Bruce Bruce Biography
Bruce Bruce is an American actor and stand-up comedian from Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for his classic comedy acting, where he has created his unique personality in the Hollywood industry. He is a Comedian and former host of the show ComicView on BET. He has also worked as an actor and starred in Idlewild in 2006 with Andre 3000.
Bruce Bruce Age
American Comedian was born on February 9, 1965, in Atlanta, Georgia as Bruce Church. He is 54 years old as of 2019.
Bruce Bruce Family
American actor Bruce has not updated information about his personal life, his married life, wife, kids, divorce and girlfriends are unavailable. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bruce Bruce, also known as Bruce Church, grew up in a rough part of town and began his comedy career performing standup while cooking barbecue at his first job out of high school.
Bruce Bruce Wife
Apparently, information about his wife and children has not yet been updated.
Bruce Bruce Education
Bruce graduated from Booker T. Washington High School.
Bruce Bruce Height
American stand-up comedian is 5 feet 10 inch tall.
Bruce Net Worth
Atlanta, Georgia native Bruce has a net worth of $3 million.
Bruce Career
He began his comedy career performing standup while cooking barbecue at his first job out of high school. He continued to perform impromptu comedy sets while working as a salesman for Frito-Lay, and eventually found his way to the Comedy Act Theater in Atlanta.
Bruce has appeared as part of HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam”, and “Showtime at the Apollo”, multiple times. He has hosted “Coming to the Stage” and “Comic View” for BET. He has been featured on “Comedy Central Presents”, and has released multiple comedy DVDs of live performances. He has appeared in such films as, “Hair Show”, “The Wash”, “XXX: State of the Union”, and “Who’s Your Caddy?”.
He once served as the spokesperson for Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits. He appeared in the 2004 comedy, “Hair Show,” starring Oscar-winning actress Mo’Nique.
Bruce Comedian
He is a comedian, performing standup, and best known for his classic comedy acting.
Bruce Tour
Improv Comedy Club & Restaurant, Cleveland, Ohio, USA,
Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA,
Fitz Tunica Casino & Hotel, Robinsonville, Mississippi, USA
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Zanies Comedy Night Club, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Bruce Movies | Films
The Wash (2001)
Hair Show (2004)
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2005)
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
Idlewild (2006)
Who’s Your Caddy? (2007)
Think Like a Man (2012)
Top Five (2014)
Maron (2015)
BET’s ComicView
Bruce Comedy Show
He is a Comedian and former host of the show ComicView on BET.
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Bruce Interview
Published: Apr 13, 2016
Source: raleighco.com
Tony Castleberry: Are you excited about returning to the land of Andy Griffith?
Bruce Bruce: I’m probably the only black guy in the world who’s a true Andy Griffith fan and I have to correct people about Andy Griffith because they always say there were never any black people on that show. There actually were several times. Only one guy had a speaking role.
I was just looking at Andy Griffith last night and do you remember the episode where they had an armored truck bringing gold?
TC: Yeah.
BB: It was like four black people in the background, looking. And for speaking roles, a guy who played professional football, I think he played for the New York Jets. (In the episode), Opie was a quarterback and this guy was a quarterback. Opie took piano lessons and Andy told him it was impossible for him to play quarterback and play piano because both practices were at the same time. They had a new coach come to school and the coach was a black quarterback and he played piano as well. I think his name was Flip Conroy. So I let people know that, on Andy Griffith, there were black people. I met Andy Griffith about 15 years ago and I said something to him about that. He said, “Oh my God, I’m so glad you saw that.”
TC: Growing up in North Carolina, one of the first comedy records I ever heard was one that Andy Griffith put out, I think, in the 50s called “Just for Laughs.” There’s a bit on there called “What It Was, Was Football” that to this day is…
BB: I’ve got that CD.
TC: It’s still one of the funniest things.
BB: Absolutely. I think Andy Griffith is pretty close to a genius and I like the way he made Don Knotts, because I’m a Don Knotts fan as well, look so good, but Ernest T. Bass. Do you remember Ernest T. Bass?
TC: Yeah. Definitely.
BB: He was the director of the show. People don’t realize that Ernest T. Bass was the director of “The Andy Griffith Show” and he only appeared on the show six times. People think he was on it all the time but he only appeared six times and all that directing and good humor came from him, Ernest T. Bass.
BB: You were on one my of favorite episodes of “Maron.” Was that a fun experience? The episode tackled some race issues and Marc is known for being, shall we say, temperamental.
BB: Very fun and let me clear something with you: Marc Maron is probably the best person I’ve worked with in my entire life as far as TV is concerned. He is not a racist but he can play the role so well that you would think he is. [interviewer laughs] After we’d shoot a scene, he was so racist that, I have to give him credit, we would start laughing. He was so fun to work with and the episode went so well that I think we’re going to do a few more.
TC: Excellent. You have a commanding stage presence. You seem totally in control up there. Have you ever, or do you now ever struggle with confidence on stage?
BB: Everybody does. I don’t have any confidence issues but I still have that fear issue and fear is good. It’s a good fear. I think if you ever lose that good fear, you’ve lost it. Do you know what I mean? I think comedians can get too confident or cocky or a little too arrogant or a little too conceited, but I still have that fear. Once I get up there and the people receive me, it seems like it kind of just goes away, but it comes back.
TC: I’ve talked with a bunch of veteran comics like you who have been doing it forever and they say that the butterflies never truly, completely go away.
BB: Oh no. Not at all, man. The biggest thing about any entertainer, especially comedians, we just want to do good. Do you know what I’m saying? We don’t want to let the people down.
TC: When you hosted “Comic View,” all of those shows, at least the ones I saw and I saw a bunch of them, you did crowd work right away. Was that your plan or did they tell you that you needed to get the crowd involved?
BB: It was something that they told me because some of the comedians didn’t do as well. I’m very good at bringing the crowd back up. Some of the comedians would be like, “Bruce, bring the crowd back for us” and I’d say, “No problem.” Sometimes off the air, I’d pick on the comedians a little bit. They didn’t show it all on TV but I’d be like, “Oh my God, did you do comedy at the KMart picture booth?” [interviewer laughs] You know, just to make people laugh. That’s one of my specialties, working with the crowd.
TC: Do you seek TV and movie roles or have they mostly come to you?
BB: I do an audition. A lot of (casting directors) tell me how great I was and then they never pick me. That’s just a part of the business so what I’m doing now, I’m going to kind of make my own, so to speak. I’m kind of putting my own thing together and then I’ll present it to them and then they’ll be like, “Oh great! Let’s use it.”
Honestly, there’s a lot of great comedians and actors out there. Do you follow what I’m saying? They’re really good. Sometimes the parts I audition for, I’m like, “I’ll be good for that.” Then I see the actor do it and I’m like, “Oh, that’s really good. I think they gave it to the right person.” But my time is coming.