EDDIE GRIFFIN "Special Engagement"

A popular comedian turned actor who started his career on-stage as a dare, 

funnyman Eddie Griffin has built an ever-growing fan base since jumping onto the 

comedy scene in 1990. 

His Stand-Up Comedy Specials have received rave reviews including Def Comedy 

Jam (1992), the Cable Ace Award-nominated HBO special One Night stand 

(1992), the HBO special Voodoo Child (1997), Dysfunktional Family (2003), 

Comedy Central’s You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It (2011), and the Showtime Special 

Undeniable (2018). 

Comedy Central has honored Eddie as one of the Top 100 Greatest Stand-Up 

Comedians of all time. 

As an actor, Eddie Griffin has appeared in over 50 films such films as The Last Boy 

Scout (1991), Coneheads (1993), Armageddon (1998), Deuce Bigalow: Male 

Gigolo (1999), Norbit (2007), American Hero (2015) Mucho Dinero (2016), and A 

Star is Born (2018). 

His most notable film role was Anton Jackson in Undercover Brother (2002). 

Eddie was nominated (1996) and won (2000) the NAACP Image Award for Best 

Actor in his own hit comedy series Malcolm and Eddie (1996-2000). 

In 2019 Eddie began shooting the feature film The Comeback Trail alongside 

actors Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones. 

Eddie Griffin is back for his third SHOWTIME comedy special, Eddie Griffin: E-NIGGMA, premiering on Friday, December 6, 2019. 

Currently, Eddie can be found performing his weekly Las Vegas Residency, The 

Eddie Griffin Experience at the Sahara Hotel and Casino.