Movies by Eddie Griffin
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Highway (2012)
Cast: Devin Copeland, Eddie Griffin, Roland Powell …
Directed by: Coke Daniels
Former government agent Jason Price makes people disappear for a living. But when a top lieutenant for a crime syndicate asks Price to help him drop out of sight, things take a grisly,…
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A Fool and His Money (2011)
Cast: Michael Beach, Cindy Herron-Braggs, Chyna Layne …
Directed by: David E. Talbert
When the blue-collar Jordan family wins a radio contest for a million dollars, they quickly begin to realize that more money means more problems. It seems everybody wants a piece of their new…
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Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell 'Em I Said It (2010)
Cast: Eddie Griffin
The star of movies like Undercover Brother and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and the hit TV show "Malcolm and Eddie," comedian Eddie Griffin gets back into his comfort zone on the stage in this…
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
Cast: Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, Jeff Clanagan …
Directed by: Robert Townsend, Quincy Newell
Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and other notables illuminate the evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy. Accompanying film clips explore the history of black…
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Eddie Griffin: Freedom of Speech (2008)
Cast: Eddie Griffin
Directed by: Leslie Small
With his biting, raunchy wit, comic Eddie Griffin explores the black man's world, from sex to politics to sports and entertainment. Filmed before a live audience in Atlanta, Griffin…
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Beethoven's Big Break (2008)
Cast: Oscar Nuñez, Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan …
Directed by: Mike Elliott
It's a dog's life for stray pooch Beethoven and his puppy family, but when a movie-star canine gets dognapped, Beethoven is chosen to take his place. And it's up to animal…
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Norbit (2007)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr. …
Directed by: Brian Robbins
After being bullied into marrying an overbearing woman (played by Eddie Murphy in drag), mild-mannered Norbit (also portrayed by Murphy) meets the girl of his dreams (Thandie Newton) in this…
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Redline (2007)
Cast: Nathan Phillips, Nadia Bjorlin, Angus Macfadyen …
Directed by: Andy Cheng
Fast cars and beautiful women are the order of the day in this auto racing thriller about an aspiring rock star and car fanatic who finds herself caught up in illegal drag races organized by…
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A Lawyer Walks into a Bar... (2007)
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Michael Ian Black, Nancy Grace …
Directed by: Eric Chaikin
Director Eric Chaikin's insightful documentary explores the complexities of the U.S. legal system while tracing the journey of six prospective attorneys who are preparing for their…
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Urban Justice (2007)
Cast: Steven Seagal, Eddie Griffin, Kirk B.R. Woller …
Directed by: Don E. FauntLeRoy
Former special ops agent Simon Ballester (Steven Seagal) resorts to vigilante justice after his son -- a police officer -- is gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Authorities deem the case…
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Date Movie (2006)
Cast: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Sophie Monk …
Directed by: Aaron Seltzer
Skewering the gooey romantic comedy formula, this over-the-top spoof from the minds behind the Scary Movie franchise stars Alyson Hannigan (American Pie) as a young woman in love with being…
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Irish Jam (2006)
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Mo'Nique, Roger Ashton-Griffiths …
Directed by: John Eyres
In hopes of escaping his angry ex-fiancée (Mo'Nique), Los Angeles con man Jimmy "The Jam" McDevitt (Eddie Griffin) rips off a rap song and enters a poetry contest. Miraculously, his…
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Who Made the Potatoe Salad? (2006)
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jaleel White …
Directed by: Damon "Coke" Daniels
In this urban comedy, Michael (Jaleel White, of "Family Matters"), a young San Diego police officer, begins to wonder whether he's marrying into a clan of crazies when he joins his…
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Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)
Cast: Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin, Til Schweiger …
Directed by: Mike Bigelow
Deuce Bigalow (Rob Schneider) continues his self-appointed quest to please women as a he-whore in this sequel to Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. Sent to a school for gigolos in England, Deuce is…
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Roast of Pamela Anderson: Uncensored (2005)
Cast: Pamela Anderson, Jimmy Kimmel, Tommy Lee …
Directed by: Joel Gallen
See bombshell Pamela Anderson on a spit (so to speak) and on the spot as the subject of a white-hot (and completely uncensored) roast by fellow celebrities including Jimmy Kimmel, Andy Dick,…
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The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
Cast: Luke Wilson, Eva Mendes, Seymour Cassel …
Directed by: Andrew Wilson, Luke Wilson
Luke Wilson is both star and co-director of this feel-good flick about Wendell Baker, an ex-con from Texas who vows to redeem himself by helping a group of troubled retirees fight corruption…
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My Baby's Daddy (2004)
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli …
Directed by: Cheryl Dunye
