Directed credits
6
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Acting
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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 17
TMDB ID: 35689
IMDb ID: nm0005540
Known for: Acting
Born: June 8, 1958
Age: 68
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2026
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.59
Wikidata: Q323201
Also known as
Keenen Wayans • Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans
Frequent jobs
Director (6)Writer (8)Producer (2)Executive Producer (1)
Biography
Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (/ˈweɪ.ənz/ WAY-ənz; born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first came to prominence as the host and creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. Most of his films have included him and one or more of his 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keenen Ivory Wayans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Photos
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Little Man
Director
2006 Movie
White Chicks
Director
2004 Movie
Scary Movie 2
Director
2001 Movie
Scary Movie
Director
2000 Movie
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Director
1994 Movie
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Director
1988 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Eddie Murphy Raw
Producer
1987 Movie
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Producer
1996 Movie
White Chicks
Director
2004 Movie
Hollywood Shuffle
Writer
1987 Movie
Star 80
as Comic
1983 Movie
Scary Movie
Director
2000 Movie
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Director
1988 Movie
Scary Movie
Writer
2026 Movie
Little Man
Director
2006 Movie
Scary Movie 2
Director
2001 Movie
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Director
1994 Movie
The Glimmer Man
as Jim Campbell
1996 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
In Living Color
Executive Producer • 128 eps
1990 Series
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
1981 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 3 eps
1962 Series
Cheers
as Customer #1 • 1 eps
1982 Series
My Wife and Kids
as Ken Kyle • 1 eps
2001 Series
CHiPs
as Roberts • 1 eps
1977 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Scary Movie
Writer
2026 Movie
White Chicks
Director
2004 Movie
Scary Movie 2
Director
2001 Movie
Scary Movie
Director
2000 Movie
Little Man
Director
2006 Movie
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Producer
1996 Movie
Most Wanted
Writer
1997 Movie
Dance Flick
Writer
2009 Movie
The Glimmer Man
as Jim Campbell
1996 Movie
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Director
1988 Movie
Star 80
as Comic
1983 Movie
Eddie Murphy Raw
Producer
1987 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 3 eps
1962 Series
Cheers
as Customer #1 • 1 eps
1982 Series
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
1981 Series
A Different World
as Professor Lawrence • 1 eps
1987 Series
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
My Wife and Kids
as Ken Kyle • 1 eps
2001 Series
In Living Color
Executive Producer • 128 eps
1990 Series
CHiPs
as Roberts • 1 eps
1977 Series
The Chris Rock Show
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
Inside Comedy
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Scary Movie
Writer
2026 Movie
Dance Flick
Writer
2009 Movie
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
Writer
2006 Movie
Most Wanted
Writer
1997 Movie
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Producer
1996 Movie
The Five Heartbeats
Writer
1991 Movie
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Writer
1990 Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Writer
1987 Movie
Eddie Murphy Raw
Producer
1987 Movie
Hollywood Shuffle
Writer
1987 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
In Living Color
Executive Producer • 128 eps
1990 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
This Is Stand-Up
as Self
2020 Movie
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
2019 Movie
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017 Movie
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
2012 Movie
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
2012 Movie
Dance Flick
as Mr. Stache
2009 Movie
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009 Movie
The Black List: Volume One
as Self
2008 Movie
Scary Movie
as Slave
2000 Movie
Most Wanted
as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
1997 Movie
The Glimmer Man
as Jim Campbell
1996 Movie
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
as Mailman
1996 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
Finding Your Roots
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
Inside Comedy
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
My Wife and Kids
as Ken Kyle • 1 eps
2001 Series
The Chris Rock Show
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
In Living Color
as Self - Various Characters • 102 eps
1990 Series
A Different World
as Professor Lawrence • 1 eps
1987 Series
Cheers
as Customer #1 • 1 eps
1982 Series
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
1981 Series
CHiPs
as Roberts • 1 eps
1977 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 3 eps
1962 Series