Eddie Griffin

Eddie Griffin
Griffin in 2008
Birth name	Edward Rubin Griffin
Born	(1968-07-15) July 15, 1968 (age 55) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, film, television
Years active	1989–present
Genres	Improvisational comedy, observational comedy, blue comedy, satire
Subject(s)	African-American culture, recreational drug use, human sexuality, race relations, politics, racism, religion, everyday life
Spouse	Carla Griffin ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1997)​ Rochelle Griffin ​ ​ (m. 2002; div. 2009)​ Nia Rivers ​ ​ (m. 2011; div. 2012)​ Ko Lee ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	11
Website	eddiegriffin.com

Edward Rubin Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Sherman in the sitcom Malcolm & Eddie, the title character in the 2002 comedy film Undercover Brother, and Tiberius Jefferson "T.J." Hicks in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He also portrayed Orpheus in Scary Movie 3 (2003) and voiced Richard Pryor on Black Dynamite (2012–2015). He is also known for his role as Pope Sweet Jesus in the movie Norbit (2007). Griffin was ranked at number 62 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.^[1]