Mark Curry

Mark Curry makes regular stand-up appearances on "The Tonight Show,” “Late Night With Conan O'Brien," "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and Comedy Central. See him tonight - Sunday!

You know Mark Curry from his show, Hangin With Mr. Cooper, on ABC...
but you also know him from:
The movie Armageddon
Celebrity Mole-Yucatan on ABC
The host of Coming to the Stage on BET
Recurring role on ABC's The Drew Carey Show
The host of Mad TV Guest on Fox
The host of Animal Tails on PAX
The host of Don't Forget Your Toothbrush on Comedy Central
The Other Side Hour Special HBO
His own Comedy Central Presents Half-hour Special Comedy Central
A guest starring role on For Your Love Guest
Guest starring role The Jamie Foxx Show
Guest starring role on Martin
Guest starring role on Living Single
and MORE!
He makes regular stand-up appearances on "The Tonight Show," "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and Comedy Central. Mark has also starred in the independent films "The Fanatics" and "A Man is Mostly Water" and had a hilarious cameo role in the blockbuster "Armageddon."
From a young age, Mark always wanted to give comedy a try, having grown up idolizing such comedians as Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby. A strong believer in higher education, he attended California State University at Hayward, eventually leaving to manage a local drugstore in Oakland. In 1987, encouraged by customers whom he constantly kept in stitches, he made his comedic debut in an Oakland comedy club.
An immediate success, Mark began headlining at all the major comedy clubs in San Francisco and Oakland. By 1989, with his stand-up act proving an enormous success, he was able to quit his day job at the drugstore and pursue comedy full-time. Mark quickly began attracting attention in the world of comedy, culminating with the taping of his very own half-hour HBO special "One Night Stand." Mark's HBO special caught the attention of ABC-TV talent executives who signed him to star in his own sitcom. 1992 marked the premiere of "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper," the show that went on to make him an international star. In 1996, Mark returned to his hometown of Oakland, CA to tape his own One Hour HBO Comedy Special entitled "Mark Curry: The Other Side."
Despite his busy schedule, Mark continues to perform his stand-up comedy in sold-out comedy clubs across the country. In spite of all his success, Mark still remains an extremely grounded person. He spends a great deal of his spare time with his family in Oakland and returns frequently to give back to the very city he grew up in. Mark makes it a goal to reach out to underprivileged children, encouraging them to stay in school and off drugs, citing himself as a perfect example of someone who had a dream and made it come true