{{short description|American actor and comedian}} {{Infobox person | name = Guy Torry | image = Guy Torry 2019.png | caption = Guy Torry in 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|01|12}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, United States | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Southeast Missouri State University | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}} | spouse = | years_active = 1991–present | known_for = ''Phat Tuesdays''<br>''American History X'' | family = Joe Torry (brother) | website = {{URL|guytorry.com}} }}
'''Guy Torry''' (born January 12, 1969) is an American actor and comedian.<ref name=BSB>{{cite web|newspaper=The Bay State Banner|date=March 21, 2014|title=Comedy veteran Guy Torry reflects on years in the biz|author=Greenstein, Colette|url=https://baystatebanner.com/2014/03/21/comedy-veteran-guy-torry-reflects-on-years-in-the-biz/}}</ref><ref name=SL>{{cite web|title=Comedian Guy Torry says the pandemic helped save his life|date=May 12, 2021|author=Johnson, Kevin C.|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/comedian-guy-torry-says-the-pandemic-helped-save-his-life/article_2a999ff6-832c-5d93-ac01-3642780d7c00.html|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}</ref>
He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry.<ref name=BSB/>
==Life and career== Guy Torry is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and enrollee of Southeast Missouri State University. Torry moved to Los Angeles after his brother, Joe Torry, had done the same. Guy Torry came to Los Angeles to finish his marketing degree yet later chose to seek a comedy career after seeing the Russell Simmons HBO show ''Def Comedy Jam'', circa 1992.<ref name=BSB/>
Nearly after two years of practicing comedy, he landed his debut on national television on ''Def Comedy Jam''. Following this he did stand-up comedy for the ''Def Comedy Jam Tour'' throughout the United States.<ref name=BSB/>
Torry has since been featured in such television series and films as ''Premium Blend'', ''Comic View'', ''Showtime at the Apollo'', ''Runaway Jury'' and ''Don't Say a Word''.<ref name=BSB/>
One of Torry's best known film roles was that of the prisoner Lamont in ''American History X''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204211145/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/28/movies/film-review-the-darkest-chambers-of-a-nation-s-soul.html|title=FILM REVIEW; The Darkest Chambers of a Nation's Soul|authorlink=Janet Maslin|author=Maslin, Janet|date=October 28, 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/28/movies/film-review-the-darkest-chambers-of-a-nation-s-soul.html|newspaper=The New York Times|archivedate=December 4, 2009}}</ref>
==''Phat Tuesdays''== Torry created and hosted a weekly stand-up comedy show called ''Phat Tuesdays''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/guy-torry/7551/|title=Guy Torry Bio|website=tribute.ca}}</ref> Launched in 1995<ref name=SL/> for African American comedians, ''Phat Tuesdays'' was held at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. ''Phat Tuesdays'' ended in 2005<ref name=SL/> and became the focus for a 2022 Amazon television program of the same name.<ref name=N>{{cite web|title=How Phat Tuesdays propelled the careers of legendary Black comedians|publisher=NBC News|first1=Claretta|last1=Bellamy|date=February 9, 2022|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/phat-tuesdays-propelled-career-legendary-black-comics-rcna15412}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon’s new doc is an inspirational oral history of L.A.’s Black comedy scene|author=Lloyd, Robert|date=February 4, 2022|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-02-04/amazon-phat-tuesdays-comedy-store-guy-torry-reginald-hudlin-review|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=B>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208132955/https://www.bet.com/article/0rx5f8/phat-tuesdays-guy-torry-bob-saget-exclusive-interview|title=‘Phat Tuesdays’: Guy Torry Recalls Booking Bob Saget For Comedy Set|author=Cole, Ty|date=February 7, 2022|archivedate=February 8, 2022|url=https://www.bet.com/article/0rx5f8/phat-tuesdays-guy-torry-bob-saget-exclusive-interview|publisher=BET}}</ref>
In the 1990s, audiences were shocked when Jewish comedian and ''Full House'' actor Bob Saget performed at ''Phat Tuesdays''. Torry had booked Saget for the night's show.<ref name=B/>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |rowspan=2| 1996 | ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' | Doo Rag's Father | |- | ''Sunset Park'' | Boo Man | |- |rowspan=2| 1997 | ''Back in Business'' | Little Train | |- | ''One Eight Seven'' | Voice in Crowd | |- |rowspan=2| 1998 | ''Ride'' | Indigo | |- | ''American History X'' | Lamont | |- |rowspan=3| 1999 | ''Life'' | Radio | |- | ''Trippin''' | Fish | |- | ''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'' | First Actor | TV movie |- |rowspan=4| 2001 | ''The Animal'' | Miles | |- | ''Tara'' | Courtney | Video |- | ''Pearl Harbor'' | Teeny Mayfield | |- | ''Don't Say a Word'' | Dolen | |- |rowspan=3| 2003 | ''With or Without You'' | Greg | |- | ''Jonah'' | The Demon | Short |- | ''Runaway Jury'' | Eddie Weese | |- |rowspan=2| 2005 | ''Slow Burn'' | Chet Price | |- | ''Midnight Clear'' | Michael Pressmore | Short |- |rowspan=3| 2006 | ''Funny Money'' | Angel | |- | ''The Last Stand'' | Reg | |- | ''Dead and Deader'' | Judson | TV movie |- |rowspan=2| 2010 | ''Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story'' | Reverend Cash | |- | ''Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend'' | Quentin | |- | 2013 | ''Chocolate Coins'' | Plen T Ful | Short |- |rowspan=2| 2015 | ''Axe to Grind'' | Eddie Wilcox | |- | ''Civilian Life'' | Dr. Miles Jackson | |- | 2023 | ''Hope Street Holiday'' | Walter Johnson | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1993 | ''Family Matters'' | Student | Episode: "Hell Toupee" |- | 1995 | ''Martin'' | Martin Look-a-Like | Episode: "High Noon" |- | 1996 | ''Sparks'' | Rapper | Episode: "Goode for the Gander" |- | 1997–98 | ''Good News'' | Little T | Main Cast |- | 1999–2000 | ''The Strip'' | Jesse Weir | Main Cast |- |rowspan=2| 2000 | ''Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child'' | Huge (voice) | Episode: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" |- | ''The X-Files'' | Shorty | Episode: "Redrum" |- | 2000–04 | ''As Told By Ginger'' | Will Patterson (voice) | Recurring Cast: Season 1-2, Guest: Season 3 |- | 2001 | ''NYPD Blue'' | Tory Jameson | Episode: "Franco, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn" |- |rowspan=2| 2002 | ''The Shield'' | Marlon Demeral | Episode: "Our Gang" |- | ''One on One'' | Flim-Flam | Episode: "I Believe I Can Fly: Part 1" |- | 2005 | ''Blind Justice'' | Eddie | Episode: "Pilot" |- | 2014 | ''Married, for Real?!'' | Sonny | Episode: "The Issue" |- | 2024 | ''Mind Your Business'' | Date #2 | Episode: "A Little White Lie" |}
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==External links== *{{official|https://guytorry.com}} *{{IMDb name|0868956}}
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