Career/Profession: Comedian, Actor, Film Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter, Film Director, Television Director

Edward “Eddie”Rubin Griffin as the name itself brings a smile on our face. He is popularly known as Eddie Griffin or we can say a funny man who is always ready to burn the stage with his style and jokes. He is a fantastic American actor and stand-up comedian. People used to know him with his role in the series Malcolm & Eddie as Eddie Sherman instead of his original name. He started his daring and amazed career in 1990. He is a gifted star in the world of entertainment.

Focus shifted from dancing to Acting:

Eddie was born on July 15^th, 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was raised by his mother Doris Thomas who was an operator in Phone Company. He completed his high schooling in Kansas and got admitted to Kansas State University in biological Engineering but he left the university after three months. During his school time he was selected as a class clown for continuously three years. Instead he has perceived his career as a comedian but his first love was dance. He opened his own studio and worked there as choreographer. Suddenly his life took a turn when his brother forced him to perform at local stage as a comedian. He was told to perform for only three minutes but he performed continuously without break for 45 minutes. This incident opened a new door for him and he moved to Los Angeles for pursuing his career as stand-up comedian.

Acting gave him a shining career:

Griffin after moving to Los Angeles started his career by performing small roles in several films. He reached to the top after making use of each and every small opportunity. He was seen starred in several movies such as The Meteor Man in 1993, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo in 1999 etc. he established his career as a comedian when he performed for The Last Boy Scout in 1991, Coneheads in 1993 etc. these movies created a big fan following for Eddie and get him a role in Malcolm and Eddie from 1996-2000. The role in this series got him nominated for NAACP Image Award. He continued his acting in movies and list includes Scary Movie 3 in 2003, Norbit in 2007 etc. He also became writer and directed several episodes. He was fed up of doing small roles and taking just small advantage of the movie. Finally in 2001 he got lead role along with Orlando Jones in Double Take. John Q movie brought him respect as an actor in 2002. This list is endless including some big hits and some flops too. He also tried his hands on production of the movie My Baby’s Daddy in 2004 for Miramax Production.

Carved his name among the best Comedians:

As we know Griffin was interested in dancing but took stand up comedy as his career. It was seen that his behaviour and the speed with which he achieved the success in this field gave a feeling of his passion towards this profession. In a period of one month he carved his name in the good books of comedians and sooner he was compared with Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce etc. He was amongst the list of top 100 in the Stand ups comedians of All time. His successful performances led him to make a position in the industry and got so roles in Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam. He was also nominated for Cable Ace Award for One Night Stand in 1992. He also gave some funny musical performances for the Message in the Hat in 1993 and The Message in 1999. His credits are endless and actually increasing with time. He gave his performance for two tracks in two albums i.e. 2001 and Helter Skelter. He imitates Michael Jackson and Crack Cocaine in a very amazing way that sometimes his identity is lost. He came on Chappelle’s show in the role of Grits n Gravy.

Personal Life:

Griffin made a hat trick in marriage. He firstly got married to Carla in 1983 and at that time he was just 16 years old. The couple had been together for 13 years. After getting divorced from Carla he got married to Rochelle in 2002 but unfortunately this relationship also ended. The couple had nine children. In 2011 he tied knots with Nia Rivers.

Investments and his Assets:

Eddie Griffin is very particular about his looks and apparels. He is always seen in some new looks and tends to follow the trends. Starting from his glasses he nevertheless used to step down from the particular brand and his glasses are generally polarized. His accessories which he used to wear during his acting or stage comedies are generally of Aklia. He used to cover his head with NY Yankees Cap every time. He tends to invest all his mponey

Perfect mixture of talent:

Recently Eddie is working for Comedy Central for the show You Can Tell ‘em I said it which started in 2011. He was entitled amongst the top 100 greatest comedians of all time by Comedy Central. He has made his image not only on the stage but also covered silver screens. He has a record of 47 films and around 20 television shows. He is perfect mixture of talents and skills.

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Profession: American actor, film director, and film producer

LIFE

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is one of the most acclaimed and prestigious actor, film director, film producer of Hollywood.  He was born in Mount Vernon, near New York City, his mother Lennis owned a parlour while his father Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington worked as a Pentecostal minister. Denzel is known for resonating with his characters in his movies and is widely appreciated for his stage skills. Denzel is named after his father who was in turn named after the doctor, Doctor Denzel, who had delivered him.

