Keenen Ivory Wayans
Biography
Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (/ˈweɪ.ənz/ WAY-ənz; born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first came to prominence as the host and creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. Most of his films have included him and one or more of his siblings in the cast.
One of these films, Scary Movie (2000), which Wayans directed, was the highest-grossing movie directed by an African American until it was surpassed by Tim Story's Fantastic Four in 2005. From 1997 to 1998, he hosted the talk show The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. In 2014, he was a judge for the eighth season of Last Comic Standing.
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Scary Movie (2000) as Slave
- Hill Street Blues (1981)
- Cheers (1982) as Customer #1
- CHiPs (1977) as Roberts
- A Different World (1987) as Professor Lawrence
- My Wife and Kids (2001) as Ken Kyle
- Finding Your Roots (2012) as Self
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) as Mailman
- In Living Color (1990) as Self - Various Characters
- Inside Comedy (2012) as Self
- The Chris Rock Show (1997) as Self
- Dance Flick (2009) as Mr. Stache
- The Glimmer Man (1996) as Jim Campbell
- For Love and Honor (1983) as Pvt. Duke Johnson
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) as Jack Spade
- Most Wanted (1997) as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
- Star 80 (1983) as Comic
- A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) as Shame
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) as Self
- FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012) as Self
- Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (2012) as Self
- Dying Laughing (2017) as Self