
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Acting
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.
Born: June 8, 1958 · New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (30)

Scary Movie
2026

Dying Laughing
2017

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012

Finding Your Roots
2012

Inside Comedy
2012

Dance Flick
2009

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009

Little Man
2006

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

White Chicks
2004

Scary Movie 2
2001

My Wife and Kids
2001

Scary Movie
2000

Most Wanted
1997

The Chris Rock Show
1997

The Glimmer Man
1996

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996

A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994

The Five Heartbeats
1991

In Living Color
1990

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988

Eddie Murphy Raw
1987

A Different World
1987

Hollywood Shuffle
1987

Star 80
1983

Cheers
1982

Hill Street Blues
1981

CHiPs
1977

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
