Keenen Ivory Wayans

Biography

Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first came to prominence as the host and the creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed and/or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. A majority of his films have included him and one or more of his brothers and sisters 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. Most recently, he was a judge for the eighth season of Last Comic Standing. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Scary Movie

as Slave

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

as Mailman

Cheers

as Customer #1

My Wife and Kids

as Ken Kyle

The Glimmer Man

as Det. Jim Campbell

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Dance Flick

as Mr. Stache

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Jack Spade

Star 80

as Comic

CHiPs

as Roberts