themahaffey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\nOne of America\u2019s most beloved comedians, Owen has been entertaining American audiences for decades with his side-splitting comedy, performing to sold-out audiences in clubs and theatres across the country. Most recently, he starred in the star-studded feature film \u201cBack on the Strip\u201d with Tiffany Haddish, Wesley Snipes, and J.B. Smoove among others. He also appeared in \u201cDotty and Soul,\u201d \u201cMeet the Blacks,\u201d and \u201cHouse Next Door.\u201d<\/p>\n
He is one of the stars of the box-office record-breaking Screen Gems\u2019 franchise \u201cThink Like a Man\u201d (2012) and its sequel \u201cThink Like a Man Too\u201d (2014). In addition to their commercial successes, both opening No. 1 at the box office, the films were warmly received by critics and fans alike. Other film credits include \u201cRide Along\u201d (2014) with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart; \u201cLittle Man\u201d (2016) opposite the Wayans Brothers; and \u201cDaddy Day Care\u201d (2003) opposite Eddie Murphy. He is also widely known for his stealing role as \u201cBearcat\u201d in the MGM film COLLEGE (2008).<\/p>\n
On the small screen, Owen had his own series on BET, \u201cThe Gary Owen Show,\u201d and co-hosted TruTV\u2019s sketch series \u201cUpload with Shaquille O\u2019Neal\u201d (2013). After meeting Tyler Perry on The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Owen was cast as the recurring role of Zach the barber in the fifth season of the TBS comedy series \u201cTyler Perry\u2019s House of Payne.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG \u2014 Stand-up comedian Gary Owen will perform on Friday, Dec. 26, 7 p.m., at the Duke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[13426,8973,33133,28762,596,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-85936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-comedian","tag-comedy","tag-duke-energy-center-for-the-arts","tag-mahaffey-theater","tag-pinellas-county","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}