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Keenen Ivory Wayans

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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Born June 8, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA14 films

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.

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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.

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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood posterFirst watchDon't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood19967.1as MailmanWhen Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his…View film

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Ranked by acclaim and reach
Scary Movie poster6.4Scary Movie2000I'm Gonna Git You Sucka poster6.4I'm Gonna Git You Sucka1988The Glimmer Man poster5.4The Glimmer Man1996Star 80 poster6.5Star 801983Hollywood Shuffle poster6.5Hollywood Shuffle1987Dance Flick poster5.0Dance Flick2009A Low Down Dirty Shame poster5.7A Low Down Dirty Shame1994Most Wanted poster5.4Most Wanted1997

Filmography

14 films as actor
  1. 2019Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
  2. 2009Dance FlickMr. Stache
  3. 2000Scary MovieSlave
  4. 1997Most WantedGunnery Sergeant James Dunn
  5. 1996The Glimmer ManJim Campbell
  6. 1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the HoodMailman
  7. 1994A Low Down Dirty ShameShame
  8. 1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaJack Spade
  9. 1987Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
  10. 1987The Joe Piscopo Halloween PartyRay the Boxer
  11. 1987Hollywood ShuffleDonald
  12. 1983Star 80Comic
  13. 1983For Love and HonorPvt. Duke Johnson
  14. 1982Highway HoneysTattoo Calhoune