DeRay Davis
Born: 1982-02-26 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Antwan DeRay Davis is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his role as Ray-Ray the Hustle Guy in Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Davis has also appeared in other films, including Semi-Pro (2008) and 21 Jump Street. His television roles and appearances include programs BET's ComicView, MTV's Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out and 'Short Circuitz, and HBO's Entourage. He began his career in comedy clubs and shortly after moving to Los Angeles, he won the Comedy Central Laugh Riots Competition and was a standout on the Cedric the Entertainer Tour. He voices for several skits on rapper Kanye West's albums The College Dropout and Late Registration, and also appeared in West's music video for "Through the Wire." Other music video appearances for Davis include Lil' Flip's "Game Over", Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)," and Three 6 Mafia's "Doe Boy Fresh." Description above from the Wikipedia article DeRay Davis licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances as Mechanic / Terrance (voice)
2023
- Wake as Eddie
2022
- jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy as Self
- So Dumb It's Criminal Hosted by Snoop Dogg as Self
- Snoop Dogg's F*cn Around Comedy Special as Self
- The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival as Self
2020
- I Can See Your Voice
- A Compton Story as Narrator (voice)
2019
- How High 2 as Big Bang
2018
- The Chi as Marshawn
2017
- Snowfall as Peaches
- Tales as Davenport
- All Eyez on Me as Legs
- Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars as One-Oh-One (voice)
- Grow House as Pat
- Lady Bouncer as Bromley
- DeRay Davis: How to Act Black as Artist
- DeRay Davis' Annual Funny & Famous Comedy Jam
2016
- Barbershop: The Next Cut as Rayford
- Meet the Blacks as Tyrone
- 48 Hours to Live as Fiorentino
2015
- Empire as Jermel
- My Favorite Five as Sans
- Chocolate City as Chris McCoy
- Joking Off as Self
2014
- Drumline: A New Beat as Kevin Taylor
- A Very Larry Christmas as Larry Huffman
2013
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation as Stoop
2012
- 21 Jump Street as Domingo
2011
2010
- Life As We Know It as Lonnie
- My Girlfriend's Back as Kenyatta
2009
- The League as Boris
- Old Dogs as Zoo Security Guard
- Imagine That as John Strother
- Frankenhood as Motown
- All Star Comedy Jam as Self
- I Want Your Girl
2008
- Semi-Pro as Bee Bee Ellis
- How She Move as Self
2007
- License to Wed as Joel
- Code Name: The Cleaner as Ronnie
- The Hit as Sirus
2006
- Scary Movie 4 as Marvin
- School for Scoundrels as Bee Bee
- Who Made the Potatoe Salad? as June Bug
2005
- Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out as Self
- The Fog as Spooner
- Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Mario 'FA REAL' Greene
2004
- Entourage as Hack
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Hustle Guy
- The Seat Filler as E.J.
- Full Clip as Preacher
- The Big Black Comedy Show: Vol. 1
2003
- Reno 911! as Criminal
2002
- Barbershop as Hustle Guy
- Play'd: A Hip Hop Story as Jaxx's bodyguard
2001
- My Wife and Kids as R.J.