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Mini Bio. A tall (6'2"), sly, cueball-domed comedian of film and television satire, Damon Wayans hit outrageous 90's TV stardom playing various wise guys and streetwise slick characters on older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans ' landmark, black-oriented TV sketch comedy In Living Color (1990). The show was pretty much a family act and it made Damon ...
- September 4, 1960
Damon Kyle Wayans, Sr. is an American film actor, producer and writer belonging to the Wayans family of entertainers. He began his career by doing stand-up comedy and started gaining popularity with his performance in the American TV sketch comedy series ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the 1980s.
Damon Wayans is most fondly remembered for his three seasons as writer and co-star on the Emmy® Award-winning series In Living Color. There, he created sketch characters like “Homey the Clown,” “Handiman” and outrageously gay film critic Blaine from “Men on Film” household names.
Born on September 4, 1960, in New York City, Wayans was the third of ten children of Elvira Alethia (Green), a social worker and singer, and Howell Wayans, a supermarket manager. The children grew up humbly in the Fulton Housing Projects and Damon began zeroing in on his innate comedic skills while still a child by conjuring up weird characters.
- Writer, Actor, Producer
- September 4, 1960
- 2 min
Born. November 18, 1982 · Huntington, Vermont, USA. Birth name. Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. Height. 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) Mini Bio. Damon Wayans Jr. was born at his grandmother's home in Vermont, in November 1982, and was raised in Los Angeles. He is the son of Lisa Thorner and actor Damon Wayans.
- Actor, Writer, Additional Crew
- November 18, 1982
Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. is an American actor, comedian, and writer, best recognised for his roles in television series ‘Happy Endings’ and ‘New Girl.’ Coming from the noted ‘Wayans Family’ and being the son of American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer Damon Wayans, Wayans Jr. forayed into acting as a child.
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. ( / ˈdeɪmən ˈweɪ.ənz /; born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a year-long stint on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.
