Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac is an American actor, stand-up comedian and voice artist. He was born as Bernard Jeffrey McCullough on October 5, 1957, in Chicago Illinois in the U.S.A. His mother died when he was only 16 due to cancer. He studied at Chicago Vocational Career Academy. He shifted to Tampa, Florida and worked in several jobs such as an UPS agent and furniture mover during his 20’s. In 1977, he got married to Rhonda McCullough, and they were blessed with one child named Je’Niece McCullough-Childress.

His passion for acting was influenced by The Three Stooges Click to look into! >> Read More... and listening to his favorite comedians like Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor. He began his career as a stand-up comedian at the Cotton Club in Chicago. At 32, he won in the comedy search contest called the Miller Lite, and since then, he gained popularity as a comedian. His first breakthrough happened after he performed in the television series, Def Comedy Jam on HBO. Martin Lawrence Martin Lawrence was born on April 16th, 1965 in We >> Read More... could not calm the aggressive crowd and Bernie went onstage and told the crowd, “I ain’t scared o’ you mothafuckas”. His comedy and boldness when on stage carved his niche in the entertainment world. In 1994, he did a small role as Uncle Vester in the comedy film, House Party 3. Later, he had a talk show entitled Midnight Mac on HBO. His breakthrough came in the year 1995 through the American stoner buddy crime comedy film, Friday, which stars Ice Cube O’shea Jackson aka Ice Cube is known for his actin >> Read More... and DJ Pooh in the lead roles. This was followed by his first starring role in the comedy-drama film, The Players Club, in 1998. He played as Dollar Bill in the film, the owner of The Players Club, who got threatened by St. Louis, a loan shark.

In the year 2001, he played as Frank Catton, a con man who works in a casino, in the comedy heist film, Ocean’s Eleven, alongside George Clooney The long-time “Sexiest Man Alive” and the most “Dr >> Read More... , Brad Pitt He’s one of the most accomplished actors of our ti >> Read More... , Matt Damon He’s known to be the “Hollywood Golden Boy” as he >> Read More... , Andy Garcia Andy Garcia is a Cuban-American director and actor >> Read More... and Julia Roberts She’s one of the Hollywood’s heavyweight actresses >> Read More... . Bernie did his very own semi-autobiographical sitcom entitled The Bernie Mac Show on Fox channel. He played as the custodian of his sister’s children when she enters the rehabilitation. The show consists of several events that happened in his real life. It was renewed post the 2005-2006 seasons and the finale happened in April 2006. The Bernie Mac Show earned the 2001 Peabody Award, Writing in a Comedy Series, Humanitas Prize and three Outstanding Comedy Series awards at the NAACP Image Awards. He also bagged the Television Critics Association for Individual Achievement in a Comedy and the Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series at the NAACP Image Awards for four consecutive years. He replaced Bill Murray He is known to be one of the legendary actors in H >> Read More... in playing the role of Bosley in Charlie’s Angels’ sequel entitled Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle in 2003. In the same year, Bernie played as a villain in the black comedy film, Bad Santa and was starred in the sports comedy film, Mr. 3000, as a retired baseball player in 2004. He acted as Percy Jones in the 2005 comedy film, Guess Who. Bernie was seen as car sales person in the sci-fi action film, Transformers in 2007. Besides acting, he also hosted the reality show, Last Comic Standing.

His voice was used by Zuba’s character in the computer-animated comedy film, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa in 2008. In the same year, he was starred alongside Samuel Jackson in the blockbuster musical comedy film, Soul Men Click to look into! >> Read More... . Bernie’s last film role was from the ensemble comedy film, Old Dogs in 2009, together with John Travolta John Travolta is a true legendary figure as he was >> Read More... and Robin Williams Robin Williams is a legendary actor and comedian. >> Read More... . On August 9, 2008, a year before this film was released, Bernie died due to complications of Pneumonia. In his final years, he openly says that he is suffering from Sarcoidosis, which particularly attacked his lungs. 7,000 people attended his public funeral including Chris Rock Christopher Julius Rock was born on February 7th i >> Read More... , Samuel Jackson, Don Cheadle Don Cheadle was born on 29th November 1964 in Miss >> Read More... , Ashton Kutcher Ashton Kutcher is a prominent American model turne >> Read More... and a lot more.