Keenen Ivory Wayans
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Scary Movie
as Slave
2000
Star 80
as Comic
1983
A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Shame
1994
Hollywood Shuffle
as Donald
1987
The Glimmer Man
as Jim Campbell
1996
Most Wanted
as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
1997
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Jack Spade
1988
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
2012
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
2004
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
2012
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
as Ray the Boxer
1987
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
as Mailman
1996
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017
The Black List: Volume One
as Self
2008
For Love and Honor
as Pvt. Duke Johnson
1983
Dance Flick
as Mr. Stache
2009
This Is Stand-Up
as Self
2020
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
2019
TV Appearances
Cheers
as Customer #1
1982
CHiPs
as Roberts
1977
My Wife and Kids
as Ken Kyle
2001
Hill Street Blues
1981
Inside Comedy
as Self
2012
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
In Living Color
as Self - Various Characters
1990
The Chris Rock Show
as Self
1997
For Love and Honor
as Pvt. Duke Johnson
1983
A Different World
as Professor Lawrence
1987
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014