Guy Torry

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Guy Torry
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Guy Torry in 2019
BornJanuary 5, 1969 (age 56)
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Alma mater Southeast Missouri State University
Occupations
Years active1991–present
Known for Phat Tuesdays
American History X
Family Joe Torry (brother)
Website guytorry.com

Guy Torry(Born January 5,1969) is an American actor and comedian. [1] [2]

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He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry. [1]

Life and career

Guy Torry is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and enrollee of Southeast Missouri State University. Torry moved to Los Angeles after his brother, Joe Torry, had done the same. Guy Torry came to Los Angeles to finish his marketing degree yet later chose to seek a comedy career after seeing the Russell Simmons HBO show Def Comedy Jam , circa 1992. [1]

Nearly after two years of practicing comedy, he landed his debut on national television on Def Comedy Jam. Following this he did stand-up comedy for the Def Comedy Jam Tour throughout the United States. [1]

Torry has since been featured in such television series and films as Premium Blend , Comic View , Showtime at the Apollo , Runaway Jury and Don't Say a Word . [1]

One of Torry's best known film roles was that of the prisoner Lamont in American History X . [3]

Phat Tuesdays

Torry created and hosted a weekly stand-up comedy show called Phat Tuesdays . [4] Launched in 1995 [2] for African American comedians, Phat Tuesdays was held at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. Phat Tuesdays ended in 2005 [2] and became the focus for a 2022 Amazon television program of the same name. [5] [6] [7]

In the 1990s, audiences were shocked when Jewish comedian and Full House actor Bob Saget performed at Phat Tuesdays. Torry had booked Saget for the night's show. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Doo Rag's Father
Sunset Park Boo Man
1997 Back in Business Little Train
One Eight Seven Voice in Crowd
1998 Ride Indigo
American History X Lamont
1999 Life Radio
Trippin' Fish
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge First ActorTV movie
2001 The Animal Miles
Tara CourtneyVideo
Pearl Harbor Teeny Mayfield
Don't Say a Word Dolen
2003 With or Without You Greg
JonahThe DemonShort
Runaway Jury Eddie Weese
2005 Slow Burn Chet Price
Midnight ClearMichael PressmoreShort
2006 Funny Money Angel
The Last StandReg
Dead and Deader JudsonTV movie
2010Screwball: The Ted Whitfield StoryReverend Cash
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar LegendQuentin
2013Chocolate CoinsPlen T FulShort
2015Axe to GrindEddie Wilcox
Civilian LifeDr. Miles Jackson
2023Hope Street HolidayWalter Johnson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Family Matters StudentEpisode: "Hell Toupee"
1995 Martin Martin Look-a-LikeEpisode: "High Noon"
1996 Sparks RapperEpisode: "Goode for the Gander"
1997–98 Good News Little TMain Cast
1999–2000 The Strip Jesse WeirMain Cast
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Huge (voice)Episode: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier"
The X-Files ShortyEpisode: "Redrum"
2000–04 As Told By Ginger Will Patterson (voice)Recurring Cast: Season 1-2, Guest: Season 3
2001 NYPD Blue Tory JamesonEpisode: "Franco, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn"
2002 The Shield Marlon DemeralEpisode: "Our Gang"
One on One Flim-FlamEpisode: "I Believe I Can Fly: Part 1"
2005 Blind Justice EddieEpisode: "Pilot"
2014Married, for Real?!SonnyEpisode: "The Issue"
2024Mind Your BusinessDate #2Episode: "A Little White Lie"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Greenstein, Colette (March 21, 2014). "Comedy veteran Guy Torry reflects on years in the biz". The Bay State Banner .
  2. 1 2 3 Johnson, Kevin C. (May 12, 2021). "Comedian Guy Torry says the pandemic helped save his life". St. Louis Post-Dispatch .
  3. Maslin, Janet (October 28, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; The Darkest Chambers of a Nation's Soul". The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 4, 2009.
  4. "Guy Torry Bio". tribute.ca.
  5. Bellamy, Claretta (February 9, 2022). "How Phat Tuesdays propelled the careers of legendary Black comedians". NBC News.
  6. Lloyd, Robert (February 4, 2022). "Amazon's new doc is an inspirational oral history of L.A.'s Black comedy scene". Los Angeles Times .
  7. 1 2 Cole, Ty (February 7, 2022). "'Phat Tuesdays': Guy Torry Recalls Booking Bob Saget For Comedy Set". BET. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022.