacked

Love Jacked

2018

as Uncle Rufus

6.1
Acting

Maya, a headstrong 28-year-old with artistic ambitions – a strong contrast to what her father Ed wants: a dutiful daughter to run the family store. Ed...

Uncle Drew

Uncle Drew

2018

as Louis

6.6
Acting

Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.

Don't Get Caught

Don't Get Caught

2018

as The Next Door Neighbor

6.2
Acting

Dre & Icy, two friends who, while on their annual road trip, make a wrong turn and discover a marijuana farm run by an old ruthless hillbilly. Thinkin...

Supercon

Supercon

2018

as Gil Bartell

4.6
Acting

A ragtag group of former TV stars and comic book artists who make their living working at conventions decide to steal the loot from a crooked promoter...

Supercon

Supercon

2018

Producer

4.6
Producing

A ragtag group of former TV stars and comic book artists who make their living working at conventions decide to steal the loot from a crooked promoter...

Death Wish

Death Wish

2018

as Dr. Chris Salgado

6.2
Acting

A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

Acts of Violence

Acts of Violence

2018

as Max Livingston

5.6
Acting

When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. A...

Where's the Money

Where's the Money

2017

as Ray

5.6
Acting

A quick witted young man from the streets of South Central must rush a lily-white USC fraternity to recover a stash of stolen money.

Girls Trip

Girls Trip

2017

as Absinthe Dealer

6.8
Acting

Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterh...

Dying Laughing

Dying Laughing

2017

as Self

6.3
Acting

The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.

Term Life

Term Life

2016

as Darryl Mosley

5.9
Acting

If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performi...

Nina

Nina

2016

as Richard Pryor

5.2
Acting

The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

Stealing Cars

Stealing Cars

2016

as Sheriff Emmit Till

6.2
Acting

A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.

Meet the Blacks

Meet the Blacks

2016

as Carl Black

4.8
Acting

As Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city'...

Fifty Shades of Black

Fifty Shades of Black

2016

as Ron

4.9
Acting

An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.

Mike Epps: Don't Take It Personal

Mike Epps: Don't Take It Personal

2015

as Himself

5.4
Acting

Mike Epps wastes no time bringing his unapologetic and raunchy swagger to a howling live audience at the historic Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.

Mike Epps: Don't Take It Personal

Mike Epps: Don't Take It Personal

2015

Writer

5.4
Writing

Mike Epps wastes no time bringing his unapologetic and raunchy swagger to a howling live audience at the historic Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.

Bessie

Bessie

2015

as Richard

6.4
Acting

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Sneakerheadz

Sneakerheadz

2015

as Self

6.1
Acting

To Rock or Stock? That is the question. Sneakerheads will do almost anything to get their hands on a unique pair of kicks, going to such extreme lengt...

School Dance

School Dance

2014

as Principal Rogers

7.4
Acting

High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the...

Repentance

Repentance

2014

as Ben

4.7
Acting

An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses ...

The Hangover Part III

The Hangover Part III

2013

as Black Doug

6.2
Acting

This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

as Self

7.1
Acting

Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

Sparkle

Sparkle

2012

as Satin

6.2
Acting

Musical prodigy, Sparkle struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daugh...

Mac & Devin Go to High School

Mac & Devin Go to High School

2012

as Mr. Armstrong

6.5
Acting

A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 1...

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

2012

as Self

8.1
Acting

I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy clubs to the Big Screen in H...

35 and Ticking

35 and Ticking

2011

as Harold

5.4
Acting

Victoria, Zenobia, Cleavon, and Phil are all friends approaching the age of 35 and struggling to build the families they've always dreamed of. While Z...

35 and Ticking

35 and Ticking

2011

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

Victoria, Zenobia, Cleavon, and Phil are all friends approaching the age of 35 and struggling to build the families they've always dreamed of. While Z...

Jumping the Broom

Jumping the Broom

2011

as Willie Earl

5.9
Acting

Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.

Faster

Faster

2010

as Roy Grone

6.3
Acting

After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.

Katt Williams: 9 Lives

Katt Williams: 9 Lives

2010

as Self

7.0
Acting

From Lord Have Mercy to A Pimp Named Slickback, original comedy freak Katt Williams has made his mark inhabiting a hustler's gallery of fast-and-loose...

Mike Epps Presents: Live from Club Nokia

Mike Epps Presents: Live from Club Nokia

2010

as Self

4.2
Acting

Mike Epps is back and funnier than ever as he hosts Mike Epps Presents: Live From Club Nokia. Mike Epps delivers in this stand up special and has hand...

Lottery Ticket

Lottery Ticket

2010

as Reverend Taylor

5.6
Acting

Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a wi...

Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed

Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed

2010

as Black

2.0
Acting

Love Chronicles, a romantic “dramedy”, is set at Los Angeles radio station KLUV, where callers air their dirty laundry over the airwaves for all to he...

Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded

Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded

2009

as Himself

5.8
Acting

Stand-up performance filmed at the historic Fox Theatre in Detroit, MI., Epps gets the house rocking with his unique and hilarious observations of mar...

Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded

Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded

2009

Writer

5.8
Writing

Stand-up performance filmed at the historic Fox Theatre in Detroit, MI., Epps gets the house rocking with his unique and hilarious observations of mar...

