Keenen Ivory Wayans

Acting

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Born June 8, 1958New York City, New York, USA43 credits

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

Filmography

Scary Movie
2026Scary Movie
WriterMovie
Dying Laughing
2017Dying Laughing
as SelfMovie
Dance Flick
2009Dance Flick
as Mr. StacheMovie
Little Man
2006Little Man
DirectorMovie
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)Movie
White Chicks
2004White Chicks
DirectorMovie
Scary Movie 2
2001Scary Movie 2
DirectorMovie
Scary Movie
2000Scary Movie
as SlaveMovie
Most Wanted
1997Most Wanted
as Gunnery Sergeant James DunnMovie
The Glimmer Man
1996The Glimmer Man
as Jim CampbellMovie
In Living Color
1990In Living Color
as Self - Various CharactersTV
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Jack SpadeMovie
A Different World
1987A Different World
as Professor LawrenceTV
Hollywood Shuffle
1987Hollywood Shuffle
as DonaldMovie
Star 80
1983Star 80
as ComicMovie
For Love and Honor
1983For Love and Honor
as Pvt. Duke JohnsonMovie
F
1983For Love and Honor
as Pvt. Duke JohnsonTV
Cheers
1982Cheers
as Customer #1TV
H
1982Highway Honeys
as Tattoo CalhouneMovie
CHiPs
1977CHiPs
as RobertsTV