DeRay Davis
Biography
DeRay Davis, born in Chicago, Illinois, is a stand-up comic and actor. He started out in comedy clubs, and after relocating to Los Angeles he won Comedy Central's Laugh Riots Competition and toured with Cedric the Entertainer. He is known for playing Ray the Hustle Guy in Barbershop (2002) and Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004). His film credits also include How High 2 (2019), 21 Jump Street (2012), and Semi-Pro (2008). On television he played Peaches on Snowfall and appeared on Empire, ComicView, Reno 911, Entourage, Wild 'n Out, and Short Circuitz. He hosted the game show Mind of a Man and later the revival of Hip Hop Squares. He also did voice work on the Kanye West albums Late Registration and The College Dropout, and among those skits he impersonated Bernie Mac.
44years old
Turns 45 on February 26in 107 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Antoine DeRay Davis (birth name)Also credited as Deray
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 17 years2002 to 2019
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Big break
DeRay Davis won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition soon after moving to Los Angeles, which led to an appearance on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour.
Beyond film
Davis voiced Bernie Mac in the opening tracks of Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration, and also led the fictitious fraternity Broke Phi Broke.
A first
Davis's first game show hosting job was Mind of a Man, which aired on Game Show Network. He also hosts the revived Hip Hop Squares, produced and narrated by Ice Cube.
DeRay Davis movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Cedric the Entertainer's page
Ice Cube's page
Mike Epps's page
Anthony Anderson's page
Sean Patrick Thomas's page
Troy Garity's page
Also three films together3 more actors
- EveBarbershop: The Next Cut (2016), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) and Barbershop (2002)
- Jazsmin LewisBarbershop: The Next Cut (2016), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) and Barbershop (2002)
- Leonard Earl HowzeSchool for Scoundrels (2006), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) and Barbershop (2002)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What DeRay Davis's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
16 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 16 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 86% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$372M28.6% of the total
- 2$202M15.5% of the total
- 3$179M13.7% of the total
- 4$106M8.1% of the total
- 5$77M5.9% of the total
- 6$69M5.3% of the total
- 7$65M5.0% of the total
- 8$55M4.2% of the total
$178 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 14% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.