Keenen Ivory Wayans
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2020 · This Is Stand-Up as Self
- 2019 · Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2 as
- 2017 · Dying Laughing as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2012 · Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self
- 2012 · FOX 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
- 2009 · Dance Flick as Mr. Stache
- 2009 · Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 2008 · The Black List: Volume One as Himself
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
- 2001 · My Wife and Kids as Ken Kyle
- 2000 · Scary Movie as Slave
- 1997 · Most Wanted as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1996 · The Glimmer Man as Det. Jim Campbell
- 1996 · Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Mailman
- 1994 · A Low Down Dirty Shame as Shame
- 1990 · In Living Color as Self - Various Characters
- 1988 · I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Jack Spade
- 1987 · Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 as
- 1987 · The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party as
- 1987 · A Different World as Professor Lawrence
- 1987 · Hollywood Shuffle as Donald
- 1983 · Star 80 as Comic
- 1983 · For Love and Honor as Pvt. Duke Johnson
- 1983 · For Love and Honor as Pvt. Duke Johnson
- 1982 · Cheers as Customer #1
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1977 · CHiPs as Roberts
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self