Lester Barrie (born October 1, 1965) is a professional stand-up comedian, who has made appearances as a movie and television actor. Lester Barrie is currently makes stand-up comedy appearances at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California as well as other clubs, colleges, churches and corporate events around the country.

Biography

He hails from

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. His family moved to Southern California in 1980. He attended Cerritos College before transferring to the

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. Lester Barrie has enjoyed much success as a stand-up comedian over the years. In 1993 he won best comedian on ''Star Search'' over a young

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. Chappelle has publicly joked on a few occasions about being more successful than Barrie. Proud to be a footnote in Chappelle's career, Barrie would counter with pointing to Chris Tucker (Rush Hour, Fridays) D.L Hughley (The Original Kings of Comedy), and other A list comedians who also suffered losses to Lester Barrie in comedy competitions of the early to mid 90s. Lester is legendary in that he was honored as a “Def Comedy Jam” All Star, and an “Apollo” Legend. In 1999 Lester Barrie would join the short list of comedians to host a full season of ''”Comic View”'' on Black Entertainment Television. Lester Barrie has also enjoyed moderate success in small acting roles as well, most notably guest-starred on several episodes of Fox's & Sci-Fi Networks Sliders and best known for a guest role in the Wayans brothers film ''

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'' as the Preacher. Lester Barrie has recorded a Dry Bar Comedy Special entitle "A Fan of Marriage" and the stand-up comedy special "Super Saint" which is available on Amazon. Television appearance as a stand-up comedian would include a set on Martin Lawrence's ''First Amendment Stand Up'' on the STARZ Network in 2009. To date Lester Barrie makes frequent appearances at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach Ca, and the Laugh Factory in Hollywood and Long Beach, California.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20141218032544/http://perfectingchristianfellowship.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrie, Lester American stand-up comedians Living people University of Southern California alumni Comedians from Los Angeles Comedians from Chicago 1965 births American male comedians