DeRay Davis
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Biography: Antwan DeRay Davis is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his role as Ray-Ray the Hustle Guy in Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Davis has also appeared in other films, including Semi-Pro (2008) and 21 Jump Street. His television roles and appearances include programs BET's ComicView, MTV's Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out and 'Short Circuitz, and HBO's Entourage. He began his career in comedy clubs and shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and was a standout on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour. He voices for several skits on rapper Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration, and also appeared in West's music video for "Through the Wire." Other music video appearances for Davis include Lil' Flip's "Game Over", Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)," and Three 6 Mafia's "Doe Boy Fresh." Description above from the Wikipedia article DeRay Davis licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The Fog
Overview: Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now they're back – long-dead mariners who've waited a century for their revenge.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Barbershop
Overview: A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-01
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License to Wed
Overview: Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-04
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Scary Movie 4
Overview: Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-12
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Overview: The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his business. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time against urban developers looking to replace mom & pop establishments with name-brand chains. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--from current events and politics to relationships and love, you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-20
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All Star Comedy Jam
Overview: Cedric delivers on stage and has hand-picked some of the industry s most talented and sought after comedians, Kevin Hart, Tommy Davidson, Aries Spears and DeRay Davis, to follow his act. No topic is off limits with these comedians, everything from politics and religion to current events, and even a few jabs are thrown at the host, NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-01
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Old Dogs
Overview: Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-24
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Semi-Pro
Overview: Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team in the league. In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the NBA plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. If the Tropics want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-28
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Lady Bouncer
Overview: A suspended Pittsburgh cop takes a job as a bouncer where she begins a mission to clear her name--by taking on the Irish mob.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-01
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School for Scoundrels
Overview: In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the same woman. They begin a fierce rivalry that quickly spirals out of control, their pranks and insults get uglier as they try to prove who is the ultimate guy's guy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-29
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Code Name: The Cleaner
Overview: Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself entangled in a government conspiracy, Jake and his pursuers become convinced that he is an undercover agent.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-05
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I Want Your Girl
Overview: A loving couple Laura and John get lost in the middle of nowhere during a thunderstorm, riding a scooter to a birthday party. Looking for a place to spend the night they end up in an eccentric man Raul's house. Raul offers John millions of dollars he claims to have to forget Laura and leave her forever.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Imagine That
Overview: A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-19
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Overview: Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-27
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Deray Davis: Power Play
Overview: Power Play is a hilarious comedy concert where actor and comedian DeRay Davis proves that even after starring in several feature films, he still reigns as The Streets comic. Davis takes his audience through a side-splitting, roller coaster riot of subjects ranging from The Hood to Hollywood, as well as hood-rats and heaven. From relationships gone bad to rappers gone rogue, nothing is too taboo and no one is safe from the knock-out power punches that only DeRay The Difference can deliver. Filmed in front of a sold-out audience at the Best Buy Theater in New York s Times Square, Power Play is DeRay's best uncensored performance to-date and will surely be regarded as a classic among the comedy greats.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-01
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Jumping the Broom
Overview: Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-06
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Play'd: A Hip Hop Story
Overview: Jaxx is an aspiring rapper/singer who is signed to a west coast record label run by Domino Breed, a tyrant who rules almost every aspect of his artist's career - and life. Similar to the real events leading to the death of 2Pac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., a east coast/west coast battle goes on leading to death and deceit
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-26
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Chocolate Sundaes Presents: Live on Sunset Strip!: Vol. 2
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-17
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Overview: Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and an even bigger appetite, drags his wife and kids across the country to the star-studded Toronto Film Festival. But in between the nonstop parties and all-you-can-eat buffets, Glick soon finds himself in the middle of an outrageously scandalous mystery that becomes the celebrity scoop of the decade!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-08
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Snoop Dogg's F*cn Around Comedy Special
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-16
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The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
Overview: 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 festival.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-17
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The Seat Filler
Overview: Derrick is a struggling law student who takes a job as an awards show seat filler to make ends meet. One day, he is seated next to the beautiful pop superstar Jhnelle, who mistakes him for a well-known industry executive. With an instant chemistry, the unlikely pair begin to date.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-05
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My Favorite Five
Overview: Hailey is a conceited, professional woman and self-proclaimed serial dater with no interest in marriage. She believes no one man can possess all five of her most coveted qualities. She dates different men who possess diverse qualities, until she meets the one guy who seemingly has it all.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-06
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48 Hours to Live
Overview: A loner fresh out of rehab and hunted by both sides of the law returns home to solve the murder of his sister, and finds himself entangled in a game of revenge on the LA club circuit.
