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My Take
Eddie Griffin is fearless on a stage, and that's exactly what draws me to him. He came up as a stand-up comedian, and you can feel that live-wire energy in everything he does, the willingness to go where others won't. I have a real soft spot for Undercover Brother, where his comic timing carried the whole film, and his run as Eddie Sherman on Malcolm and Eddie was sitcom comfort food. The Deuce Bigalow turns showed he could steal scenes from anyone. What I appreciate is that he never sanded down his edges to be more palatable. That kind of uncompromising comic voice is harder to find than it should be.
Overview
Edward Rubin Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Sherman in the sitcom Malcolm & Eddie, the title character in the 2002 comedy film Undercover Brother, and Tiberius Jefferson "T.J." Hicks in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He also portrayed Lester Matthews in John Q.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eddie Griffin
- Name (Japanese)
- エディ・グリフィン
- Reading
- えでぃ・ぐりふぃん
- Born
- July 15, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- cabaret performer / screenwriter / television actor / film actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.