Listen below to Renee's interview with comedian Guy Torry! You can catch him this weekend at the Hartford Funny Bone!
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About Guy Torry
In the tradition of comedians who have made the transition from the stage to the screen,
such as Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby, multi-talented Guy Torry has made the leap to
comedic actor with great success. Guy has been seen on BET’s Comic View, Comedy
Central’s Premium Blend, Showtime at the Apollo and Russell Simmons: Def Comedy
Jam where he made his stand up debut to a national audience. Guy also hosted the
enormously successful 52 city comedy tour The Kings of Comedy, which grossed over
$37M. He created a unique concept called Phat Comedy Tuesdays which was a weekly
showcase for up and coming comedians. This evolved into a weekly spotlight at the
Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip entitled The Guy Torry Show where Guy hosts and
produces a comedy showcase featuring an improv comedy troupe. This event was
regularly attended by the comedy A-List including Eddie Murphy, Chris Tucker and Chris
Rock.
While attending Southeast Missouri State University, Guy had a curious desire to pursue
a career in entertainment. Once in Los Angeles, he landed a job as a production
assistant on the Fox comedy Martin. His quick wit captured the attention of the show’s
writers, producers and eventually the show’s star Martin Lawrence. Guy became a
contributing writer to the series and had subsequent writing stints on sitcoms such as
Minor Adjustments and Moesha.
The St. Louis native also received critical acclaim for his work on the small screen
starring in the NBC mini-series The 70’s, the HBO movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,
and the UPN drama The Strip. He hosted BET’s sports talk show Baller, with four-time
NBA World Champion John Salley and three-time NFL Pro Bowler Hugh Douglas. Guy
has made guest star appearances on television series including Blind Justice, The
Shield, One On One, X Files and NYPD Blue. He also supplied his voice on the
animated Nickelodeon series As Told By Ginger.
Guy has appeared in such feature films as Funny Money, opposite Chevy Chase,
Penelope Ann Miller and Chris McDonald, The Last Stand, starring Anthony Anderson,
Darrin Henson, Kevin Hart and written and directed by Russ Parr, Dead and Deader,
opposite Dean Cain and Susan Ward, and the independent thriller Slow Burn, opposite
Ray Liotta, Taye Diggs, LL Cool J and Mekhi Phifer. Guy has also appeared with Matt
Damon, Greg Kinnear and Eva Mendes in the 20th Century Fox Film, Stuck on You, and
his other film credits include Runaway Jury, Don’t Say A Word, Pearl Harbor, Life, The
Animal and most notably American History X.
Guy is currently performing in comedy clubs across the country, and resides in Los
Angeles.