Genres: Crime Music Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-09
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Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Overview: An urban romantic comedy about a young San Diego policeman who travels to Los Angeles with his fiance to meet her dysfunctional family and announce their engagement.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-07
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The Hit
Overview: The Hit is the sequel to cult favorite Straight Out of Compton, in which Blair Underwood stars as Hen, an up-and-coming record executive whose goal is to bring all rival rap record labels together and form one black-owned label that gives back to the community. While building this label he crosses paths with the Mob. Suddenly he's not just fighting for his business - he's fighting for his life
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-26
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Drumline: A New Beat
Overview: A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-27
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
Overview: To survive harsh economic times, Calvin and Angie have merged the barbershop and beauty salon into one business. The days of male bonding are gone as Eddie and the crew must now contend with sassy female co-workers and spirited clientele. As the battle of the sexes rages on, a different kind of conflict has taken over Chicago. Crime and gangs are on the rise, leaving Calvin worried about the fate of his son. Together, the friends come up with a bold plan to take back their beloved neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-15
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Wake
Overview: A narcoleptic professor believes she witnessed a murder in her neighbor's home at the hands of a popular rapper. She becomes obsessed with finding the truth and is hell-bent on taking him down before he turns his wrath on her and her friends.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-12
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A Very Larry Christmas
Overview: Larry is a good natured guy with a spotty work history. Santa picks Larry to fill in when he breaks his leg. Larry`s old boss and Santa`s PR assistant doubt Larry and his ability. Even Larry has misgivings but Santa and Larry`s dad believe Larry`s Christmas spirit and good heart will save the day.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-31
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Meet the Blacks
Overview: 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's annual purge, where all crime is legal for twelve hours.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-01
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All Eyez on Me
Overview: All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
Genres: History Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-12
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Frankenhood
Overview: Two guys who work at a morgue enlist the services of a reanimated corpse to better their chances at a streetball tournament.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-08
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Life As We Know It
Overview: After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-02
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Grow House
Overview: Two guys start a risky new business to pay off a debt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-20
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Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars
Overview: Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-21
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DeRay Davis: How to Act Black
Overview: Dynamic comic DeRay Davis hits the stage like a ball of fire, nailing the finer points of living, dating and handling show business as a black man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-14
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DeRay Davis' Annual Funny & Famous Comedy Jam
Overview: Funny & Famous Comedy Jam
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-29
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21 Jump Street
Overview: When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-14
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The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 1
Overview: Comedian/actress Mo'Nique hosts this 2004 comedy show with the outrageously funny Rodney Perry as her co-host. The all-star lineup features Esau, Doug Williams, DeRay Davis, and Chris Spencer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-01
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How High 2
Overview: 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 delivery app. But, when nearly all of their stash and weed bible are stolen, the two potpreneurs set off on an outrageous, mind-bending adventure through Atlanta to find them. Stoned with supernatural powers, they search 'high' and low, stopping at nothing to recover their ticket to starting a legit business.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-24
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Gully
Overview: A slightly dystopian vision of LA, we follow three disaffected teenagers, Jessie, Calvin and Nicky, all victims of extreme childhoods, running supreme hedonistic riot as they try to work out a way in life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-04
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Chocolate City
Overview: Life for a struggling college student changes in an instant when he meets the owner of a male strip club who convinces him to give amateur night a whirl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-22
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How She Move
Overview: After the death of Raya Green's sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a stomp crew practicing. She meets Bishop which is the dance crew leader. She then meets Michelle and does a stomp battle with her. They become enemies then friends later on. Her uptight mom pushes her to pass the test to get into Medical school, but she thinks she failed....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-15
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Full Clip
Overview: On returning home to settle his late father's affairs, Joshua Pope (Busta Rhymes) finds a different town from the one he left. The once quiet and peaceful neighborhood is now at the mercy of a prejudice and corrupt police force. Joshua is joined by an old friend (Xzibit) and his gang of thugs in an effort to overthrow the police and restore order to the small Alabama town.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-09
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A Compton Story
Overview: 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 his real life, Problem squeezes in the everyday occurrences that a black man can go through whether famous or infamous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-02
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