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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Acting
Born: 1958-06-08
New York City, New York, USA

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 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

32 Works
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

tv

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

tv

Cheers
7.5

Cheers

1982

tv

Hill Street Blues
7.6

Hill Street Blues

1981

tv

A Different World
7.0

A Different World

1987

tv

Scary Movie
6.4

Scary Movie

2000

movie

My Wife and Kids
7.4

My Wife and Kids

2001

tv

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
7.0

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996

movie

Finding Your Roots
6.2

Finding Your Roots

2012

tv

CHiPs
6.9

CHiPs

1977

tv

In Living Color
7.6

In Living Color

1990

tv

The Chris Rock Show
4.6

The Chris Rock Show

1997

tv