Actor
Keenen Ivory Wayans
68 years · New York City, New York, USA · 28 films
Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (/ˈweɪ.ənz/ WAY-ənz; 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 creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. Most of his films have included him and one or more of his 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.
Best known for
Scary Movie
2000 · Slave, Director
On Kanopy
Scary Movie 2
2001 · Director
On Philo
White Chicks
2004 · Producer, Director
On Kanopy
Scary Movie
2026 · Writer, Producer
On Paramount Plus Premium
Little Man
2006 · Director, Producer
On Philo
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 · Mailman, Producer
On Starz Apple TV channel
Filmography 28
Scary Movie
2026 · Writer, Producer
On Paramount Plus Premium
This Is Stand-Up
2020 · Self
On Paramount Plus Premium
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
2019 · Actor
On Plex
Dying Laughing
2017 · Self
On Plex
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012 · Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012 · Self
Dance Flick
2009 · Mr. Stache, Writer
On MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Self
The Black List: Volume One
2008 · Self
Little Man
2006 · Director, Producer
On Philo
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006 · Writer
White Chicks
2004 · Producer, Director
On Kanopy
Scary Movie 2
2001 · Director
On Philo
Scary Movie
2000 · Slave, Director
On Kanopy
Most Wanted
1997 · Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn, Writer
On Philo
The Glimmer Man
1996 · Jim Campbell
On fuboTV
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 · Mailman, Producer
On Starz Apple TV channel
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994 · Shame, Director
On Philo
The Real Malcolm X
1992 · Actor
The Five Heartbeats
1991 · Writer
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990 · Writer
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · Jack Spade, Director
On Hoopla
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987 · Actor, Writer
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987 · Producer
On fuboTV