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Bernie Mac

バーニー・マック　/　ばーにー・まっく

American street artist

October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008　・　Chicago, Illinois, United States

Illinois
street artist
screenwriter
television actor

My Take

Bernie Mac remains, for me, one of the great examples of comedy as a survival skill. He came up through Chicago's club circuit the hard way, and you can hear it in every performance — the timing of a man who learned to command rooms that owed him nothing. By the time he was stealing scenes as Frank Catton in the Ocean's films, he wasn't acting tough so much as letting decades of stagecraft show. His death in 2008 at fifty cut short a career still expanding into writing and producing. I think of him as that rare comedian whose warmth and ferocity were the same instrument.

Overview

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), known professionally as Bernie Mac, was an American stand-up comedian, actor and film producer. His most noted film roles were as Frank Catton in the Ocean's film series from 2001 through 2007 and as the title character of Mr. 3000. Mac joined Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Bernie Mac
Name (Japanese): バーニー・マック
Reading: ばーにー・まっく
Born: October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Rooster
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: street artist / screenwriter / television actor / film actor / television producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Chicago Vocational High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	—
Notable work	Ocean's	—
Notable work	Old Dogs	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF

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