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Keenen Ivory Wayans
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Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (/ΛweΙͺ.Ιnz/ WAY-Ιnz; 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 1990β1994 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 talβ¦
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Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (/ΛweΙͺ.Ιnz/ WAY-Ιnz; 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 1990β1994 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.
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Keenen Ivory Wayans's Filmography
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This Is Stand-Up
as Self
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
Dying Laughing
as Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
Dance Flick
as Mr. Stache
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
The Black List: Volume One
as Self
Scary Movie
as Slave
Most Wanted
as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
The Glimmer Man
as Jim Campbell
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
as Mailman
A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Shame
The Real Malcolm X
No Poster
A Party For Richard Pryor
as Self
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Jack Spade
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
as Ray the Boxer
Hollywood Shuffle
as Donald
Star 80
as Comic
For Love and Honor
as Pvt. Duke Johnson
No Poster
Highway Honeys
as Tattoo Calhoune