Mike Epps American Actor Known for Dolemite Is My Name

Mike Epps (18 November 1970, Indianapolis) is an American actor and comedian. His best-known titles on this site are Dolemite Is My Name (2019) and The Underdoggs (2024).

Early life

His education includes Arsenal Technical High School and Arlington High School.

Career

His screen career on record begins in 1997 with Strays. The 2000s brought Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, as Lloyd Jefferson Wayne) and The Hangover (2009). His 2010s credits include Faster (2010) and The Hangover Part III (2013). During the 2020s, he worked on Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022, as Richard Pryor) and Madame Web (2024).

Mike Epps’s credits add up to 45 films and 2 TV series from 1997 to 2025. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (13), followed by action (6) and drama (4). His credits run up to Trouble Man in 2025. Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Hancock (2008) has the highest, at $624 million.

Cedric the Entertainer appears in four of his listed titles, including Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Snoop Dogg (four titles) and Bow Wow (three titles). Malcolm D. Lee directed three of his titles on record, among them Roll Bounce (2005) and Soul Men (2008). Erik White is credited as director on two of them, including Lottery Ticket (2010) and The Trap (2019).

He also has one album on record, Funny Bidness: Da Album (2009). His largest audience is on YouTube, with 260K subscribers as of May 2025.