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Joe Torry | |
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 Torry at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty | |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Family | Guy Torry (brother) |
| Website | http://www.mrjoetorry.com/ |
Joe Torry is an American actor and comedian.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | House Party | Student in Cafeteria | |
| 1991 | Talkin' Dirty After Dark | Audience Member | |
| Strictly Business | Darryl | ||
| The Three Muscatels | Andre Squire | ||
| 1993 | Poetic Justice | Chicago | |
| 1994 | House Party 3 | D-Trick | |
| Exit to Eden | Baggage Cop | ||
| 1995 | Tales from the Hood | Stack | |
| 1996 | Fled | Bo Grant | |
| 1997 | Back in Business | Tony Dunbar | |
| Sprung | Clyde | ||
| 2000 | Lockdown | Alize | |
| 2001 | The Flamingo Rising | Pete Moss | TV movie |
| The Commitments | T-Bone | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Motives | Derrick Woods | Video |
| Hair Show | Brian | ||
| 2005 | Getting Played | Josh | TV movie |
| 2006 | The Boston Strangler | Police Chief | Video |
| 2007 | Motives 2 | Derrick Woods | Video |
| Redrum | Tyrone | ||
| The Mannsfield 12 | Trey Pound | ||
| 2008 | Boston Strangler: The Untold Story | Arthur Winfield | Video |
| 2009 | Mimi's Place | Fred | Short |
| Why Am I Doing This? | Kenny | ||
| The Dog Who Saved Christmas | Perry Winkle | TV movie | |
| 2012 | Who's Watching the Kids | Daan | |
| Pawn Shop | Pierre | ||
| Love Overboard | Angelo | Video | |
| 2013 | Caught on Tape | Delivery Man | |
| Act Like You Love Me | B Smooth | Video | |
| The Power of Love | Jamal | ||
| 2014 | Act of Faith | Mann Mann | |
| 2015 | Soul Ties | Morris | |
| 2019 | Perfectly Single | Greg | |
| The Workout Room | Teejay | ||
| 2021 | City Limits | James | |
| 2022 | Unreported | Mike | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1991 | It's Showtime at the Apollo | Himself | Episode: "Episode #4.20" |
| Amen | Ice Pick | Episode: "Three's a Crowd" | |
| 1992 | Def Comedy Jam | Himself | Episode: "Episode #1.1" & "#2.11" |
| Roc | Lee | Episode: "What's Up, Roc?" | |
| 1994-95 | Def Comedy Jam | Himself/Host | Recurring Host: Season 4-5 [1] |
| 1996 | Dangerous Minds | Martin | Episode: "Evolution" |
| 1997 | ER | Chris Law | Recurring Cast: Season 3-4 |
| 1999 | NYPD Blue | Willis | Episode: "Dead Girl Walking" |
| 2001 | On the Beat | Himself/Host | Main Host |
| 2003 | NCIS | Darryl Wilkins | Episode: "Seadog" |
| 2003-04 | Girlfriends | Mel | Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| 2005 | Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin | Himself | Episode: "Joe Torry's Chicken" |
| 2008 | 1st Amendment Stand Up | Himself | Episode: "Lavell Crawford/Joe Torry/Steve Mazan" |
| 2009 | Nite Tales | Thug #1 | Episode: "Ima Star" |
| 2012 | Uptown Comic | Himself/Host | Main Host |
| 2013 | Zane's The Jump Off | Chandler Bishop | Recurring Cast |
| 2014-17 | Unsung Hollywood | Himself | Recurring Guest |
| 2017 | Grown Folks | Earl | Episode: "Competing For Love" |
| 2019 | Unsung | Himself | Episode: "Adina Howard" |
| 2020 | Game On: A Comedy Crossover Event | Chuckie | Episode: "Family Reunion: Remember the Family's Feud?" |
| 2022 | Phat Tuesdays: The Era Of Hip Hop Comedy | Himself | Main Guest |
Torry Jabar Holt is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was named to the Pro Bowl seven times and retired with the 10th most receiving yards, including a record six consecutive seasons with 1,300 yards. He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the first round of the 1999 NFL draft, and spent the next ten years with the Rams and is remembered as one of the members of "The Greatest Show on Turf".
