Damon Wayans
Actor
- Born
- September 4, 1960 (age 66) · Harlem, New York, USA
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (born September 4, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He's best know for his role as Michael Kyle on the sitcom My Wife and Kids as well as his comedic work on In Living Color.
He performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a year long stint on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. His true breakthrough, however, came as writer and performer on FOX's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990-1992), on his animated series Waynehead (1996-1997), and on his TV series Damon (1998).
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Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Beverly Hills Cop, The Last Boy Scout, and Major Payne and the sitcom My Wife and Kids. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the television series Lethal Weapon. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers.
Known for
Beverly Hills Cop
December 5, 1984
Last Action Hero
June 18, 1993
The Last Boy Scout
December 13, 1991
Look Who's Talking Too
December 14, 1990
Major Payne
March 24, 1995
Roxanne
June 19, 1987
Bulletproof
September 6, 1996
Colors
April 15, 1988
Earth Girls Are Easy
September 8, 1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
November 10, 1988
Blankman
August 19, 1994
Bamboozled
October 6, 2000
Acting36
- 2023Cinnamon as Wally
- 2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes as Willis Drummond
- 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self (archive footage)
- 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 2006Farce of the Penguins as Hey, That's My Ass! Penguin (voice)
- 2006Behind the Smile as Charlie Richman
- 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
- 2003Marci X as Dr. S
- 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2001