Lester Barrie (born October 1, 1965) is a professional stand-up comedian, who has made appearences as a movie and television actor.
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.
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[2] and best known for a guest role in the Wayans brothers film Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as the Preacher.
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.