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J.B. Smoove

J.B. Smoove

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

Born Jerry Angelo Brooks and known professionally as J. B. Smoove, he is an American performer who works as a comedian, actor and writer. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and started out in stand-up comedy in 1995 on Def Comedy Jam before spending three years as a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live, work that brought him a 2007 Writers Guild of America award for comedy and variety writing. He is best known for playing Leon Black on the HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he joined in 2007, and Ray on the CBS sitcom The Millers, and he played an exaggerated version of himself on Real Husbands of Hollywood. His film roles include Julius Dell in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He won a 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Mapleworth Murders.

60years old

Turns 61 on December 16in 36 days

  • Born Plymouth
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
  • Jerry Angelo Brooks (birth name)Also credited as Jerry Brooks

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
23 years2001 to 2024

Genres

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  1. About the name

    Smoove shortened his name from Jerry Brooks to J. B. and added Smoove when he began his stand-up comedy career.

  2. Behind the camera

    Smoove wrote a book as Leon, his character from Curb Your Enthusiasm, and it was released on October 10, 2017.

J.B. Smoove movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Spider-Man: Far from Home2019 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Mr. Dell

    IMDb rating 7.3676K votes

  2. Date Night2010 Comedy, Crime, Romanceas Cabbie

    IMDb rating 6.3181K votes

  3. Top Five2014as Silk

    IMDb rating 6.428K votes

  4. Pootie Tang2001as Trucky

    IMDb rating 5.316K votes

  5. Spider-Man: No Way Home2021as Mr. Dell

    IMDb rating 8.11.1M votes

  6. We Bought a Zoo2011as Mr. Stevens

    IMDb rating 7.0162K votes

  7. The Sitter2011as Julio

    IMDb rating 5.675K votes

  8. The Polka King2017as Ron Edwards

    IMDb rating 6.013K votes

Most often with

Jon Watts directed two of these films. Cedric the Entertainer appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Cedric the Entertainer, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Cedric the EntertainerSusan Sarandon, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Susan SarandonJohn Turturro, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John TurturroMarisa Tomei, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Marisa TomeiDavid Koechner, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with David KoechnerChris Rock, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Chris RockJon WattsDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Jon Watts

Films together

Box office

What J.B. Smoove's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$3.7 billion

15 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 15 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 15Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

Spider-Man: No Way Home2021as Mr. Dell$1.9 billion

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Spider-Man: No Way Home2021as Mr. Dell
    $1.9B51.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Spider-Man: Far from Home2019as Mr. Dell
    $1.1B30.3% of the total
  3. 3
    Mr. Deeds2002as Reuben
    $171M4.6% of the total
  4. 4
    Date Night2010as Cabbie
    $152M4.1% of the total
  5. 5
    We Bought a Zoo2011as Mr. Stevens
    $120M3.2% of the total
  6. 6
    A Haunted House2013as Kisha's Dad
    $60M1.6% of the total
  7. 7
    Barbershop: The Next Cut2016as One-Stop
    $55M1.5% of the total
  8. 8
    Almost Christmas2016as Lonnie
    $43M1.1% of the total
The Sitter (2011), $34.9 millionTop Five (2014), $26.1 millionUncle Drew (2018), $17.7 millionPootie Tang (2001), $3.3 millionHurricane Season (2009), $1.0 millionHell and Back (2015), $157,768The Jesus Rolls (2019), $64,648

$83.3 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total

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