Biography

Part of a family that includes acclaimed comic talents Keenen Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Kim Wayans, Damon Wayans has come to the fore as an actor, producer and writer. Like John Belushi, Eddie Murphy and Bill Murray before him, Wayans graduated from the cast of Saturday Night Live to a film career. He went on establish his own gifts of charm, physical comedy and merciless satire in such films as Roxanne, Hollywood Shuffle, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Colors and Earth Girls Are Easy.
In 1990, he joined his brothers and a multi-racial cast (including his Bamboozled co-star Tommy Davidson) in the ground-breaking television variety-comedy show In Living Color. He went on to write and star in the comedy romance Mo Money, the superhero send-up Blank Man and the 1995 drill sergeant comedy Major Payne.

Wayans has also been seen in The Great White Hype, Celtic Pride, Bulletproof, and most recently Goosed. On television, he was the star and producer of his own series, Damon.

Wayans will next be seen in November 2000 in a feature film titled Harlem Aria, and as the lead character on ABC's new sitcom My Wife N Kids, which he also writes and produces.

Filmography

Marci X (2003) .... Dr. Snatchcatcher
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002) (TV) .... Himself (presenter)
Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (2002) (TV) .... Himself
Making of 'Bamboozled', The (2001) (V)
My VH1 Music Awards (2001) (TV) .... Presenter
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, The (2001) (TV)(uncredited) (archive footage) .... Michael Kyle
"My Wife and Kids" (2001) TV Series .... Michael Kyle
All Jokes Aside (2000) .... Himself
Intimate Portrait: Robin Givens (2000) (TV) .... Himself
Bamboozled (2000) .... Pierre Delacroix, formerly Peerless Dothan
Goosed (1999/I) .... Dr. Steven Hamel
Harlem Aria (1999) .... Wes
"Damon" (1998) TV Series .... Himself
Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996) (TV) .... Gimself
Bulletproof (1996) .... Keats/Jack Carter
Great White Hype, The (1996) .... James 'The Grim Reaper' Roper
Celtic Pride (1996) .... Lewis Scott
Major Payne (1995) .... Major Payne
Blankman (1994) .... Darryl Walker
Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993) (TV)(archive footage) .... Himself/Minister Louis Farrakan
Last Action Hero (1993) .... Cameo appearance
1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV) .... Himself/Presenter
Mo' Money (1992) .... Johnny Stewart
Last Boy Scout, The (1991) .... James Alexander 'Jimmy/Jim' Dix
"In Living Color" (1990) TV Series .... Various (1990-1992)
Damon Wayans: The Last Stand? (1990) (TV) .... Himself
Look Who's Talking Too (1990)(voice) .... Eddie
"One Night Stand" (1989) TV Series .... Himself
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) .... Zeebo
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) .... Leonard
Punchline (1988) .... Percy
Colors (1988) .... T-Bone
Roxanne (1987) .... Jerry
Hollywood Shuffle (1987) .... Body Guard #2/Willie
... aka Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle (1987) (USA: video title)
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) TV Series .... Himself (1985-1986)
... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" (1975) (USA)
... aka "SNL 25" (2000) (USA: new title)
... aka "SNL" (1975)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 80" (1980) (USA: new title)
... aka "Saturday Night" (1975)
Triplecross (1985) (TV) .... Ornery Character #1
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) .... Banana Salesman