Keenen Ivory Wayans
5.3Acting

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Jun 8, 1958 - New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Cast

Media
Movie2000Scary MovieSlave
Movie1983Star 80Comic
Movie1994A Low Down Dirty ShameShame
Movie1987Hollywood ShuffleDonald
Movie1996The Glimmer ManDet. Jim Campbell
Movie1997Most WantedGunnery Sergeant James Dunn
Movie2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black ComedySelf
Movie1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaJack Spade
Movie2012FOX 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf
Movie2004Los Angeles Plays ItselfDet. Jim Campbell in The Glimmer Man (archive footage)
Movie2012Eddie Murphy: One Night OnlySelf
Movie1987The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
Movie1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the HoodMailman
Movie1987Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Movie2017Dying LaughingSelf
Movie2008The Black List: Volume OneSelf
Movie1983For Love and HonorPvt. Duke Johnson
Movie2009Dance FlickMr. Stache
Movie2020This Is Stand-UpSelf
Movie2019Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
Movie1982Highway HoneysTattoo Calhoune
TV Show1982CheersCustomer #11
TV Show1977CHiPsRoberts1
TV Show2001My Wife and KidsKen Kyle1
TV Show1981Hill Street Blues1
TV Show2012Inside ComedySelf1
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsSelf1
TV Show1990In Living ColorSelf - Various Characters101
TV Show1997The Chris Rock ShowSelf1
TV Show1983For Love and HonorPvt. Duke Johnson13
TV Show1987A Different WorldProfessor Lawrence1
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf3
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1

Crew

Media
Movie2000Scary MovieDirectorDirecting
Movie2000Scary MovieProducerProduction
Movie2001Scary Movie 2DirectorDirecting
Movie1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the HoodProducerProduction
Movie2009Dance FlickWriterWriting
Movie2006Little ManDirectorDirecting
Movie2004White ChicksDirectorDirecting
Movie2004White ChicksScreenplayWriting
Movie2004White ChicksProducerProduction
Movie1994A Low Down Dirty ShameDirectorDirecting
Movie1994A Low Down Dirty ShameWriterWriting
Movie1997Most WantedWriterWriting
Movie2004White ChicksStoryWriting
Movie1991The Five HeartbeatsWriterWriting
Movie1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Eddie Murphy RawProducerProduction
Movie1987Hollywood ShuffleWriterWriting
Movie2006Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's StreetCreatorCrew
Movie2006Thugaboo: Sneaker MadnessWriterWriting
Movie2006Thugaboo: Sneaker MadnessCreatorCrew
Movie2006Little ManScreenplayWriting
Movie2006Little ManProducerProduction
Movie2009Dance FlickProducerProduction
Movie1987Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1WriterWriting
Movie1987Eddie Murphy RawCo-WriterWriting
Movie1990Hammer, Slammer, & SladeWriterWriting
Movie1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaWriterWriting
Movie1997Most WantedExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2026Scary MovieWriterWriting
Movie2026Scary MovieProducerProduction
MovieN/AWhite Chicks 2DirectorDirecting
TV Show1990In Living ColorExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show1990In Living ColorCreatorCreator