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Marlon Wayans

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Marlon Wayans

Born July 23, 1972 in New York City, New York, USA38 films

Marlon Lamont Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999) and the comedy films Don't Be a Menace (1996), Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009).

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Wayans' other film credits include Above the Rim (1994), The 6th Man (1997), Norbit (2007), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The Heat (2013), A Haunted House (2013) and its sequel A Haunted House 2 (2014), Naked (2017), Fifty Shades of Black (2016), Sextuplets (2019), and On the Rocks (2020). He also had several dramatic roles, including the psychological drama film Requiem for a Dream (2000).

Wayans partnered with Randy Adams to create What the Funny, an online destination for urban comedy. He created the comedy competition television show Funniest Wins, which aired on TBS in 2014. In 2014, Wayans and his brothers travelled the U.S. with "The Wayans Brothers Tour". In 2017, he co-wrote and starred in the NBC sitcom Marlon, which ran for two seasons.

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Requiem for a Dream posterFirst watchRequiem for a Dream20008.0as Tyrone C. LoveThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
White Chicks poster7.0White Chicks2004Scary Movie poster6.4Scary Movie2000Air poster7.3Air2023The Heat poster6.6The Heat2013Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood poster7.1Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood1996Scary Movie 2 poster5.9Scary Movie 22001G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra poster5.8G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2009Scary Movie poster6.4Scary Movie2026

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. TBARide or DieMartin Banks
  2. TBADon't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood sequelLoc Dog
  3. TBAWhite Chicks 2Marcus Copeland
  4. 2026Scary MovieShorty / 'Joe' / 'Tiffany' / Count Brolock
  5. 2025HIMIsaiah
  6. 2023AirGeorge Raveling
  7. 2022The Curse of Bridge HollowHoward Gordon
  8. 2021Back Home AgainMr. Tortoise (voice)
  9. 2021RespectTed White
  10. 2020On the RocksDean
  11. 2019SextupletsAlan / Russell / Dawn / Jasper / Ethan / Baby Pete / Lynette
  12. 2017NakedRob Anderson
  13. 2016Fifty Shades of BlackChristian
  14. 2014A Haunted House 2Malcolm
  15. 2013The HeatLevy
  16. 2013A Haunted HouseMalcolm
  17. 2010MarmadukeLightning (voice)
  18. 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraRipcord
  19. 2009Dance FlickMr. Moody
  20. 2007NorbitBuster
  21. 2006Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's StreetDirty/Money (voice)
  22. 2006Little ManCalvin
  23. 2006Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness... (voice)
  24. 2006Behind the SmileDanny Styles
  25. 2004White ChicksMarcus Copeland
  26. 2004The LadykillersGawain MacSam
  27. 2001Scary Movie 2Shorty
  28. 2000Dungeons & DragonsSnails
  29. 2000The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!Louie Blue (voice)
  30. 2000Requiem for a DreamTyrone C. Love
  31. 2000Scary MovieShorty
  32. 1998SenselessDarryl Witherspoon
  33. 1997The 6th ManKenny Tyler
  34. 1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the HoodLoc Dog
  35. 1994Above the RimBugaloo
  36. 1992Mo' MoneySeymour Stewart
  37. 1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
  38. 1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaPedestrian