Pierre Edwards known mononymously as Pierre, is an American actor, director, writer, and stand-up comedian. Pierre is best known for producing, writing, directing, and starring as Dre Mitchell in For Da Love of Money (2002), and starring in such films as 2001: A Space Travesty (2000), Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997), and B*A*P*S (1997).
Early life
Pierre Edwards was born on May 7th, 1967 in Killeen, Texas to a German mother and an American father who was a soldier. Pierre was 3 weeks old when his family moved to Germany and at the age of eleven, he moved back to the United States with his family, residing in Washington, D.C.. Pierre used comedy as a defense against cultural change and bullying. In the 6th grade, he was selected to be on Good Morning America due to his humor.
Pierre began performing at comedy clubs in the DC area while in high school, with comedians such as: Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Wanda Sykes and Tommy Davidson. After being shot multiple times in 1987, Pierre decided to pursue comedy seriously. Seeing the success of his peers in Hollywood, he ventured West in 1991.
He worked alongside Oscar winner Halle Berry and Natalie Desselle when he played Nisi's boyfriend in the 1997 movie B*A*P*S, starred opposite Bill Bellamy in Def Jam's How to Be a Player, and played partner (detective) to actor Leslie Nielsen in the movie 2001: A Space Travesty. After a few small roles in The Wash and The Breaks he wrote, produced, directed and starred in the theatrical urban classic For Da Love of Money.
Pierre made numerous guest hosting appearances on the Steve Harvey Morning show. His first love is the comedy club stage, where he has headlined: Improv's (Dallas, Houston), Carolines (NYC), the FunnyBone (Shreveport La, Boise Id, Vicksburg, Ms), Uptown Comedy Corner (Atlanta) and many more. He has also performed at events such as, 'Damon Williams' annual 'New Year's Eve Comedy Bash' at Star Plaza'.
Pierre has performed for the troops home and abroad. He has also performed in comedy festivals overseas: Japan, South Africa, Germany, Amsterdam, England, etc.
Currently Pierre is working on a web series Dating Pierre, Slice Trilogy, and a self-published book "100 Homies and Phonies of Hollywood".
In mid-2020, Pierre became a lead analyst for ComedyHype News. He also hosts a podcast titled Pierre’s Panic Room.
