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Keenen Ivory Wayans
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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Born June 8, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA

13 films

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. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 13

Scary Movie (2026) movie poster
Scary Movie2026
Dance Flick (2009) movie poster
Dance Flick2009
Little Man (2006) movie poster
Little Man2006
White Chicks (2004) movie poster
White Chicks2004
Scary Movie 2 (2001) movie poster
Scary Movie 22001
Scary Movie (2000) movie poster
Scary Movie2000
Most Wanted (1997) movie poster
Most Wanted1997
The Glimmer Man (1996) movie poster
The Glimmer Man1996
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) movie poster
A Low Down Dirty Shame1994
The Five Heartbeats (1991) movie poster
The Five Heartbeats1991
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) movie poster
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka1988
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987) movie poster
Eddie Murphy Raw1987
Hollywood Shuffle (1987) movie poster
Hollywood Shuffle1987