DeRay Davis is quickly killing Hollywood with his hilarious
humor and
persona. DeRay
is the star of Lions Gate's DVD feature Frankenhood, released
May 5,
2009 and can be seen starring opposite Eddie Murphy in the
June 12,
2009 Summer release Imagine That. DeRay
also stars in Warner Brothers License to Wed opposite Mandy
Moore and
Robin Williams, Dimension’s School for Scoundrels, Swap Meet ,
and New Line Cinema’s Code Name: The Cleaner.
DeRay's
film credits
also include the Hustle Guy in Barbershop and Barbershop 2,
the Will
Smith-produced The Seat Filler, Fox's Johnson Family Vacation,
Jiminy
Glick in Lalawood, and Disney's Frank McKlusky. DeRay
is best known for his role as Spooner in Revolution Studios
John Carpenter's
remake of The Fog. You can also catch DeRay on MTV’s "Wild
N Out", from the first to last season and Aaron Magruder's
Boondocks
on the Adult Swim channel; doing several different character
voices
per episodes.
On the
small screen
Davis appeared in HBO's "Entourage", Comedy Central's "Reno
911", ABC's "My Wife and Kids", Fox's "Cedric Presents...",
VH1's "Love Lounge", NBC's "Late Friday", VH-1's
"Play'd", Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and BET’s
"ComicView".
On the recording side, DeRay wrote and performed the comedy
skits on
Kanye West’s LPs “Late Registration” and “The
College Dropout” and he is the only Comedian to date to
perform
at the Grammy Awards (2006) with Kanye and Jamie Foxx.
Furthermore,
Davis
is currently re-writing the feature Sons of the Hammer with
Patrick
T. Gorman and Jason Major for Strike Entertainment. A
born hustler from Chicago's South Side, DeRay began his career
in the
comedy clubs and was first noticed by Hollywood at Atlanta's
Laffapalooza
Festival. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, DeRay won the
Comedy
Central Laugh Riots Competition and was a standout on the
Cedric the
Entertainer Tour and at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
DeRay
currently
resides in Los Angeles where he continues to host his own
Monday nights
going on 8 years now at the Improv on Melrose in Hollywood Mo'
Beta
Mondays.