Pierre Edwards

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Pierre
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Pierre at a concert in North Carolina (2015)
Born
Killeen, Texas
NationalityAmerican/German
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, writer, producer
Years active1985–present

Pierre Edwards known as Pierre, is an American actor, director, writer, and stand-up comedian. Pierre is best known for producing, writing, directing, and starring as Dre Mitchell in For Da Love of Money (2002), [1] and starring in such films as 2001: A Space Travesty (2000), Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997), and B*A*P*S (1997). [2]

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Early life

Born to a German mother and American soldier, Pierre was born in Killeen, Texas. [3] He was 3 weeks old when his family moved to Germany. At age eleven he moved back to the United States of America, and resided in Washington DC. [4] His defense against cultural change and bullying was comedy. In the 6th grade he was selected to be on Good Morning America for his humor.

Pierre in high school began performing at comedy clubs in the DC area, with comedians such as: Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Wanda Sykes and Tommy Davidson. [5] In 1987, after being shot multiple times Pierre decided to pursue comedy seriously. Seeing the success of his peers in Hollywood, he ventured West in 1991.

Career

Pierre appeared on the first year of HBO's Def Comedy Jam, then starred on BET Comicview. [6] Pierre was also featured on comedy shows: Showtime at the Apollo, Martin Lawrence Presents First Amendment and other late nite TV shows.

He worked alongside Oscar winner Halle Berry and Natalie Desselle when he played Nisi's boyfriend in the 1997 movie B*A*P*S, starred opposite Bill Bellamy in Def Jam's How to Be a Player, and played partner (detective) to actor Leslie Nielsen in the movie 2001: A Space Travesty. After a few small roles in The Wash and The Breaks he wrote, produced, directed and starred in the theatrical urban classic For Da Love of Money.

Pierre has also toured with R&B acts Mary J Blige, Dru Hill, New Edition, Patti LaBelle, Frankie Beverly, etc.

The radio world got a chance to experience Pierre with his numerous guest hosting appearances on the Steve Harvey Morning show. His first love is the comedy club stage, where he has headlined: Improv's (Dallas, Houston), Carolines (NYC), the FunnyBone (Shreveport La, Boise Id, Vicksburg, Ms), Uptown Comedy Corner (Atlanta) and many more. He has also performed at events such as, 'Damon Williams' annual 'New Year's Eve Comedy Bash' at Star Plaza'. [7]

Pierre has performed for the troops home and abroad. He has also performed in comedy festivals overseas: Japan, South Africa, Germany, Amsterdam, England, etc.

Currently Pierre is working on a web series Dating Pierre, Slice Trilogy, and a self-published book "100 Homies and Phonies of Hollywood". [8]

In mid-2020 Pierre became one of the lead Analyst of ComedyHype News. He's also the host of his own wildly star studded popular podcast 'Pierre's Panic Room'. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 B*A*P*S Ali
How to Be a Player David
1999 The Breaks The Pimp
2001 2001: A Space Travesty Lt. Bradford Shitzu
The Wash Mark
2002For da Love of MoneyDre Mitchell
2008Cut'n It Up: ChicagoHimselfVideo
20094 MinutesMelvin
2011SliceDet. Dubois [10]
Slice 2Det. Dubois [11]
2013Slice 3Derek Dubois/Rally Speaker [12]
2014Mad Black MenRon RapperShort
2017Dirty South House ArrestUncle Kareem
2018Real LogicShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 An Evening at the Improv HimselfEpisode: "Episode #11.17"
Def Comedy Jam HimselfEpisode: "Episode #1.5"
1994Love StreetTonyEpisode: "Brownstone"
20071st Amendment Stand UpHimselfEpisode: "Annie McKnight, Iva Lashawn, Pierre, Darryl Brunson"
2008 Who's Got Jokes? HimselfEpisode: "Love on the DL"
2011Way Black When: PrimetimeHimselfEpisode: "Episode #1.9"
2012Paul Mooney: The Godfather of ComedyHimselfTV special
Uptown ComicHimselfEpisode: "Episode #1.4"
2014Dating PierreHimselfMain cast
2019Last CallHimselfEpisode: "Pilot"

Music video

YearArtistSong
1996 Dr. Dre "Been There Done That"
2Pac featuring Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg & Dru Down "All About You"
2001 Project Pat featuring Three 6 Mafia "Don't Save Her"

Literature

YearTitleRole
My 100 Homies & Phonies of Hollywood2012non-fiction

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  2. ↑ D Winfrey (January 23, 2015). "Comic Pierre is back with a Hilarious Web Series "Dating Pierre"". freddyo.com. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Pierre Edwards (June 1, 2010). 100 Homies and Phonies of Hollywood. Pierre Edwards, Atlanta Georgia.
  4. ↑ "PierreEdwards". www.imdb.com. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ Darry Littleton (2006). Black Comedians on Comedy: How African Americans Taught Us to Laugh . Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p.  230. ISBN   9781557836809.
  6. ↑ "Metro Comedy Entertainment Presents Pierre Edwards". www.thearcdc.org. October 26, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ Tim Shellburg (December 23, 2011). "Comedian Pierre Edwards joins Damon Williams' annual 'New Year's Eve Comedy Bash' at Star Plaza". www.nwitimes.com. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ Fox News (June 30, 2010). "Pierre Edwards on "Homies and Phonies"". fox.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Pierre's Panic Room". Facebook .
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