Keenen Ivory Wayans
Born: 1958-06-08 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Scary Movie ... (Writer)
2020
- This Is Stand-Up as Self
2017
- Dying Laughing as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- Inside Comedy as Self
- FOX 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- Eddie Murphy: One Night Only as Self
2009
- Dance Flick as Mr. Stache
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
2008
- The Black List: Volume One as Self
2006
- Little Man ... (Director)
- Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness ... (Creator)
2004
- White Chicks ... (Director)
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
2001
- My Wife and Kids as Ken Kyle
- Scary Movie 2 ... (Director)
2000
- Scary Movie as Slave
1997
- The Chris Rock Show as Self
- Most Wanted as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
1996
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Mailman
- The Glimmer Man as Jim Campbell
1994
- A Low Down Dirty Shame as Shame
1992
1991
- The Five Heartbeats ... (Writer)
1990
- In Living Color as Self - Various Characters
- Hammer, Slammer, & Slade ... (Writer)
1988
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Jack Spade
1987
- A Different World as Professor Lawrence
- Eddie Murphy Raw ... (Producer)
- Hollywood Shuffle as Donald
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
- The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party as Ray the Boxer
1983
- Star 80 as Comic
- For Love and Honor as Pvt. Duke Johnson
- For Love and Honor as Pvt. Duke Johnson
1982
- Cheers as Customer #1
- Highway Honeys as Tattoo Calhoune
1981
1977
- CHiPs as Roberts