Keenen Ivory Wayans
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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
Credits
Scary Movie (2000)
as Slave
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
as Mailman
Most Wanted (1997)
as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
Dance Flick (2009)
as Mr. Stache
The Glimmer Man (1996)
as Jim Campbell
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
as Jack Spade
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
as Shame
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
as Self
Star 80 (1983)
as Comic
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
as Donald
This Is Stand-Up (2020)
as Self
Dying Laughing (2017)
as Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (2012)
as Self
Highway Honeys (1982)
as Tattoo Calhoune
FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012)
as Self
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party (1987)
as Ray the Boxer
The Real Malcolm X (1992)
Actor
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 (1987)
Actor
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2 (2019)
Actor
For Love and Honor (1983)
as Pvt. Duke Johnson
The Black List: Volume One (2008)
as Self