Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Birthday: 1958-06-08

Place of Birth: 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.

Movies

Scary Movie
Scary Movie

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Star 80
Star 80

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A Low Down Dirty Shame
A Low Down Dirty Shame

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Hollywood Shuffle
Hollywood Shuffle

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The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man

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Most Wanted
Most Wanted

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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

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FOX 25th Anniversary Special
FOX 25th Anniversary Special

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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

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The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party

Comedy concert of comedian Joe Piscopo filmed live from UCLA....

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

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Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

From comedian and filmmaker Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) comes this collection of comedy sket...

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Dying Laughing
Dying Laughing

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The Black List: Volume One
The Black List: Volume One

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For Love and Honor
For Love and Honor

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Dance Flick
Dance Flick

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This Is Stand-Up
This Is Stand-Up

An intimate and revealing insight into the work and lives of Stand-Up Comedians. Some of the biggest...

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Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2

With nothing more than a punch line and a dream, these (then) struggling young artists transformed t...

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Highway Honeys
Highway Honeys

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The Real Malcolm X
The Real Malcolm X

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