Eddie Griffin

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Eddie Griffin

Griffin on January 2, 2008
Born Eddie Griffin, Jr.
July 15, 1968 (1968-07-15) (age 41)
Kansas City, Missouri

Eddie Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his sitcom, Malcolm & Eddie, along with co-star, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and his role in the 2002 comedy film, Undercover Brother as the film’s title character. He also made headlines in 2007 for crashing an Enzo Ferrari.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

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Griffin was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Doris Thomas and Eddie Griffin, Sr. He has two siblings, Luther and Wilbert. He attended East High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was voted class clown three years in a row. His favorite teacher was Mr. Davis, who is currently a teacher at FLA. After marrying at age sixteen, he divorced a year later. Griffin's oldest child, Eddie Jr. (III), was born in 1986. Shortly after his divorce, Eddie joined the Navy but was discharged after a urine test returned positive for drug abuse. Griffin served 6 months in a county jail after getting into a fight at a parade.

Eddie then worked as a choreographer for a dance crew that performed half-time shows for the Kansas City Chiefs. One night at a Denny's in Kansas City, a couple people told him he needed to come to their comedy club and perform. He was originally supposed to be on stage for 3 minutes, but instead performed off-the-cuff for 45 minutes successfully.

[edit] Career

Griffin has starred in several movies including The Meteor Man (1993), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), Double Take (2001), Undercover Brother (2002), John Q (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) and Norbit (2007). Eddie was set to star alongside Steven Seagal in Once Upon a Time in the Hood a thriller set in New Mexico. He also starred in the UPN television series Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000). In addition to his acting credits, he also performed on two tracks from Dr. Dre's 1999 album, 2001. He also has appeared on commercials for Miller Beer's Man Laws. Griffin is well-known for his comedic routine of imitating Michael Jackson being on crack cocaine.

He also made an appearance on Chappelle's Show in the skit "World Series of Dice" as the character "Grits n' Gravy"

He is generally considered a talented stand-up comic, displaying a flamboyant, cinematic style. He was ranked at number 62 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.[1]

[edit] Personal life

Griffin crashed a rare Enzo Ferrari while practicing for a charity racing event on March 26, 2007.[2] Following the event, Griffin left the car unharmed and joked about his inability to drive (referring to himself in the third person with pseudonym "Undercover Brother" as he also does in the film). He did not apologize for the wreck. The Enzo belonged to film producer Daniel Sadek, writer and producer of the film Redline, a film Griffin is in, which bears the car on its promotional poster. On the show World's Dumbest Drivers he got voted number 1 (the dumbest driver) for doing this. Griffin also denied his Ferrari Crash to be a hoax while talking on the show Access Hollywood.[3]

Griffin has joint-custody of his son, Eddie III., with his ex-wife.

As of August 2008, he mentions during his standup act that he has eight children: Five boys and three girls.

Griffin was proven to be the father of an Autistic Canadian boy in early 2004.[4]

During a 2007 event sponsored by Black Enterprise magazine, Eddie Griffin was ejected by Earl Graves, owner/publisher of Black Enterprise. Griffin had begun to deliver a speech which was heavily included with the word nigga. Mr. Graves stormed the stage and removed Griffin stating "We ... will not allow our culture to go backwards ... We will pay Mr. Griffin all that we owe him but we will not allow him to finish the show if that's the way he's going to talk."[5]

[edit] Filmography

Beethovens Big Break

[edit] Television work

[edit] Discography

The Message

Message in the Hat

  • Released: July 27, 1993
  • Label: Sony
  • Billboard 200 chart position:
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position:

[edit] Album appearances

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time
  2. ^ Eddie Griffin crashes $1.5M Ferrari Enzo March 27, 2007
  3. ^ McDonald, Ray (29 March 2007). "Griffin Denies Ferrari Crash was Hoax". VOA News (Voice of America). http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-03/2007-03-29-voa44.cfm. Retrieved on 31 December 2008. 
  4. ^ Yes, he is the daddy
  5. ^ Report on Black Enterprise event Sept 7, 2007

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