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Bernie Mac
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General Information (Bernie Mac) |
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| Mostly Credited As: | Bernie Mac |
| Birth Name: | Bernard Jeffrey McCollough |
| Date Of Birth: | October 05, 1958 |
| Country Of Birth: |  USA |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date Of Death: | August 09, 2008 |
| Cause Of Death: | Pneumonia |
| Height: | 6' 3" (1.9 m) |
Bernard McCullough was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 5, 1957. Mac got his start performing stand-up on his front porch at the age of 8. As he grew older, he performed at Chicago's famous Cotton Club. In 1990, he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search and performed his routine on HBO's Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam. Mac's popularity increased when he opened for Red Foxx and Natalie Cole, plus he had a sting of HBO specials.
In 1992 he made his film debut with a small part in Mo' Money. Minor roles in movies like Friday, Who's the Man?, and House Party 3. In 1996, he had a recurring role in the hit TV show Moesha and a role in Spike Lee's Get on the Bus.
In 2000, Mac went on tour with comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and DL Hughley. The tour was filmed and later released as Spike Lee's The Original Kings of Comedy. In 2001, FOX gave Bernie Mac his own sitcom The Bernie Mac Show, which ran from 2001-2006. Later that year he was in the star studded remake of Ocean's Eleven with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts. A sequel followed in 2004 and a second sequel in 2007. In August 2008, Bernie Mac died of pneumonia at the age of 50.
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Bernie Mac TV Appearances |
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| Show: Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003) |
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• Bernie Mac, Bob Odenkirk, Fiction Plane |
05x89: (Jun/12/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, & Tegan and Sara |
03x38: (Mar/23/2005) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac & Joanna Newsom |
03x22: (Feb/24/2005) |
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Himself |
| Show: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) • 6 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Friday December 07th, 2001) |
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• Bernie Mac, Cat Deeley, Chris Cornell |
15x167: (Jun/06/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Teenage Wasteland, Bernie Mac, Dwight Yoakam |
11x235: (Jun/18/2003) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac, Jill Hennessey, Our Lady Of Peace |
11x60: (Sep/16/2002) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac, Garbage |
11x01: (Jun/03/2002) |
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Himself |
| Show: Live with Regis and Kelly (1988) |
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• Kirk Douglas; Bernie Mac; Elliott Yamin |
18x207: (Mar/20/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Emma Thompson, Il Divo, Bernie Mac |
17x278: (Jan/25/2006) |
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Himself |
| Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) |
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• Bernie Mac, Chris Hansen, Daughtry |
14x109: (Mar/20/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac, Ben Chaplin, Thursday |
11x41: (Nov/27/2003) |
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Himself |
| Show: Late Show with David Letterman (1993) |
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• Bernie Mac, Paula Abdul, Joss Stone |
14x112: (Mar/19/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac, Beth Orton |
13x87: (Jan/24/2006) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac, Amanda Peet |
10x126: (May/01/2003) |
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Himself |
| Show: Punk'd (2003) |
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• Bernie Mac, Ying Yang Twins, Mischa Barton |
06x01: (Oct/30/2005) |
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Himself |
| Show: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) |
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• Carmen Electra, Mädchen Amick, Bernie Mac, Rachel Scdoris |
01x55: (Mar/30/2005) |
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Himself |
| Show: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) |
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• Bernie Mac/Reba McEntire/Sum 41 |
02x135: (Mar/25/2005) |
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Himself |
| Show: Oprah (1986) |
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• Episode dated 24 February 2005 |
19x01: (Feb/24/2005) |
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Himself |
| Show: The View (1997) |
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• Mac/LaPaglia |
08x112: (Feb/09/2005) |
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Himself |
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• Mac/Guiney |
07x60: (Nov/24/2003) |
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Himself |
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• Bernie Mac, Janeane Garofalo |
06x158: (Mar/01/2003) |
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Himself |
| Show: On Air With Ryan Seacrest (2004) |
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• 3/11/04 |
01x45: (Mar/11/2004) |
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Himself |
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• 1/22/04 |
01x10: (Jan/22/2004) |
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Himself |
| Show: King of the Hill (1997) |
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• Racist Dawg |
07x20: (May/04/2003) |
Voiced |
Mack, [Special Guest Stars] |
| Show: Saturday Night Live (1975) |
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• Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte |
28x19: (Apr/05/2003) |
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Himself (Host) |
| Show: MADtv (1995) |
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• Episode #803 |
08x03: (Sep/28/2002) |
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Himself |
| Show: Moesha (1996) • 9 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Tuesday February 06th, 1996) |
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• Had to be You |
04x19: (May/04/1999) |
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Uncle Bernie |
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• Hello, What's This? |
04x03: (Oct/20/1998) |
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Uncle Bernie |
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• Homecoming |
04x02: (Oct/13/1998) |
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Uncle Bernie |
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• A House is Not a Home |
03x23: (May/19/1998) |
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Uncle Bernie |
| Show: The Wayans Bros. (1995) |
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• I Do... |
03x18: (Feb/19/1997) |
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Shank |
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Bernie Mac Trivia |
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Performed at Chicago's legendary Cotton Club
| He opened for Dionne Warwick, Redd Foxx and Natalie Cole
| Bernie has sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the body's tissues, frequently in the lungs
| He had his big break as Pastor Clever in Ice Cube's 1995 film, Friday
| Height 6' 3" (1.91 m)
| Is a Chicago White Sox fan
| Started his career in stand-up comedy in 1977
| His mother died during his sophomore year of high school to breast cancer
| His first professional comedy gig was at The Cotton Club in Chicago. He was so broke, he had to borrow a suit from his brother.
| His character on "The Bernie Mac Show" (2001), was ranked #47 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
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Bernie Mac Quotes |
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