However, the comedian — who was influenced by the no-holds barred humor of Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor — recently returned to acting roles, including playing Howard White in Amazon Studios'Tucker also released a Netflix special in 2015 that demonstrated that he hasn't lost his chops behind the mic.
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