Denzel was Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world, his attitude and consistency towards work is an impeccable quality. Denzel’s down to earth attitude has won him many votes and appreciation both from media, public and other celebrities. He was also chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.

 CAREER

Denzel enrolled IN Fordham University with the intent to make a career in journalism. But, he caught the acting bug while appearing in student drama productions, he moved to San Francisco and started working at the American Conservatory Theatre. Washington in the summers of 1976 got busy in summer stock theatre performing Wings of the Morning, the Maryland State play, which was incorporating an African-American character.

Washington attended Texas College, and earned a B.A. in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University in 1977. Washington worked as creative arts director at an overnight summer camp, Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut. He also filmed many commercials in Fruit of the Loom as grapes. He made impact into the Hollywood when he appeared in the 1981 film Carbon Copy.  St. Elsewhere a tv show that aired on NBC is till counted as one of the best dimension of Washington as he was one of the few Afro-American to be on the show.

Through the 1980s, he worked in both movies and television and was chosen for the plum role of “Dr. Chandler” in NBC’s hit medical series St. Elsewhere (1982), a role that he would play for 6 years.

Famous Flicks-

Washington was highly acclaimed and also won the Academy Award in the best actor category for his role of a corrupt cop in the 2001 movie “Training Day”.

Estate& car

A View Of The Main Entrance To Denzel Washingtons House In Beverly Hills. Denzel’s home sits on the edge of many other celbrity and Billionaires Mansions.

 Car

It has a top speed of 200 mph , which strangely enough was not reached by its’ follow-up, the DBS or even the new Vanquish, If anyone knows more about it is  Denzel Washington as he is one of the proud owner.

FAMILY

He Married Pauletta Pearson, whom he met on the set of his first screen work, the television film Wilma. The couple have four children. John David who signed a football contract with the St. Louis Rams. Katia  graduated from Yale University with a Bachelors of Arts in 2010 Twins Olivia and Malcolm (Malcolm graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in film studies and Olivia played a role in Lee Daniel’s The Butler).

 Awards& Nominations

• Washington shared a 1982 Distinguished Ensemble Performance Obie Award for playing Private First Class Melvin Peterson.
• Was nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
• In 1989 Washington won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Glory.
• Washington received a Golden Globe Award in 2000 and a Silver Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his role in The Hurricane.
• Won an Academy Award for Best Actor for , the 2001 cop thriller Training Day. Washington was the second African-American performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actor.
• On June 13, 2010, Washington won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his role in the play Fences.
• Washington starred in Flight, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor
• 1996 Harvard Foundation Award.

 PHILANTHROPY

Man of Love  and value he is a devout Christian and believes in opening hands always downwards.

• In 1995, he donated $2.5 million to help build the new West Angeles Church of God.
• His charity work includes donating $1 million to the Children’s Fund of South Africa.
• Donated $1 million to Wiley College to resuscitate the college’s debate team(You can easily relate this to his movie The Great Debater).
• In 2011 he donated $2 million to Fordham for an endowed chair of the theatre department.
•  Donated $250,000 for a theatre-specific scholarship for Fordham.

FACTS

• Washington holds the record (six so far) for most Oscar nominations and most wins (two so far) by an actor or actress of African descent.
• Washington is an Independent. He supported Barack Obama in 2008.
• Washington as one of three people (the others being directors Oliver Stone and Michael Moore) with whom The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia named were  willing to negotiate for the release of three defence contractors they had kidnapped.
• He was at his mother’s beauty parlor, when a woman getting her hair done saw him and told someone to get her a piece of paper and she wrote at the top “Prophecy” and then wrote that Denzel would grow up and one day speak to millions.
• The actor broke his right pinky finger during a childhood basketball accident and never had it set correctly. His finger is still crooked to this day.
• Washington was the original choice for the title character in “Blade” (1998).

Famous lines:

• Creasy: (Man on Fire) ”Okay, my friend. It’s off to the next life for you. I guarantee you, you won’t be lonely.”
• John Q. Archibald: (John Q) ”I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!”
• Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (The Hurricane) ”Hate put me in prison. Love’s gonna bust me out.”
• John Hobbes (Fallen) ”Why are we here? Us, humans? I mean there’s six billion of us, we’re like ants, I mean do we care what ants do, from a moral standpoint?”
• Nathaniel Serling (Courage Under Fire) ”Son, I work for the Pentagon, so I admit I’m a little slow on the uptake, but did you just threaten me?”
• Malcolm X (Malcolm X): ”We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us!”

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