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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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.

Known for

This Is Stand-Up
This Is Stand-Up
2020 • Self
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
2019
Dying Laughing
Dying Laughing
2017 • Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012 • Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012 • Self
Dance Flick
Dance Flick
2009 • Mr. Stache
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 • Self
The Black List: Volume One
The Black List: Volume One
2008 • Self

Full filmography

Dance Flick
Dance Flick
2009 • Mr. Stache
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004 • Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
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Scary Movie
Scary Movie
2000 • Slave
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Most Wanted
Most Wanted
1997 • Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
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The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man
1996 • Jim Campbell
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Star 80
Star 80
1983 • Comic
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For Love and Honor
For Love and Honor
1983 • Pvt. Duke Johnson
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Highway Honeys
1982 • Tattoo Calhoune
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Keenen Ivory Wayans – Biography, Known For & Filmography