Bernie Mac Through the Years

In honor of Mac’s birthday, see photos of the star through the years, ahead.

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Bernie Mac at the Gertrude Frank Pick Children’s Center of La Rabida Hospital in Chicago in March 1994

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Bernie Mac in The Players Club in 1998

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Bernie Mac With Martin Lawrence in Life in 1999

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Bernie Mac at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards on June 3, 2000

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Bernie Mac With Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, and D.L. Hughley in 2000

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Bernie Mac at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on December 4, 2001

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Bernie Mac With Andy Garcia and Matt Damon at the Ocean’s Eleven Premiere on December 5, 2001

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Bernie Mac on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 7, 2001

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Bernie Mac With Mandy Moore on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 8, 2002

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Bernie Mac With Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis, and Camille Winbush at the 2002 Teen Choice Awards on August 4, 2002

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Bernie Mac With Rhonda McCullough at the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2002

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Bernie Mac at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 19, 2003

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Bernie Mac With Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis, and Camille Winbush at the 34th NAACP Image Awards on March 8, 2003

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Bernie Mac Signing Copies of May You Never Cry Again at Barnes & Noble in New York City on May 1, 2003

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Bernie Mac With Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, and Cameron Diaz at the Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Afterparty on June 18, 2003

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Bernie Mac at the 2004 NAACP Image Awards on March 6, 2004

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Bernie Mac With Rocsi and Terrence J on BET’s 106 & Park in New York City on March 19, 2007

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Bernie Mac With Angela Bassett at the Mr. 3000 Premiere in Hollywood on September 8, 2004

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Bernie Mac With Zoe Saldana, Ashton Kutcher, and Amy Pascal at the Guess Who Los Angeles Premiere on March 13, 2005

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Bernie Mac With Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis, and Camille Winbush Celebrating The Bernie Mac Show’s 100th Episode on January 19, 2006

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Bernie Mac at the NAACP Image Awards on February 25, 2006

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Bernie Mac With Jenny McCarthy at the 2006 Benefit and Awards Ceremony for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence on November 12, 2006

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Bernie Mac With Tyrese Gibson at the Afterparty for the Premiere of Transformers in Los Angeles on June 27, 2007

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Bernie Mac on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on June 6, 2007

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