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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Born
June 8, 1958
Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (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 the creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed and/or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. A majority of his films have included him and one or more of his brothers and sisters 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. Most recently, he was a judge for the eighth season of Last Comic Standing. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Scary Movie
(2000)
Slave
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
(1996)
Mailman
Dance Flick
(2009)
Mr. Stache
Most Wanted
(1997)
Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
The Glimmer Man
(1996)
Det. Jim Campbell
Star 80
(1983)
Comic
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
(1988)
Jack Spade
A Low Down Dirty Shame
(1994)
Shame
Dying Laughing
(2017)
Himself
Hollywood Shuffle
(1987)
Donald
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
(2012)
Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
(2009)
Self
This Is Stand-Up
(2020)
Self
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