Janky Promoters

Janky Promoters

2009

as Jellyroll

5.7
Acting

Two shady concert promoters get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.

The Hangover

The Hangover

2009

as Black Doug

7.3
Acting

When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But th...

Mike Epps: Funny Bidness

Mike Epps: Funny Bidness

2009

as Self

Acting

Just whose bidness is it if Mike Epps wants to get up on stage and work blue? It's your bidness, if you want to see a raw, raunchy, and riotous comedy...

Next Day Air

Next Day Air

2009

as Brody

5.2
Acting

Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten pe...

Soul Men

Soul Men

2008

as Duane Henderson

6.1
Acting

Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country togethe...

Open Season 2

Open Season 2

2008

as Boog (Voice)

5.8
Acting

After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of pampe...

Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents: The Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents: The Adventures of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

2008

as (voice)

Acting

Bigg Snoop Dogg takes you into is his Snoopadelic world in this creative animated film. Ride with him as he rolls through the streets of Long Beach in...

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

2008

as Reggie

6.0
Acting

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

2007

as Self

4.5
Acting

The making of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse."

Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil: Extinction

2007

as L.J.

6.3
Acting

Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fig...

Talk to Me

Talk to Me

2007

as Milo Hughes

6.9
Acting

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s...

The Grand

The Grand

2007

as Reggie Marshall

5.9
Acting

The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poke...

Def Comedy Jam Classics: Volume Two

2006

as Self

Acting

Long before Hollywood came calling with films such as Johnson Family Vacation, Steve Harvey was slaying audiences at comedy clubs. This collection of ...

Mike Epps: Inappropriate Behavior

Mike Epps: Inappropriate Behavior

2006

as Himself

6.5
Acting

Mike Epps is the hottest, most coveted and brightest new star in the world of comedy. He has already starred in numerous cult films including The Frid...

Mike Epps: Inappropriate Behavior

Mike Epps: Inappropriate Behavior

2006

Writer

6.5
Writing

Mike Epps is the hottest, most coveted and brightest new star in the world of comedy. He has already starred in numerous cult films including The Frid...

Something New

Something New

2006

as Walter

6.4
Acting

Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer, finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spi...

Roll Bounce

Roll Bounce

2005

as Byron

6.7
Acting

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to vis...

The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners

2005

as Ed Norton

4.0
Acting

Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always a...

Letter to the President

Letter to the President

2005

as Self

2.0
Acting

Feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 ye...

Guess Who

Guess Who

2005

as The Cab Driver

6.0
Acting

When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.

Game Babes

Game Babes

2004

as Self

6.0
Acting

Resident Evil: Apocalypse featurette.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004

as L.J.

6.4
Acting

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have tur...

Still 'Bout It

Still 'Bout It

2004

as Bobby Ray

3.5
Acting

Still’ Bout It picks up where the classic ‘Bout It left off, following the adventures of the legendary Pistol P (Master P) and his homie Vito (Silkk t...

Laffapalooza! #2

Laffapalooza! #2

2004

as Self

Acting

Live from Atlanta, Jamie Foxx hosts this hilarious series of comedy specials. Catch some the newest, hottest comic talent in action in this series tha...

The Fighting Temptations

The Fighting Temptations

2003

as Lucius

5.8
Acting

Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him...

Malibu's Most Wanted

Malibu's Most Wanted

2003

as Rap Battle Host (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to ...

Friday After Next

Friday After Next

2002

as Day-Day / Old Man with Shotgun

6.3
Acting

Craig and his cousin Day Day have finally moved out of their parents' houses and into their own crib, working nights at a local mall as security guard...

All About the Benjamins

All About the Benjamins

2002

as Reggie

5.8
Acting

Bounty hunter Bucum Jackson teams with the small-time con artist, Reggie Wright, that he is pursuing, in an attempt to locate a missing stash of diamo...

All About the Benjamins

All About the Benjamins

2002

Co-Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Bounty hunter Bucum Jackson teams with the small-time con artist, Reggie Wright, that he is pursuing, in an attempt to locate a missing stash of diamo...

How High

How High

2001

as Baby Powder

6.3
Acting

Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance ...

Dr. Dolittle 2

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001

as Sonny (voice)

5.3
Acting

A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...

Pimps Up, Ho's Down

Pimps Up, Ho's Down

2000

as Self

5.0
Acting

Brent Owens directs this documentary that follows the life of several "professional gentlemen of leisure." Originally aired on HBO America Undercover ...

Bait

Bait

2000

as Stevie Sanders

5.7
Acting

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves r...

3 Strikes

3 Strikes

2000

as Crackhead

5.6
Acting

Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hook...

Next Friday

Next Friday

2000

as Day-Day

6.4
Acting

A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a ...

Strays

Strays

1997

as Mike

5.1
Acting

Rick is frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling. Whilst looking for more to his life he meets Heather, a neighbou...

Last Friday

Last Friday

N/A

as Day-Day

Acting

The fourth and final installment in the 'Friday' franchise.

Forty Acres

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

A Civil Rights attorney must fight for survival when he’s invited to join an elite black organization with a mind-blowing secret