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Craig Wayans | |
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| Born | Craig Mikel Wayans March 27, 1976 |
| Occupation | Writer, television producer, actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Craig Mikel Wayans (born March 27, 1976) is an American writer, television producer and actor. He is the nephew of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans Sr., Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans.
Craig was born in New York City, New York to Diedre Wayans, sister to Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Sr., Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. He worked as production assistant on his uncle Damon's film, Major Payne . He helped write the script for Scary Movie 2 . He has also appeared in bit parts in Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) and The Sixth Man (1997). He co-starred in Thugaboo: Miracle on D-Roc's Street (2006) and Dance Flick (2009). He was a regular writer and producer on Damon Wayans' TV sitcom My Wife And Kids , along with Damien Dante Wayans, and Kim Wayans. Craig co-created and co-starred in the 2013 BET TV show Second Generation Wayans with his cousin, Damien Dante Wayans.
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1996 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | Thug #1 |
| 1997 | The Sixth Man | Husky Player |
| 2006 | Thugaboo: Miracle on D-Roc's Street (TV) | Freddie Stickler (voice) |
| 2009 | Dance Flick | Truck |
| 2013 | Second Generation Wayans (TV series) | Himself |
| 2017-18 | Marlon (TV series) | Writer |
| 2018 | Happy Together (TV series) | Writer |
In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Keenen Ivory Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Television and was taped at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans 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 the creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed and/or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987.
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. Wayans performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a year long stint on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.
Marlon Lamont Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Wayans began his career portraying a pedestrian in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988). He went on to regularly collaborate with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999), and in the comedy films Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009). Wayans had a dramatic role in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed film Requiem for a Dream (2000), which saw his departure from the usual comedies.
Kimberly Nichole Wayans is an American actress and comedian. Wayans is the sister of Keenen Ivory, Damon Sr., Marlon, Shawn and Nadia Wayans. She is best known for her numerous roles on the Fox sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990–94), and Tonia Harris on In the House (1995–98).
Shawn Mathis Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Along with his brother Marlon Wayans, he wrote and starred in The WB's sitcom The Wayans Bros.(1995–1999) and in the comedy films Don't Be a Menace (1996), Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009). He made his debut on In Living Color (1990–1993).
White Chicks is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It stars Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans as two FBI agents who go undercover as women by using whiteface to solve a kidnapping plot. The film was theatrically released in the United States on June 23, 2004, and grossed $113.1 million worldwide against a budget of $37 million.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a 1988 American blaxploitation parody film written, directed by, and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans in his directorial debut. Featured in the film are several noteworthy African-American actors who were part of the genre of blaxploitation: Jim Brown, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, and Isaac Hayes. Other actors in the film are Kadeem Hardison, Ja'net Dubois, John Witherspoon, Damon Wayans, Clarence Williams III, and Chris Rock. The film is also the film debut of comedian Robin Harris, who appears as a bartender, and of brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans.
Little Man is a 2006 American comedy film written, produced and directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, and also written and produced by Wayans Brothers Marlon and Shawn Wayans, who also both starred in the lead roles. The film co-stars Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon, Tracy Morgan, Lochlyn Munro, Chazz Palminteri and Molly Shannon. A very short jewel thief hides the proceeds of his latest robbery, and then pretends to be a very large baby in order to retrieve it.
Waynehead is an animated television series created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans and ran from 1996 to 1997 on Kids' WB, and on YTV from 1996 to 1998. It was a co-production of Warner Bros. Animation and Nelvana, with overseas animation by TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation, Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., and Philippine Animation Studio, Inc.
Damien Dante Wayans is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He is a member of the Wayans family.
Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for starring as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012, and as Coach in the Fox sitcom New Girl. In 2014, he starred in the comedy film Let's Be Cops, and provided the voice of Wasabi in Big Hero 6.
Dwayne Howell Wayans is an American writer and film score composer. He is a member of the Wayans family.
Super Bad James Dynomite is a comic book series created by the Wayans Brothers. Mainly Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Keenen Ivory Wayans. The book is about a detective named James Dynomite, who helps the police with crimes in the black community. The book's first story arc featured James battling a white pimp.
Leroy Casey served as DJ for the sketch comedy series In Living Color, from 1991 until 1994. He also appeared in the Keenen Ivory Wayans film A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) as a young police officer, the Wayans Brothers comedy White Chicks (2004) as Tony, along with actor Terry Crews, and in Dance Flick (2009) as the undercover police officer who arrests a student who was freestyling about a murder he committed. Casey, who has been friends with Shawn Wayans since childhood, also appeared with Shawn and Marlon Wayans in a guest appearance in an episode of The WB comedy The Wayans Bros., UPN's In the House, opposite LL Cool J, and ABC-TV crime drama series NYPD Blue.
The Wayans family is an American show-business family. Family members include Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Damon Wayans Sr., Kim Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Damien Dante Wayans, and Chaunté Wayans. Works created by Wayans family members include the Scary Movie film series, The Wayans Bros., In Living Color, White Chicks, My Wife and Kids, and Little Man.
Dance Flick is a 2009 American musical comedy film directed by Damien Dante Wayans in his directorial debut and written by and starring many members of the Wayans family. The film was set for release in the United States on February 6, 2009, and changed to May 22, 2009.
Chaunté Wayans is an American comedian and actress.
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