Keenen Ivory Wayans
Acting
Born: 1958-06-08 in New York City, New York, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keenen Ivory Wayans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Cheers
Customer #1
Hill Street Blues
A Different World
Professor Lawrence
Scary Movie
Slave
Finding Your Roots
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In Living Color
Self - Various Characters
My Wife and Kids
Ken Kyle
The Chris Rock Show
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Mailman
CHiPs
Roberts
Inside Comedy
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The Glimmer Man
Jim Campbell
Most Wanted
Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
Dance Flick
Mr. Stache
Hollywood Shuffle
Donald
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Jack Spade
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Shame
Star 80
Comic
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
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This Is Stand-Up
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Dying Laughing
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FOX 25th Anniversary Special
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
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The Black List: Volume One
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The Real Malcolm X
For Love and Honor
Pvt. Duke Johnson
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
Ray the Boxer
