DeRay DavisFilmography

Occupation:: Actor, Co-Executive Producer
Biography:: Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, comedian-turned-actor DeRay Davis developed and honed a hip, sardonic, streetwise mentality at an early age and parlayed it smoothly and efficiently into the comedy-club circuit. Davis achieved his career breakthrough at the Laffapalooza Festival in...Read More

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Imagine That

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: A powerful financial executive whose career was sent spiraling down the drain due to sudden lack of confidence finds the answers to his inexplicable setback in an imaginary world dreamt up by his young daughter in a fantasy comedy starring Eddie Murphy and co-scripted by Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson Read More

6/12/09
Shaq and Cedric the Entertainer Present: All Star Comedy Jam

Actors: Cedric the Entertainer, Kevin Hart, Tommy Davidson, Aries Spears, DeRay Davis

Synopsis: Comedian Cedric the Entertainer presents some of his favorite stand-up cohorts in this television special. Hosted by NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, the evening of stand-up comedy features Tommy Davidson, DeRay Davis, Kevin Hart, Aries Spears, and Cedric himself delivering hilarious riffs on the Read More

2009
Semi-Pro

Actors: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin, Andrew Daly, Will Arnett

Synopsis: The American Basketball Association is on the verge of collapse, and when a former NBA benchwarmer returns to his hometown of Flint, MI, to whip his former team into shape for the playoffs, redemption is just a free throw away in this period sports comedy starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. Read More

2/29/08
How She Move

Actors: Rutina Wesley, Tracey 'Tre' Armstrong, Dwain Murphy, Brennan Gademans, Kevin Duhaney

Synopsis: An aspiring medical student whose drug-addicted sister has recently died and who may be forced to relocate from her posh private school to the crime-infested neighborhood in which she was raised enters a step-dancing competition in hope of securing the funds needed to continue her education. Read More

1/25/08
Frankenhood

Crew: Co-Executive Producer

Actors: DeRay Davis, Jasper Redd, Bob Sapp, Charlie Murphy, Drew Sidora

Synopsis: A pair of bumbling morgue workers with little prospect of winning the local streetball tourney finds their odds suddenly looking up after enlisting the aid of a towering corpse that was resurrected by the local mad scientist. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2008
License to Wed

Actors: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, Eric Christian Olsen, Christine Taylor

Synopsis: An engaged young couple finds their lifetime of happiness unexpectedly compromised by a pushy minister who insists they successfully complete his comprehensive marriage-prep course before exchanging wedding vows in a matrimonial comedy starring John Krasinski, Mandy Moore, and Robin Williams. Read More

7/4/07
Code Name: The Cleaner

Actors: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Mark Dacascos, Callum Keith Rennie

Synopsis: A man who has lost his memory has a new and dangerous life thrust upon him in this comedy thriller. Jake (Cedric the Entertainer) is a janitor who finds himself stricken with a crippling case of amnesia. While Jake struggles to regain his memory and identity, he becomes convinced that he's an Read More

1/5/07
School for Scoundrels

Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan, Luis Guzman

Synopsis: Old School director Todd Phillips takes the reins for an updated remake of the 1960 comedy, this time starring Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder as Roger, a lovelorn meter reader who enrolls in a confidence-building class in order to win the love of his dream girl, and Billy Bob Thornton as Dr. P, the Read More

9/29/06
The Hit

Actors: Blair Underwood, DeRay Davis, Ernest Harden Jr., James Russo

2006
The Fog

Actors: Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Rade Serbedzija, DeRay Davis, Kenneth Welsh, Selma Blair

Synopsis: John Carpenter's well-remembered thriller gets an update in this remake from director Rupert Wainwright. Nick Castle (Tom Welling) is a charter-boat captain in the small coastal town of Antonio Bay. Castle's ancestors helped to found Antonio Bay, but while the city's mayor (Kenneth Welsh) and the Read More

10/14/05
The Seat Filler

Actors: Kelly Rowland, Duane Martin

Synopsis: The romantic comedy The Seat Filler stars Duane Martin as a law student working very hard to keep his head above water financially. He takes a job as a seat filler at a big awards function where he meets a famous singer (Kelly Rowland). She believes he works in show business and he does nothing to Read More

7/20/05
Jiminy Glick in La La Wood

Actors: Martin Short, Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo, John Michael Higgins

Synopsis: The world's most obnoxious celebrity talk-show host demonstrates how he rose to mediocrity in this pungent show business satire. Jiminy Glick (Martin Short) is a corpulent entertainment reporter who is looking to kick his career into high gear. Hoping to snag some celebrity interviews, Jiminy and Read More

5/6/05
Straight Out of Compton 2

2005
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?

Actors: Jaleel White, Jennia Fredrique

Synopsis: Family Matters and Camp Cucamonga mainstay Jaleel White headlines the rollicking, direct-to-video urban comedy Who Made the Potatoe Salad?, helmed by Damon 'Coke' Daniels and co-starring Clifton Powell, Eddie Griffin (Undercover Brother) and Deray Davis (Barbershop 2: Back in Business). White Read More

2005
Johnson Family Vacation

Actors: Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Solange Knowles, Bow Wow, Gabby Soleil

Synopsis: Comedian Cedric the Entertainer serves as both producer and star of this comedy about a family who discovers just how much can go wrong en route to a family get-together. When Nate Johnson (Cedric the Entertainer) is invited to a big family reunion in Missouri, he sees it as an opportunity to Read More

4/7/04
Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Actors: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity

Synopsis: Kevin Rodney Sullivan steps in to direct the urban comedy sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business. The whole gang -- Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), Jimmy James (Sean Patrick Thomas), Terri (Eve), Isaac (Troy Garity), Ricky (Michael Ealy), and Dinka (Leonard Earl Howze) -- are still there in the Read More

2/6/04
Barbershop

Actors: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity

Synopsis: Calvin (Ice Cube) never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Disgusted with the shop's crime-ridden neighborhood, and caught up in his moneymaking schemes, one morning Calvin decides to sell the shop to the shady Lester (Keith David). Chastised by his Read More

9/13/02