Joe Torry
Biography: Joseph Pierre 'Joe' Torry (born September 28, 1965) is an American actor and comedian.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 28, 1965
Deathday: N/A
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The Flamingo Rising
2001-02-04
The Flamingo Rising
Overview: When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral home. As Lee's many promotional ideas become more and more outrageous, he continues to enrage Knight until one of the promotions backfires with grave consequences.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-04
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Poetic Justice
1993-07-23
Poetic Justice
Overview: Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, Justice gets a lift with her friend, Iesha, and Iesha's postal worker boyfriend, Chicago. Along for the ride is Chicago's co-worker, Lucky, to whom Justice grows close after some initial problems. But is she ready to open her heart again?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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Boston Strangler The Untold Story
2008-07-22
Boston Strangler The Untold Story
Overview: Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston during the early sixties. Guided by his manipulative cell mate, who knows more about the murders than he reveals, they devise a plan to gain all of the notoriety from the killings and the money from the reward. Meanwhile, Detective John Marsden, searches out the truth certain that they were not committed by one man. Fighting the bureaucracy of the day, Marsden lets his emotions get the best of him as he follows the trail of the murders.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-22
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Sprung
1997-05-14
Sprung
Overview: Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her into bed the same evening. When Adina finds out that she's been fooled, she becomes Clyde's worst enemy. Meanwhile Montel and Brandy fall in love and plan to marry, and Adina and Clyde try to do everything to stop them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-14
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Motives 2
2007-05-01
Motives 2
Overview: Vivica A. Fox and Shemar Moore return for this thrilling sequel to Motives that picks up three years after the events of the original film. Innocent convict Emery Simms is serving time for a crime he didn't commit; while most convict's claims of innocence are shoddy at best, Emery has every reason to protest his wrongful incarceration. Meanwhile, in the outside world, Emery's ex-wife (Fox) has married his best friend and the pair is struggling to build a normal life together. When Emery is killed in prison and his brother Donovan (Brian J. White) discovers the truth about what killed his ill-fated sibling, his quest to cut through the complex web of lies and deceit which previously ensnared Emery threatens to bring about deadly consequences.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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Motives
2004-02-24
Motives
Overview: A highly successful business tycoon who is married to his ideal wife. Things get twisted awry when the man has an adulterous affair.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-24
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Getting Played
2005-12-10
Getting Played
Overview: Three smart and sexy friends, Andrea, Lauren and Emily, are fed up with being played by the men in their lives. To prove that all men are predictable and easily seduced, this hot trio decides to play by a new set of rules. They enter into a wild game of seduction to convince one lucky man that he's living the dream... but what the girls don't realize is their mark is on to their game and he's got a few plays of his own. Can the girls win? Or, will this player's double play end their game?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-10
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Back in Business
1997-05-29
Back in Business
Overview: An ex-cop gets pulled back in an undercover mission for the FBI by his former partner. The mission is to catch drug runners, but it is also sting operation against dirty cops, some of whom set up the ex-cops' dismissal from the force.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-29
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Unreported
2022-10-01
Unreported
Overview: The story of a man who has everything going his way. All of that changes when he wakes up in a hotel room next to the body of a dead woman.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-01
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Pawn Shop
2012-02-10
Pawn Shop
Overview: Rey (Garrett Morris) has made it a point to clip his only son's wings whenever he tries to venture off and be his own man. As a result, Mike (Foolish) is stuck working for penny pinching Rey and the oddball Tony (Cool Aide) at the Pawn Shop. The days are never dull as the trio are constantly at each other's throats. When jewelry is stole from Pierre (Joe Torry), the most feared person in the city, danger starts to lurk around Mike and the Pawn Shop. Mike learns that everything comes at a price, including doing the right thing.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-10
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The Power of Love
2013-09-24
The Power of Love
Overview: A disc jockey invites an author of a best-selling book, PJ Payton, as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles and share unbelievable stories, and in the process laugh, learn and discover the power of love.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-24
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The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 4
The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 4
Overview: Stand-up comedy is still the Olympics of live entertainment, requiring practitioners to be fast on their feet, swift with the words and quick with the quip. Ralphie May, an alum of NBC's reality show "Last Comic Standing," hosts this showcase that features some of the best African-American comedians on the scene. The lineup includes veterans of the circuit and newcomers such as Shenika, Joe Cleezy, Joe Torry, Tommy Chunn and Alex Thomas.
