Keenen Ivory Wayans

Birthday: 1958-06-08
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

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Credits

Year Title Character
2019-01-01 Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
2009-05-22 Dance Flick Mr. Stache
2000-07-07 Scary Movie Slave
1997-10-10 Most Wanted Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
1996-10-04 The Glimmer Man Det. Jim Campbell
1996-01-12 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Mailman
1994-11-23 A Low Down Dirty Shame Shame
1988-11-10 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Jack Spade
1987-12-19 Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987-10-31 The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
1987-03-20 Hollywood Shuffle Donald
1983-11-10 Star 80 Comic
1983-09-23 For Love and Honor Pvt. Duke Johnson
1982-08-14 Highway Honeys Tattoo Calhoune