Directed credits
5
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.9
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Directed movies: 5Directed 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: 6.58
Wikidata: Q323201
Also known as
Keenen Wayans • Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans
Frequent jobs
Director (5)Writer (8)Producer (2)Creator (1)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.
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Movies
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Movies directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Producer
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987 • Movie
Producer
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 • Movie
Director
White Chicks
2004 • Movie
Writer
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 • Movie
as Comic
Star 80
1983 • Movie
Writer
Scary Movie
2026 • Movie
Director
Scary Movie
2000 • Movie
Director
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 • Movie
Director
Little Man
2006 • Movie
Director
Scary Movie 2
2001 • Movie
Writer
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994 • Movie
as Jim Campbell
The Glimmer Man
1996 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1981 • Series
Executive Producer • 128 eps
In Living Color
1990 • Series
as Customer #1 • 1 eps
Cheers
1982 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Ken Kyle • 1 eps
My Wife and Kids
2001 • Series
as Roberts • 1 eps
CHiPs
1977 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Writer
Scary Movie
2026 • Movie
Director
White Chicks
2004 • Movie
Director
Scary Movie
2000 • Movie
Director
Scary Movie 2
2001 • Movie
Director
Little Man
2006 • Movie
Producer
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 • Movie
Writer
Most Wanted
1997 • Movie
as Jim Campbell
The Glimmer Man
1996 • Movie
Writer
Dance Flick
2009 • Movie
Director
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 • Movie
Producer
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987 • Movie
Writer
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Keenen Ivory Wayans.
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Customer #1 • 1 eps
Cheers
1982 • Series
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1981 • Series
as Professor Lawrence • 1 eps
A Different World
1987 • Series
as Ken Kyle • 1 eps
My Wife and Kids
2001 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Finding Your Roots
2012 • Series
Executive Producer • 128 eps
In Living Color
1990 • Series
as Roberts • 1 eps
CHiPs
1977 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Chris Rock Show
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Inside Comedy
2012 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Writer
Scary Movie
2026 • Movie
Writer
Dance Flick
2009 • Movie
Creator
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006 • Movie
Writer
Most Wanted
1997 • Movie
Producer
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 • Movie
Writer
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994 • Movie
Writer
The Five Heartbeats
1991 • Movie
Writer
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990 • Movie
Writer
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987 • Movie
Producer
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987 • Movie
Writer
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
as Self
This Is Stand-Up
2020 • Movie
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 2
2019 • Movie
as Self
Dying Laughing
2017 • Movie
as Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012 • Movie
as Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012 • Movie
as Mr. Stache
Dance Flick
2009 • Movie
as Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 • Movie
as Self
The Black List: Volume One
2008 • Movie
as Slave
Scary Movie
2000 • Movie
as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn
Most Wanted
1997 • Movie
as Jim Campbell
The Glimmer Man
1996 • Movie
as Mailman
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Keenen Ivory Wayans.
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Finding Your Roots
2012 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Inside Comedy
2012 • Series
as Ken Kyle • 1 eps
My Wife and Kids
2001 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Chris Rock Show
1997 • Series
as Self - Various Characters • 102 eps
In Living Color
1990 • Series
as Professor Lawrence • 1 eps
A Different World
1987 • Series
as Customer #1 • 1 eps
Cheers
1982 • Series
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1981 • Series
as Roberts • 1 eps
CHiPs
1977 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series