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Damon Wayans Biography
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| Name : | Damon Wayans |
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Profession :
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Actor
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Birth Details :
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born September 4, 1960
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Birth name :
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Damon Kyle Wayans
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Height :
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6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Spouse :
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Lisa Thorner (24 April 1984 - 21 May 2000) (divorced) 4 children
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Damon Wayans Trivia
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- Brother of Dwayne Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kim Wayans, Nadia Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. Also has sisters Elvira, Diedre, and Vonnie. Cousin of Craig Wayans. Uncle of Damien Wayans.
- Children: Damon Wayans Jr. (b. 1982), Michael Wayans (b. 1985), Cara Mia Wayans (b. 1987), and Kyla Wayans (b. 1991).
- Along with co-stars Jeff Goldblum and Jim Carrey, his voice was dubbed in certain scenes for "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988).
- While filming "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988), it took approximately two and a half hours for him and co-stars Jeff Goldblum and Jim Carrey to be suited up as the aliens.
- Michael Kyle, his character on "My Wife and Kids" (2001), was ranked #27 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
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Damon Wayans Detailed Biography
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Damon Wayans (born September 4, 1960), one of the Wayans brothers, was a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who began his career as a stand-up comic in 1982. He was briefly on Saturday Night Live as a featured performer, before getting fired for not playing his character as scripted.
He went on to do In Living Color from 1990 to 1992, part of a team that was nominated for Emmy Awards all three years.
He produced Waynehead, a cartoon for the WB, loosely based on his own childhood growing up in a large family, starring a poor boy with a clubfoot. It only lasted a season.
From 2001 until 2005, Wayans starred in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids. Before that, he starred in the films Major Payne and The Great White Hype.
In 1999 his New York Times bestselling book Bootleg was published; it is a humorous compilation of his observations about family, children, marriage, and politics.
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