Three childhood buddies find themselves at a crossroads when their girlfriends all get pregnant at the same time, forcing the slacker dudes to grow up and brush off their forgotten ambitions.…
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Buds for Life (2004)
Cast: Eugene Byrd, Eddie Griffin, Donn Swaby …
Directed by: Gabriel Bologna
This ensemble romantic comedy stars Eugene Byrd, Eddie Griffin Jr., Donn Swaby and Maurice Patton as four tight-knit pals who leave gritty New York City and make their way to sun-kissed Los…
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Blast! (2004)
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Vinnie Jones, Breckin Meyer …
Directed by: Anthony Hickox
In this tense action thriller, a terrorist targets an oil rig off the coast of California, intending to detonate a powerful bomb. Only a resourceful tugboat captain, recruited to rescue the…
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DysFunktional Family (2003)
Cast: Eddie Griffin
Directed by: George Gallo
Between sets from his live stand-up routine, in which he riffs on everything from Michael Jackson to terrorism, comedian Eddie Griffin tours his hometown of Kansas City, Mo., and introduces…
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Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Cast: Anna Faris, Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen …
Directed by: David Zucker
The Wayans brothers give way to slapstick master David Zucker for this third installment of the horror spoof series. But don't expect Zucker to stick just to horror this time, as…
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The Legend of Dolemite (2003)
Cast: Rudy Ray Moore, Mike D, Ice-T …
Directed by: Ross Guidici
In this career retrospective, Rudy Ray Moore -- the foulmouthed star of the blaxploitation classic Dolemite -- dishes on how he got his start as an underground comic in the 1960s and…
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The New Guy (2002)
Cast: DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel …
Directed by: Ed Decter
Tired of being hassled, a high school geek purposely gets expelled ... and ends up in jail, where a street-smart inmate tutors the teen in "badass cool." After he's released, he enrolls…
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John Q (2002)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Anne Heche …
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
In director Nick Cassavetes's gripping social drama, blue-collar worker John Q. (Denzel Washington) finds that his meager insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, so…
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Undercover Brother (2002)
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards …
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin), a low-rent private eye with a '70s sense of style, trades in his Afro, shades and platforms for khakis, horn-rims and penny loafers to go undercover…
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Pinocchio (2002)
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Breckin Meyer …
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni wrote, directed and stars in this enchanting retelling of Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who comes to life and whose curious spirit leads him into one wild adventure after another.
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Double Take (2001)
Cast: Orlando Jones, Eddie Griffin, Gary Grubbs …
Directed by: George Gallo
When successful New York investment banker Daryl Chase (Orlando Jones) is framed for laundering millions for a Mexican drug cartel, he's forced to switch identities with low-life petty…
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Foolish (1999)
Cast: Eddie Griffin, Master P, Amie Petersen …
Directed by: Dave Meyers
Explosive young comedian Miles "Foolish" Waise (Eddie Griffin) plans to make it big -- but not if it means selling out. He'd rather work with his fast-talking brother, "Fifty Dollah"…
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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Cast: Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin …
Directed by: Mike Mitchell
Deuce Bigalow agrees to fish-sit for a gigolo, but he finds himself in a jam when he accidentally smashes the gigolo's massive fish tank and has to become a gigolo to make enough money to fix it.
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Eddie Griffin: Voodoo Child (1997)
Cast: Eddie Griffin
Comedian Eddie Griffin is in his element in this raucous stand-up session that was broadcast on HBO years before he found a larger audience in films such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999),…
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The Walking Dead (1995)
Cast: Allen Payne, Eddie Griffin, Joe Morton …
Directed by: Preston A. Whitmore II
After landing in a Vietnam War hot zone, four U.S. Marines must grapple with the sobering realization that they're on a virtually unachievable mission -- a predicament that invites…
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Jason's Lyric (1994)
Cast: Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Anthony "Treach" Criss …
Directed by: Doug McHenry
Jason Alexander (Allen Payne) struggles to rise above a family plagued by drugs and crime, an inner-city neighborhood and his troubling past. When he falls for a waitress named Lyric (Jada…
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The Meteor Man (1993)
Cast: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin …
Directed by: Robert Townsend
While being chased by neighborhood thugs, weak-kneed high school teacher Jefferson Reed is struck by a meteor and suddenly develops superhuman strength and abilities: He can fly, talk to dogs…
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Carnaval (1986)
Cast: John Goodman, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Griffin …
Though millions flood the streets of Rio de Janeiro for the yearly festivities of Carnival, only the best 14 samba schools are given the privilege of the dancing through the Sambodromo, a…