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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Filmography
This Is Stand-Up
2020
as Self
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
2019
Dying Laughing
2017
as Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
as Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
as Self
Dance Flick
2009
as Mr. Stache
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Self
The Black List: Volume One
2008
as Self
Scary Movie
2000
as Slave
Most Wanted
1997
as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
The Glimmer Man
1996
as Jim Campbell
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996
as Mailman
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
as Shame
The Real Malcolm X
1992
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Jack Spade
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
1987
as Ray the Boxer
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
as Donald
Star 80
1983
as Comic
For Love and Honor
1983
as Pvt. Duke Johnson
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Highway Honeys
1982
as Tattoo Calhoune