Acting
Keenen Ivory Wayans
EN cinema · 31 credits
Born
8 June 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Keenen Wayans · Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans
Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (/ˈweɪ.ənz/ WAY-ənz; 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 creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. Most of his films have included him and one or more of his 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.
Known for
Filmography
Scary Movie
Writer, Producer
This Is Stand-Up
as Self
Dying Laughing
as Self
Dance Flick
as Mr. Stache, Writer, Producer
Little Man
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
Creator, Writer
White Chicks
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
Scary Movie 2
Director
Scary Movie
as Slave, Director, Producer
Most Wanted
as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn, Writer, Executive Producer
The Glimmer Man
as Jim Campbell
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
as Mailman, Producer
A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Shame, Writer, Director
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Jack Spade, Director, Writer
Hollywood Shuffle
as Donald, Writer
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
as Ray the Boxer
Eddie Murphy Raw
Producer, Co-Writer
Star 80
as Comic
For Love and Honor
as Pvt. Duke Johnson
Highway Honeys
1982
Highway Honeys
as Tattoo Calhoune