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Bernie Mac has gone from the small comedy clubs of Chicago to become the highest-grossing comedian today, selling out arenas and theaters all across the country. He can currently be seen every Wednesday night in the family comedy The Bernie Mac Show on Fox. The show debuted to stellar ratings last fall and received the Peabody Award and a Television Critics Association Award for Best Comedy Series. Mac received a 2002 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and a Television Critics Association Award for Best Comedy Performance. The show, in which Mac plays a fictional version of himself, follows Mac as he comically struggles to balance his newfound parental duties.
Most recently, Mac was seen on the big screen in Steven Soderbergh's hit remake of Ocean's 11 from Warner Bros. and, in March 2003, Mac will be heard in the animated feature Lil' Pimp for Columbia Pictures. He begins shooting three high-profile feature films this year, all slated for release in 2003. They include DreamWorks' Head of State for first-time director Chris Rock, Dimension Film's Bad Santa starring Billy Bob Thornton and the highly anticipated sequel Charlie's Angeles 2: Halo. He is also attached to star in Columbia Pictures' remake of its 1967 Academy Award-winning film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. In this version, the ethnicities will be reversed, and Mac will play the Spencer Tracy role of the father whose daughter dates a white man.
Last fall, MTV/Pocket Books published Mac's book I Ain't Scared of You. Mac is a founding member of the successful "Kings of Comedy" comedy tour that spawned Spike Lee's 2000 concert film The Original Kings of Comedy.
Born and raised in Chicago, Mac made his television debut on the landmark HBO comedy series, Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, which led to him being cast in his first feature film, Damon Wayans' Mo' Money. Other film credits include the Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence comedy Life, House Party 3, How to Be a Player and What's the Worst That Could Happen?
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