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Bernie Mac (born Bernard Jeffrey McCollough,
October 5, 1958) is an African-American actor and
comedian.

Bernie Mac started his career as a stand-up
comedy|stand-up comedian in Chicago,
Illinois|Chicago. He won the Miller Lite Comedy
Search in 1990 and his popularity as a comedian
began to grow.  He opened for Dionne Warwick, Redd
Foxx and Natalie Cole and had a number of HBO
comedy specials, which helped increase his
popularity further.

Bernie Mac also began acting in minor roles, but
received his big break as Pastor Clever in Ice
Cube's 1995 film, Friday (movie)|Friday. 
Following that role, Bernie Mac would also work in
many other movies, including Booty Call, How to Be
a Player, Life (movie)|Life and What's the Worst
That Could Happen? Bernie Mac was also one of the
few African-American comedic actors to be able to
break out of the traditional "black comedy" genre,
having roles in the remake of Ocean's Eleven and
becoming the new Bosley for the Charlie's Angels
(movie)|Charlie's Angels sequel, Charlie's Angels:
Full Throttle.

In 1997, Bernie Mac continued with his stand-up
comedy roots, touring the country as one of the
Kings of Comedy, along with Steve Harvey, Cedric
the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley. The comedy act
would later be put into a film by Spike Lee called
The Original Kings of Comedy.

In 2001, the Fox Network gave Bernie Mac his own
prime-time television show called The Bernie Mac
Show. The show, based on his own life, in which he
suddenly becomes custodian over his sister's three
children, has been a huge success in part because
it allows Bernie Mac to stay true to his stand-up
comedy roots, breaking the fourth wall to
communicate his thoughts to the audience.

In 2004, he had his first starring role as a
retired baseball player in the movie Mr. 3000.

In February 2005, Bernie Mac announced that he has
sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes
inflammation of the body's tissues, frequently in
the lungs. In the announcement, he said that he
has suffered from the disease since 1983.

==Partial filmography==

* Guess Who (movie)|Guess Who (2005)
* Ocean's Twelve (2004)
* Mr. 3000 (2004)
* Bad Santa (2003)
* Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
* Head of State (2003)
* Ocean's Eleven (2001)
* The Bernie Mac Show (TV) (2001)
* What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
* Life (movie)|Life (1999)
* The Players Club (1998)
* How to Be a Player (1997)
* Booty Call (1997)
* Moesha (TV) (1996)
* Friday (movie)|Friday (1995)