Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an
American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in
Next Friday and its sequel,
Friday After Next, and also appearing in
The Hangover, as "Black Doug". He was the voice of
Boog in
Open Season 2 (the sequel to
Open Season), but was replaced by Matthew J. Munn in
Open Season 3. As of 2010, Epps was the executive producer on a documentary about the life story of a former member of
Tupac Shakur's
Outlawz,
Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw. He is also known for playing L.J. in
Resident Evil: Apocalypse and
Resident Evil: Extinction in 2004 and 2007 respectively.