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Original Language: en
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Redrum
2007-10-30
Redrum
Overview: A bored couple rejuvenate their marriage by turning to murder.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-30
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Act Like You Love Me
2013-08-06
Act Like You Love Me
Overview: Kelly Lofton is a young, successful dentist who has all the material things a woman could ask for. However, Kelly has struggled to find time for love in her busy schedule, so when her younger sister Susan gets engaged to a seemingly perfect man and organizes an extravagant engagement party, Kelly panics. She hires a gorgeous actor for the weekend to accompany her to the party. Her ruse quickly develops into something real and Kelly realizes the only thing missing in her life is love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-06
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Tales from the Hood
1995-05-24
Tales from the Hood
Overview: A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-24
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Def Comedy Jam Classics: Volume Two
2006-11-21
Def Comedy Jam Classics: Volume Two
Overview: Long before Hollywood came calling with films such as Johnson Family Vacation, Steve Harvey was slaying audiences at comedy clubs. This collection of Harvey-hosted episodes from the popular television show captures that vibe. Funnymen James Hannah, Arnez J., Rich Vos and others unleash a tirade of laughs, demonstrating why this show served as a launching pad for so many top comic talents. Russell Simmons and Bob Sumner provide commentary.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-21
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Talkin' Dirty After Dark
1991-08-16
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
Overview: Terry is an up and coming comedian, but believes politics will get him the big breaks and more time at the popular Dukie's Comedy Club. Just so happens that Terry is 'sleeping' with Ruby Lynn Sinclair, the wife of club owner Dukie Sinclair. What follows is a night of comedy, romance, comedy, action, comedy, and Terry achieving his initial goal: getting $67 dollars to pay his phone bil
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-16
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Hair Show
2004-10-17
Hair Show
Overview: Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with her more successful sister, Angela, a fellow stylist, in Los Angeles. Angela is burdened by her sister's financial woes, and Peaches' rival, Marcella, threatens to take over the salon back in Baltimore. While Angela helps her sister get back on her feet, Peaches enters a hairstyling competition in hopes of winning a big cash prize and saving her salon.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-17
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Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith
2003-06-17
Shaq's All Star Comedy Roast 2: Emmitt Smith
Overview: A dream team of sports celebrities and comedians join megastars Shaquille O’Neal and Jamie Foxx to roast NFL superstar, Emmitt Smith, at the world famous MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shaq and Jamie are joined by an all star-studded line up including: Mo’nique, Guy Torry, Joe Torry, Jeff Ross, Michael Coylar, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Irvin, Dick Gregory, Stuart Scott, Daryl Johnston and more! No one was safe when this outrageous group took the stage. They showed no mercy for Emmitt, Shaq, or each other. Hilariously funny, unconventional and irreverent, Shaq’s All-Star Comedy Roast II is 90 minutes of non-stop laughter!
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-17
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Act of Faith
2014-04-08
Act of Faith
Overview: After the death of his beloved wife, Mr. Brady struggles to maintain a neighborhood diner in Atlanta Georgia. His few faithful waitresses have become his only family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-08
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Strictly Business
1991-11-08
Strictly Business
Overview: Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-08
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The Three Muscatels
1991-11-01
The Three Muscatels
Overview: Donna Bon Viant (Belaine) is a college student, who has to complete an assignment on the 14th century for her African American literature class. She chooses to base her writings on The Three Musketeers, a famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Donna begins to read the novel and falls asleep in the process. She dreams a zany dream involving the adventures of "The Three Muscatels". The adventures include a number of people in Donna's life including students in her class, members of her family, and an alcoholic she met earlier in the day named Russell (Pryor).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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Soul Ties
2015-09-21
Soul Ties
Overview: When a young woman's faith in her beloved collides head on with her faith in people, what begins as a tale of gut wrenching heartache, ends in a triumphant redemption that not only touches the soul, it leaves a welcome mat at the door of awakening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-21
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Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
2002-01-29
Platinum Comedy Series: Roasting Shaquille O'Neal
Overview: The Shaquille O'Neal Celebrity Roast is a unique urban comedy special that combines the world of sports and entertainment. In an unconventional format, megastar Shaquilee O'Neal rounds up a dream team of some of comedy's hottest stars for an hour of non-stop laughter all at Shaq's expense. Hosted by Grammy award winner and talk show host, Queen Latifah, this hilarious program features a star-studded roster including Cedric The Entertainer, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hugley, Bill Bellamy, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Torry, Mark Curry, Tommy Davidson, Michael Colyar, Mo'nique, and the legendary Dick Gregory.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-29
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The Workout Room
2019-10-08
The Workout Room
Overview: The Workout Room is a dramatic comedy film about an up and coming comedian who is given the chance of a lifetime at the cost of missing his daughter's wedding. The Workout Room is a clean, funny, plot driven film featuring real life stand-up comedians.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-08
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012-02-19
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Overview: 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 Hollywood, Bernie Mac's sharp tongue and heart of gold resonated with millions of fans throughout his career.This film revisits much of his work through exclusive recordings of early stand-up, featured scenes from his film and TV appearances, and interviews with his co-stars, including Samuel L. Jackson, Cameron Diaz, Chris Rock, and many more. Testimonials from friends and family offer colorful anecdotes about Bernie Mac, from his practical jokes to his strong appreciation for manicures, and paint a vivid picture of who he was as an actor-comedian, husband, father, and friend.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-19
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House Party 3
1994-01-11
House Party 3
Overview: Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and marrying his girlfriend Veda (Angela Means), while his friend Play (Christopher Martin) is dipping his toes into the music business, managing a roughneck female rap act called Sex as a Weapon. Play books the ladies for a concert with heavy-hitting pr
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-11
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Lockdown
2000-09-15
Lockdown
Overview: Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-15
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