Bruce Bruce

Bruce Bruce, an American comedian and actor, built a career in stand-up and film. He worked as a barbecue chef and then took a sales job at Frito-Lay, doing comedy at company meetings before he began performing at the Comedy Act Theater in Atlanta and later moved to Los Angeles in 1989. A 1993 appearance on HBO's Def Comedy Jam became what he called his first big break, and he debuted on Showtime at the Apollo the following year. He hosted BET's ComicView from 2000 to 2002 and Coming to the Stage in 2004, and his hour-long specials include Bruce Bruce Live (2003) and Losin' It (2011). In movies, he played DeWayne in The Wash (2001), Lime Pimp in Hair Show (2004), Nathan in Idlewild (2006), and Golf Ball Eddie in Who's Your Caddy? (2007), and he appeared in Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006).