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My Take
Damon Wayans strikes me as the engine room of the Wayans dynasty. Plenty of comedians can perform; far fewer can write, produce, and build shows that showcase an entire family of talent, and that architectural side of his career is what I admire most. In Living Color changed the texture of American sketch comedy, and his fingerprints are all over it. As a performer, his sweet spot is the tough exterior hiding genuine warmth — Major Payne is basically that idea stretched into a whole film. Even his brief Saturday Night Live stint tells me something: he was never built to borrow someone else's stage, only to own his.
Overview
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. ( 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Damon Wayans
- Name (Japanese)
- デイモン・ウェイアンズ
- Reading
- でいもん・うぇいあんず
- Born
- September 4, 1960 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- comedian / screenwriter / television actor / film actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Murry Bergtraum High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Major Payne | — | |
| Notable work | Bulletproof | — | |
| Notable work | The Last Boy Scout | — | |
| Notable work | My Wife and Kids | — | |
| Notable work | In Living Color | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.