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Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, 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. Hughley as one of the "Big Four" comedians in the film The Original Kings of Com…
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entertainment · American comedian and actor (1957–2008) · street artist · screenwriter · television actor · film actor · television producer · actor · also Bernie Mac, Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, Bernard McCullough, Mac
Born 5 October 1957 · Died 9 August 2008 · Q176323
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2026· 4 entries
AOL: The Bernie Mac Show Was Inspired By This Unexpected British Series
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TVLine: Bernie Mac Didn't Want A Self-Named Sitcom - Until They Gave His Character The 'Worst' Name
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Yahoo: The Bernie Mac Show Leaves Netflix on July 1, 2026: Binge Before It's Gone!
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo: What Happened to Bernie Mac's Wife? All About Rhonda McCullough's Life 16 Years After the Comedian's Death
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2017· 1 entry
Rolling Stone named Bernie Mac #41 of the 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time
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2008· 3 entries
In Chicago, Illinois from complications of pneumonia
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Died 2008-08-09.
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Mac was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in his hometown of Chicago
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2007· 1 entry
Mac told David Letterman on the CBS Late Show that he would retire from his 30-year career after he finished shooting the comedy film, The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Mac
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2001· 1 entry
The Fox network gave Mac his own television sitcom called The Bernie Mac Show portraying a fictional version of himself
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1992· 1 entry
A performance on the 3rd episode of HBO's Def Comedy Jam thrust him into the spotlight; after Martin Lawrence was unable to calm an increasingly hostile crowd, Mac went onstage and told the audience "I ain't scared o' yo
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1977· 3 entries
And together they had a daughter in 1978
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“I missed a lot of things, you know. I was a street performer for two years. I went into clubs in 1977 and was on the road 47 weeks out of the year.”
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And was on the road 47 weeks out of the year
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-10-05.
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