Actor
Franklyn Ajaye
77 years · Brooklyn, New York, USA · 23 films
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His nickname is "The Jazz Comedian" for his distinctive jazz-inflected style of delivery, timing, and use of silence. He released a series of comedy albums starting in 1973 and has acted in film and television shows from the 1970s through the present, including as a primary character in the 1976 ensemble comedy Car Wash and a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978).
Best known for
Filmography 23
Deadwood: The Movie
2019 · Samuel Fields
On HBO Max
Bridesmaids
2011 · Lillian's Dad
On YouTube TV
I Am Comic
2010 · Self
On Hoopla
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Self
Before They Die!
2008 · (Voice)
Queen of the Damned
2002 · Dealer
On Tubi TV
American Yakuza
1993 · Sam
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989 · Actor
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989 · Actor
The 'Burbs
1989 · Detective #1
On Tubi TV
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988 · Actor
The Wrong Guys
1988 · Franklyn
On Tubi TV
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987 · Actor
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 · Body Guard #1
On Tubi TV
Fraternity Vacation
1985 · Harry
On Tubi TV
Get Crazy
1983 · Cool
Hysterical
1982 · Leroy
The Jazz Singer
1980 · Bubba
Stir Crazy
1980 · Young Man in Hospital
On Tubi TV
Convoy
1978 · Spider Mike
On Philo
Car Wash
1976 · Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Sweet Revenge
1976 · Edmund
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
1969 · Actor