Bernie Mac

Comedian/Actor Known for his unflinching honesty about family, marriage and race, the Chicago-bred Bernie Mac hit like a meteorite during the early ‘90s explosion of black stand-up comedy. After appearing on Def Comedy Jam and his own HBO show, Midnight Mac, the comedian transitioned into TV and film. Small movie roles in classic comedies like Friday and Don’t Be a Menace to South Central...  led to starring roles in hit films like Mr. 3000 and Ocean’s Eleven. And after joining Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley and Cedric the Entertainer as The Original Kings of Comedy, the tell-like-it-is comedian earned his own hit TV sitcom, The Bernie Mac Show. Suffering from a lung illness called sarcodoisis, Bernie Mac died in 2008 from complications caused by pneumonia.

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Bryana "Baby Girl" Thomkins

Bryana Thomkins was played by actress Dee Dee Davis on The Bernie Mac Show. Thomkins was Bernie Mac's niece who he adopted after her mother went through problems. The youngest and cutest of Mac's three adopted kids, she was also his favorite. (Pho...

Bryana "Baby Girl" Thomkins

Bryana Thomkins was played by actress Dee Dee Davis on The Bernie Mac Show. Thomkins was Bernie Mac's niece who he adopted after her mother went through problems. The youngest and cutest of Mac's three adopted kids, she was also his favorite. (Pho...

Bernie Mac

One of the Original Kings of Comedy, Bernie Mac rivaled Jamie Foxx as the most famous cast member of Players Club. He went on to become an A-list actor in Ocean's Eleven, Bad Santa and, of course, The Bernie Mac Show. Tragically, he died in 2008 o...

Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac landed the role of Judge Peabody. In the years following Booty Call, Mac became a comedy icon, landing his own hit TV sitcom, The Bernie Mac Show, and several big film roles, including Ocean's 13, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Soul Me...

Kanye Channels Bernie Mac

We still don't know why Kanye didn't just get the real Bernie Mac — perhaps the health problems that took his life three years later were to blame? — but Deray Davis did an amazing job impersonating the comedy legend on skits sprinkled throughout ...

Mo' Money (1992)

Damon Wayans's romantic crime caper, also starring Stacey Dash and then-newcomer Bernie Mac, floated right to the top of the charts when it premiered in 1992, stealing thunder from Boomerang, which was also in theaters at that time.  (Photo: Cou...
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