Franklyn Ajaye
Born: 1949-05-13 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2019
- Deadwood: The Movie as Samuel Fields
2014
- Utopia as Marvin Hudfield
2011
- Bridesmaids as Mr. Donovan
2010
- I Am Comic as Self
- The Green Room with Paul Provenza as Self
2009
2008
- Before They Die! as (Voice)
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
- Politically Incorrect ... (Writer)
- American Yakuza as Sam
1992
- Goof Troop as (voice)
1989
1988
1987
- Hollywood Shuffle as Body Guard #1
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1985
- Fraternity Vacation as Harry
1983
- Get Crazy as Cool
1982
- Hysterical as Leroy
- The New Odd Couple as Henry
1980
- The Jazz Singer as Bubba
- Stir Crazy as Young Man in Hospital
1978
- Convoy as Spider Mike
1976
- The Bionic Woman
- Sweet Revenge as Edmund
- Car Wash as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self
- Barney Miller as Wendell Frazier