Guy Torry
Guy Torry is an American actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry.
Guy Torry

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- Name
- Guy Torry
- Birthplace
- St.
- Education
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Known for
- Phat Tuesdays American History X
- Born
- 1969 · St. Louis.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Guy Torry is an American actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry.
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Key facts
• Name — Guy Torry • Birthplace — St. Louis, Missouri, United States • Education — Southeast Missouri State University • Occupation — * Actor • comedian • Years Active — 1991–present • Known for — Phat Tuesdays American History X • Family — Joe Torry (brother) • Website — guytorry.com Guy Torry is an American actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of actor and comedian Joe Torry.
Life and career
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. 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. 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. One of Torry's best known film roles was that of the prisoner Lamont in American History X.
Phat Tuesdays
Phat Tuesdays
Torry created and hosted a weekly stand-up comedy show called Phat Tuesdays. Launched in 1995 for African American comedians, Phat Tuesdays was held at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. Phat Tuesdays ended in 2005 and became the focus for a 2022 Amazon television program of the same name. 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.
Television
Television
• 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 • 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" • 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"
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood — Doo Rag's Father • Sunset Park — Boo Man • 1997 — Back in Business — Little Train • One Eight Seven — Voice in Crowd • 1998 — Ride — Indigo • American History X — Lamont • 1999 — Life — Radio • Trippin — Fish • Introducing Dorothy Dandridge — First Actor — TV movie • 2001 — The Animal — Miles • Tara — Courtney — Video • Pearl Harbor — Teeny Mayfield • Don't Say a Word — Dolen • 2003 — With or Without You — Greg • Jonah — The Demon — Short • Runaway Jury — Eddie Weese • 2005 — Slow Burn — Chet Price • Midnight Clear — Michael Pressmore — Short • 2006 — Funny Money — Angel • The Last Stand — Reg • Dead and Deader — Judson — TV movie • 2010 — Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story — Reverend Cash • Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend — Quentin • 2013 — Chocolate Coins — Plen T Ful — Short • 2015 — Axe to Grind — Eddie Wilcox • Civilian Life — Dr. Miles Jackson • 2023 — Hope Street Holiday — Walter Johnson
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Greenstein, Colette. Comedy veteran Guy Torry reflects on years in the biz. The Bay State Banner. March 21, 2014.
- 2.Johnson, Kevin C. Comedian Guy Torry says the pandemic helped save his life. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 12, 2021.
- 3.Maslin, Janet. FILM REVIEW; The Darkest Chambers of a Nation's Soul. The New York Times. October 28, 1998.
- 4.Guy Torry Bio. tribute.ca.
- 5.Bellamy, Claretta. How Phat Tuesdays propelled the careers of legendary Black comedians. NBC News. February 9, 2022.
- 6.Lloyd, Robert. Amazon’s new doc is an inspirational oral history of L.A.’s Black comedy scene. Los Angeles Times. February 4, 2022.
- 7.Cole, Ty. ‘Phat Tuesdays’: Guy Torry Recalls Booking Bob Saget For Comedy Set. BET. February 7, 2022.
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