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Guy Torry (born January 12, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry.

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Guy Torry
Torry in 2019
Born	(1969-01-12) January 12, 1969 (age 53) Fort Ord Military Base in California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian
Years active	1991–present
Family	Joe Torry (brother)

Early life

Guy Torry was born in Fort Ord Military Base in California, where his father was stationed. He moved to St. Louis at about 5 years of age. He attended Southeast Missouri State University where fellow comedian and St. Louisan Cedric the Entertainer attended. While attending college, Torry developed his talent for comedy. After college, Guy eventually took his talents to Hollywood, where he took up comedy and acting.

Career

Guy Torry began his acting career around the age of 17. He made minor appearances on shows such as Martin. From 1996 to 1997, 1998 to 1999 and 2000 to 2001, he portrays the role of Damon King of The WB sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, In 1997, he became a regular cast member of UPN's short-lived sitcom Good News. He eventually started touring all around the world doing stand-up comedy, with numerous sold-out events and standing ovations. He appeared on Def Jam Comedy, which was another successful comedy show that featured his brother Joe as one of the hosts, as well as appearances on Comedy Central and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Also, he created and hosted a very successful weekly comedy show called Phat Tuesdays,[1] at one of America's most famous comedy hubs, "The Comedy Store". Phat Tuesdays formed in 1995 and lasted for 10 years. Guy Torry was also an original member of the Kings of Comedy in 1998, where he hosted for the first year. He could not continue the second year due to a starring role he landed on the UPN action-drama The Strip while replacing his brother Joe Torry on The Jamie Foxx Show. He also wrote for other television series such as Martin and Moesha among others. He started breaking into films in the mid-1990s and since then has had parts in many films, including Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Life, and Trippin'. His most notable role was as a convict named Lamont in American History X, who helped turn a young Nazi-skinhead's life around while in prison, and had a small part in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, playing a sailor assigned to the USS Arizona. In 2003 Torry's brother founded a film production company called MO Films, and Guy is slated to be an actor, writer, and producer of various projects from the company. He also works on The Tony Scott Morning Show along with host Tony Scott and Tammy Holland.

Charity work

His brother founded the Giving Back the Love Foundation in 1996 and ever since then Guy has been an avid supporter of the program.[2] This foundation gives back to his hometown community (St. Louis) through youth and community programs. He also donated his time and sometimes money to other charity foundations of celebrity athletes such as: NFL Football players Terrell Owens, Marshall Faulk, Torrey and Terrence Holt, Ronald Curry, Andre Johnson, Ray Lewis, NBA Basketball players Shaquille O'Neal, Jim Jackson, Magic Johnson, Tarence Kinsey, Chris Webber, The NBA Entertainment League, and several other charities, including the Celebrity Cat Walk, Shoes For Africa, and the LA Union Rescue Mission for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Don't Be a Menace	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 Actor	TV Movie
2001	The Animal	Miles
	Tara	Courtney	Video
	Pearl Harbor	Teeny Mayfield
	Don't Say a Word	Dolen
2003	With or Without You	Greg
	Jonah	The Demon	Short
	Runaway Jury	Eddie Weese
2005	Slow Burn	Chet Price
	Midnight Clear	Michael Pressmore	Short
2006	Funny Money	Angel
	The Last Stand	Reg
	Dead and Deader	Judson	TV Movie
	Flirt	Bryan Ecklund	TV Movie
2010	Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story	Reverend Cash
	Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend	Quentin
2013	Chocolate Coins	Plen T Ful	Short
2015	Axe to Grind	Eddie Wilcox
	Civilian Life	Dr. Miles Jackson
2016	Just Love	Joe	TV Movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Family Matters	Student	Episode: "Hell Toupee"
1995	Martin	Martin Look-a-Like	Episode: "High Noon"
1996	Sparks	Rapper	Episode: "Goode for the Gander"
1997-98	Good News	Little T	Main Cast
1999-00	The Strip	Jesse Weir	Main Cast
2000	The '70s	Dexter Johnson	Main Cast
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Huge (voice)	Episode: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier"
	The X Files	Shorty	Episode: "Redrum"
2000-04	As Told By Ginger	Will Patterson (voice)	Recurring Cast
2001	NYPD Blue	Tory Jameson	Episode: "Franco, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn"
2002	The Shield	Marlon Demeral	Episode: "Our Gang"
	One on One	Flim-Flam	Episode: "I Believe I Can Fly: Part 1"
2005	Blind Justice	Eddie	Episode: "Pilot"
2014	Married, for Real?!	Sonny	Episode: "The Issue"

References

External links

• Guy Torry at IMDb

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