LaVan Davis is an American
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...
who played the character Curtis Payne on Tyler Perry's TV shows ''
House of Payne'' and ''
The Paynes''
TBS Network (2007–2012),
OWN Network (2018) and
BET Network (2020–present).
Career
Davis' acting career began in 2004 with his first role as Leroy in the film ''
Mindbenders''.
In 2005, he made a guest appearance in a two episodes of ''
Everybody Hates Chris
''Everybody Hates Chris'' is an American television semi-autobiographical sitcom that is inspired by the memories of the teenage years of comedian Chris Rock. The show is set from 1982 to 1987, although Rock himself was actually a teenager from ...
'' as a preacher. The following year, Davis was cast as the cranky patriarch of the Payne family, Curtis Payne, in the
TBS sitcom ''
Tyler Perry's House of Payne''. Davis worked with Perry again in two of his feature films including ''
Daddy's Little Girls'' in 2007 and ''
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns'' in 2008.
In addition to his work in films and television, Davis has also appeared in the stage plays ''
Why Did I Get Married?'' as Poppy, and ''
Madea Goes to Jail'' as Leo.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
African-American male actors
American male stage actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Musicians from Atlanta
Male actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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