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DeRay Davis
Born
Antoine DeRay Davis

February 26, 1982 (age 42)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1998–present
Children1
Websitederaydavis.com

Antoine DeRay Davis (born February 26, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.[1] He is known for his role as Ray the Hustle Guy in the Barbershop films and as host of Hip Hop Squares. He is also known for his collaboration and appearances in several audio skits by Kanye West.

Life and career

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Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career in comedy clubs. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and appeared on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour. Known for his role as Ray the Hustle Guy in Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business,[2] Davis has also appeared in other films, including Semi-Pro, 21 Jump Street,[3][4] and How High 2. Davis' television roles and appearances have included programs such as Comedy Central's Reno 911, BET's ComicView, FOX's Empire, MTV's Wild 'n Out and Short Circuitz, FX's Snowfall, and HBO's Entourage. He hosted his first game show, Mind of a Man, on Game Show Network, and later appeared on the Oxygen reality show Living with Funny.[2] He is also the host of the revival of Hip Hop Squares produced & narrated by Ice Cube.[5]

The comedian also sounds on several skits on rapper Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration, impersonating Bernie Mac in both album's opening tracks "Intro" and "Wake Up Mr. West", and appearing as the lead of the fictitious fraternity "Broke Phi Broke."[6] Davis, also appeared in West's music video for "Through the Wire." Other music video appearances for Davis include Lil' Flip's "Game Over (Flip)", Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss),"[7] Three 6 Mafia's "Doe Boy Fresh", Outkast's "Roses", and Cassie's "Long Way 2 Go."

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2002 Frank McKlusky, C.I. Basketball Player
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story Jaxx's Bodyguard TV movie
Barbershop Ray
2004
Full Clip Preacher
Barbershop 2: Back in Business Ray
Johnson Family Vacation Jamaican Stoner
The Seat Filler E.J.
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Mario 'FA REAL' Greene
The Big Black Comedy Show, Vol. 1 Himself Video
2005 The Fog Spooner
2006 Scary Movie 4 Marvin
School for Scoundrels Bee Bee
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? Junebug
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner Ronnie
License to Wed Joel
The Hit Sirus
2008 How She Move Himself
Semi-Pro Bee Bee Ellis
2009 Frankenhood Motown
Imagine That John
3 of Us -
Old Dogs Zoo Security Guard
2010 Get Him to the Greek Sugar Bones
Life as We Know It Lonnie
My Girlfriend's Back Kenyatta
2011 Jumping the Broom Malcolm
2012 21 Jump Street Domingo
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Stoop
A Very Larry Christmas Larry Huffman
2014 Mr. Right Mr. Right Short
Drumline: A New Beat Kevin Taylor TV movie
2015 My Favorite Five Sans
Football U Troy DoneDat
Chocolate City Chris McCoy
2016 Meet the Blacks Tyrone
Barbershop: A Fresh Cut Ray
Wild for the Night Fiorentino
2017 Grow House Pat
All Eyez on Me Legs
Lady Bouncer Bromley Short
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars One-Oh-One (voice)
2019 How High 2 Big Bang TV movie
Gully Calvin's Father

Television

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Year Series Role Notes
2000 Premium Blend Himself Episode: "Episode #4.9"
2000-01 It's Showtime at the Apollo Himself Episode: "Episode #13.18" & "#14.21"
2001 Late Friday Himself Episode: "Episode #1.27"
ComicView Himself Episode: "Comics in the Spotlight: DeRay and Big O"
2002-03 My Wife and Kids R.J. Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3–4
2004 Judge Mooney Tony TV Series
2005 Love Lounge Himself Recurring Guest
Access Granted Himself Episode: "Chris Brown: Yo"
Entourage Hack Episode: "Chinatown"
2005-07 Reno 911! Timpathy the Criminal Recurring Cast: Season 3, Guest: Season 4
2005-22 Wild 'n Out Himself Main Cast: Season 1-10 & 15-21
2006 Comedy Central Presents Himself Episode: "DeRay Davis"
Lallapalooza Himself Episode: "Lallapalooza Volume 7"
2006-08 Def Comedy Jam Himself Episode: "Episode #7.5" & "#8.6"
2007 HBO First Look Himself Episode: "'License to Wed': Behind the Vows"
2007-10 The Boondocks Additional Voices (voice) Supporting Cast: Season 2-3
2008 ComicView Himself Episode: "ComicView: One Mic Stand"
2009 The Girls Next Door Himself Episode: "Charity Begins at Holmby"
Nite Tales: The Series Omar Episode: "Night Watch"
2012 The Game Himself Episode: "Grand Opening, Grand Closing"
Black Dynamite Additional Voices (voice) Supporting Cast: Season 1
2013 Kroll Show Lemon Lime Episode: "Secret Room"
Second Generation Wayans DeRay Recurring Cast
The League Boris Episode: "Rafi and Dirty Randy"
2014 Mind of a Man Himself/Host Main Host
Comics Unleashed Himself Recurring Guest
2015 Empire Jermel Guest Cast: Season 1-2
2015-16 Joking Off Himself/Host Main Host
2017 Dish Nation Himself/Guest Co-Host Episode: "Episode #5.159"
Big Bad BBQ Brawl Himself/Judge Episode: "Double Trouble Brawl: Seafood Two Ways"
Face Value Himself/Team Captain Episode: "Estelle Vs. DeRay Davis"
All Def Comedy Himself Episode: "Episode #1.2"
The Real Himself/Guest Co-Host Episode: "DeRay Davis/David Arquette/Camilla Luddington/Hurry to the Hunk"
2017-19 Hip Hop Squares Himself/Host Main Host
2018 Black Card Revoked Himself Episode: "Blac Chyna, DeRay Davis, LeToya Luckett"
This Is Not Happening Himself Episode: "Dads"
BET Hip Hop Awards Himself/Host Main Host
2018-23 Snowfall Peaches Recurring Cast: Season 2–5, Guest: Season 6
2019 Tales Davenport Episode: "Slippery"
2020 I Can See Your Voice Himself/Panelist Episode: "Episode 3 & 8"
2021 History of Swear Words Himself Main Guest
2022 Phat Tuesdays: The Era Of Hip Hop Comedy Himself Recurring Guest
So Dumb It's Criminal: Hosted by Snoop Dogg Himself/Panelist Episode: "Clean Up on Aisle Criminal!"
Black Music Honors Himself/Co-Host Main Co-Host
The Chi Master Marshawn Recurring Cast: Season 5

Stand-up Special

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Year Program
2017 How to Act Black

References

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  1. ^ Todd Davis (February 2, 2008). Steph Jones: Heart & Soul Archived June 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine HHNLive. Accessed July 18, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Deray Davis Delivers Shocking News About The New "Barbershop" Movie [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]". The Russ Parr Morning Show. 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  3. ^ Williams, Kam (2012). "DeRay Vision-DeRay Davis The "21 Jump Street" Interview". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Dickey, Josh (April 13, 2011). "DeRay Davis jumps to '21 Jump Street'". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Lammare, Carl (March 15, 2017). "www.vibe.com/2017/03/ice-cube-deray-davis-vh1-hip-hop-squares-tupac-another-friday/". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  6. ^ Beaumont, Mark (2015). Kanye West: God & Monster. Omnibus Press. pp. Chapter "Through the Wire".
  7. ^ "Late Night Comedy Show features DeRay Davis". February 10, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
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Media offices
Preceded by Host of Hollywood Squares franchise
2017-present
(Hip Hop Squares) 		Succeeded by
Bob Saget
Nashville Squares Concurrent version in 2019
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