Franklyn Ajaye
May 13, 1949 (75 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His nickname is "The Jazz Comedian" for his distinctive jazz-inflected style of delivery, timing, and use of silence. He released a series of comedy albums starting in 1973 and has acted in film and television shows from the 1970s through the present, including as a primary character in the 1976 ensemble comedy Car Wash and a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978).
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Deadwood: The Movie as Samuel Fields
- 2014 · Utopia as Marvin Hudfield
- 2011 · Bridesmaids as Mr. Donovan
- 2010 · The Green Room with Paul Provenza as Self
- 2010 · I Am Comic as Self
- 2009 · Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 2008 · Before They Die! as (Voice)
- 2006 · Thank God You're Here as
- 2004 · Deadwood as Samuel Fields
- 2002 · Queen of the Damned as Dealer
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Sporty The Cat (voice)
- 1993 · American Yakuza as Sam
- 1992 · Goof Troop as (voice)
- 1990 · Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder as
- 1989 · Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 as
- 1989 · Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 as
- 1989 · The 'Burbs as Detective #1
- 1988 · Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 as
- 1988 · The Wrong Guys as Franklyn
- 1987 · Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 as
- 1987 · Hollywood Shuffle as Body Guard #1
- 1985 · Fraternity Vacation as Harry
- 1983 · Get Crazy as Cool
- 1982 · Hysterical as Leroy
- 1982 · The New Odd Couple as Henry
- 1980 · The Jazz Singer as Bubba
- 1980 · Stir Crazy as Young Man in Hospital
- 1978 · Convoy as Spider Mike
- 1976 · Car Wash as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
- 1976 · Sweet Revenge as Edmund
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Wendell Frazier
- 1969 · Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self