DeRay Davis

DeRay Davis

42 · Born: Feb 26, 1982

Personal Details

Born Feb 26, 1982 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Relatives
  • Steph Jones (Sibling)

Biography

​Antwan DeRay Davis is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his role as Ray-Ray the Hustle Guy in Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Davis has also appeared in other films, including Semi-Pro (2008) and 21 Jump Street. His television roles and appearances include programs BET's ComicView, MTV's Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out and 'Short Circuitz, and HBO's Entourage. He began his career in comedy clubs and shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and was a standout on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour. He voices for several skits on rapper Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration, and also appeared in West's music video for "Through the Wire." Other music video appearances for Davis include Lil' Flip's "Game Over", Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)," and Three 6 Mafia's "Doe Boy Fresh." Description above from the Wikipedia article DeRay Davis  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2023
Wake
Wake as Eddie
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2019
How High 2
How High 2 as Big Bang
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2018
Snowfall
Snowfall as Peaches
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2017
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars as One-Oh-One (voice)
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DeRay Davis: How to Act Black
DeRay Davis: How to Act Black as Artist
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Lady Bouncer
Lady Bouncer as Bromley
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Grow House
Grow House as Pat
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2016
Meet the Blacks
Meet the Blacks as Tyrone
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48 Hours to Live
48 Hours to Live as Fiorentino
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2015
My Favorite Five
My Favorite Five as Sans
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Chocolate City
Chocolate City as Chris McCoy
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2014
Drumline: A New Beat
Drumline: A New Beat as Kevin Taylor
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2013
A Very Larry Christmas
A Very Larry Christmas as Larry Huffman
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2012
21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street as Domingo
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2011
Jumping the Broom
Jumping the Broom as Malcolm
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2010
My Girlfriend's Back
My Girlfriend's Back as Kenyatta
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Life as We Know It
Life as We Know It as Lonnie
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2009
3 of Us
3 of Us
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Imagine That
Imagine That as John Strother
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Frankenhood
Frankenhood as Motown
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2007
License to Wed
License to Wed as Joel
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Code Name: The Cleaner
Code Name: The Cleaner as Ronnie
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The Hit
The Hit as Sirus
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2006
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? as June Bug
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2005
The Fog
The Fog as Spooner
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2004
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Mario 'FA REAL' Greene
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The Big Black Comedy Show, Vol. 1
The Seat Filler
The Seat Filler as E.J.
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2002
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story as Jaxx's bodyguard
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2001
My Wife and Kids
My Wife and Kids as R.J.
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2022
Phat Tuesdays
Phat Tuesdays
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Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
2013
Wild 'N Out
Wild 'N Out
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2011
DeRay Davis: Power Play
2009
All Star Comedy Jam
2008
How She Move
How She Move
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2011
DeRay Davis: Power Play
DeRay Davis: Power Play as Writer
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