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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Acting
Born: Jun 08, 1958
From: New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, director and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first became the host and creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed, and written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote in 1987. His films have included him and one or more 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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
This Is Stand-Up Self 2020 5.0
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2 2019 8.0
Dying Laughing Self 2017 6.4
FOX 25th Anniversary Special Self 2012 7.75
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only Self 2012 6.0
Inside Comedy TV Self 2012 6.5
Finding Your Roots TV Self 2012 6.2
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Self 2009 8.0
Dance Flick Mr. Stache 2009 4.968
The Black List: Volume One Self 2008 6.5
Los Angeles Plays Itself Det. Jim Campbell in The … 2004 7.6
My Wife and Kids TV Ken Kyle 2001 7.43
Scary Movie Slave 2000 6.39
Most Wanted Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn 1997 5.391
The Chris Rock Show TV Self 1997 4.583
The Glimmer Man Jim Campbell 1996 5.427
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Mailman 1996 7.02
A Low Down Dirty Shame Shame 1994 5.628
The Real Malcolm X 1992 8.0
In Living Color TV Self - Various Characters 1990 7.611
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Jack Spade 1988 6.355
Hollywood Shuffle Donald 1987 6.505
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party Ray the Boxer 1987 9.0
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 1987
Star 80 Comic 1983 6.467
For Love and Honor Pvt. Duke Johnson 1983 9.667
Highway Honeys Tattoo Calhoune 1982
Cheers TV Customer #1 1982 7.55
Hill Street Blues TV 1981 7.649
CHiPs TV Roberts 1977 6.857
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Known forActing
Credits30
Born1958
FromNew York City, …