Damon Wayans
American comedian, writer, and actor (born 1960)
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- 1960-09-04
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- Celtic Pride
- Lethal weapon
- Bootleg
- Red hats
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Acting · 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…
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- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- Poppa's House — Damon 'Poppa' Fulton2024
- Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
- Cinnamon — Wally2023
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes — Willis Drummond2021
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Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (/ˈdeɪmən ˈweɪ.ənz/ DAY-mən WAY-ənz; born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. A member of the Wayans family of entertainers, Damon performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a brief stint on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. He later joined his family on Fox's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990–1992), and wrote and performed on his own animated series Waynehead (1996–1997) and live-action series Damon (1998). Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Mo' Money, The Last Boy Scout, Major Payne, Bulletproof, and the sitcoms My Wife and Kids and Poppa's House, the latter featuring his son Damon Wayans Jr. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the Fox television series Lethal Weapon.
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