"The Great Gig in the Sky" is the fifth track on The Dark Side of the Moon, a 1973 album by English rock band Pink Floyd. The song features music by keyboard player Richard Wright and improvised, wordless vocals by session singer Clare Torry. It is one of only three Pink Floyd songs to feature lead vocals from an outside artist. The Great Gig in the Sky was released as a digital single in February 10, 2023 to promote The Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary box set.
Clare H. Torry is a British singer, known for performing the improvised, wordless vocals on the song "The Great Gig in the Sky" on Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. She sang the theme of the 1977 film OCE in the same style, and also covered the Dolly Parton single "Love Is Like a Butterfly" for the opening titles of the BBC TV series Butterflies, which ran for four series between 1978 and 1983.
Def Comedy Jam is an HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons, Stan Lathan, and Bob Sumner. The series was hosted by Martin Lawrence and Joe Torry in its first six seasons and by D. L. Hughley for its seventh and eighth seasons.
The Bleeding Heart Band was the name Roger Waters gave his backing band for a brief period of his post-Pink Floyd solo career.
Sprung is a 1997 comedy film written by Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott, directed by Cundieff and starring Tisha Campbell, Cundieff, Paula Jai Parker and Joe Torry.
Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.
Business Line, known as The Hindu Business Line, is an Indian business newspaper published by Kasturi & Sons, the publishers of the newspaper The Hindu headquartered in Chennai, India. The newspaper covers priority industry verticals, such as agriculture, aviation, automotive, IT, in weekly specials.
The Three Muscatels is a 1991 American parody comedy-drama film directed by Romell Foster-Owens. The film stars Richard Pryor and his then wife Flynn Belaine, who also wrote the script with Cal Wilson. The film is based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. This was Richard Pryor's last theatrically released film for which he received star billing in a dramatic role. It premiered at the African-American Film Marketplace in November 1991.
Back in Business is a 1997 action thriller film starring Brian Bosworth and Joe Torry. The film revolves around two policemen, Joe Elkhart (Bosworth) and Tony Dunbar (Torry) and their pursuit of drug runners and dirty cops. Bosworth's character is an environmentalist, similar to Steven Seagal's character in "Fire Down Below."
The Flamingo Rising is a 2001 dramatic film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame released on CBS in February 2001, and based on the novel The Flamingo Rising written by Larry Baker in 1997. The movie stars Christopher Larkin, William Hurt, Elizabeth McGovern, and Brian Benben. The movie focuses on the feud between a funeral parlor owner and a man who wants to set up a large drive-in theatre across the street from the parlor. Former In the Heat of the Night star Randall Franks returned to CBS, which aired the film, in the cameo role of "Officer Randy Kraft."
Guy Torry is an American actor and comedian. He is the brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry. Torry created and hosted a weekly comedy show called Phat Tuesdays,
Torrance Gillick was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for Rangers, Everton and Partick Thistle, and for the Scotland national team.
The Strip is an American action drama series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, which aired on UPN from October 12, 1999 to July 7, 2000, during the 1999–2000 television season. The drama series was produced by Silver Pictures Television, Millar Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television.
Patrick Torry (1763–1852) was a Scottish Anglican bishop who served as a bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church during the first half of the 19th century.
Zane's The Jump Off is an American television series on the Cinemax network, created by Zane. The series follows the lives of five successful African American men from all sorts of backgrounds as it tells the stories of their everyday lives. The series aired from March 29 to June 21, 2013.
USS Torry (AKL-11) was a Camano-class cargo ship of the United States Navy. During World War II, she previously served as the United States Army Transport FS-394. After being acquired by the United States Navy, the ship was commissioned as USS Torry (AG-140), but was later reclassified as a light cargo ship. On 29 January 1952, she was transferred to the Department of the Interior and was sold to Socony-Mobil in 1961. The ship was successively sold to several companies before becoming a fishing vessel and was scuttled in 2015 off the coast of Delaware as an artificial reef.
Torry is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with this name include the following:
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy is an American television documentary series about the 1990s comedy showcase hosted and created by Guy Torry. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on February 4, 2022.
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