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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 08, 1958 (67)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 1.0 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 sever ... al 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

Dance Flick

Dance Flick

2009

as Mr. Stache

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Det. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)

Scary Movie

Scary Movie

2000

as Slave

Most Wanted

Most Wanted

1997

as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn

The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man

1996

as Det. Jim Campbell

A Low Down Dirty Shame

A Low Down Dirty Shame

1994

as Shame

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

as Jack Spade

Hollywood Shuffle

Hollywood Shuffle

1987

as Donald

For Love and Honor

For Love and Honor

1983

as Pvt. Duke Johnson

Star 80

Star 80

1983

as Comic

Scary Movie

Scary Movie

2026

Writer

Dance Flick

Dance Flick

2009

Writer

Little Man

Little Man

2006

Screenplay

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

2006

Writer, Creator

White Chicks

White Chicks

2004

Story, Screenplay

Most Wanted

Most Wanted

1997

Writer

The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats

1991

Writer

Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987

Co-Writer

Hollywood Shuffle

Hollywood Shuffle

1987

Writer

Little Man

Little Man

2006

Director

White Chicks

White Chicks

2004

Director

Scary Movie 2

Scary Movie 2

2001

Director

Scary Movie

Scary Movie

2000

Director

A Low Down Dirty Shame

A Low Down Dirty Shame

1994

Director

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

Director

Scary Movie

Scary Movie

2026

Producer

Dance Flick

Dance Flick

2009

Producer

Little Man

Little Man

2006

Producer

White Chicks

White Chicks

2004

Producer

Scary Movie

Scary Movie

2000

Producer

Most Wanted

Most Wanted

1997

Executive Producer

Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

For Love and Honor

as Pvt. Duke Johnson

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 23, 1983

Cheers

as Customer #1

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1982

CHiPs

as Roberts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1977

My Wife and Kids

as Ken Kyle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 2001

A Different World

as Professor Lawrence

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1987

In Living Color

as Self - Various Characters

Episodes: 101

First Aired: Apr 15, 1990

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Hill Street Blues

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 1981

Inside Comedy

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2012

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 2012

The Chris Rock Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 1997

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

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2025 1 10 15 5
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