Name
Damon Wayans
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-09-04 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, USA
Biography
Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (born September 4, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He's best know for his role as Michael Kyle on the sitcom My Wife and Kids as well as his comedic work on In Living Color.
He performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a year long stint on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. His true breakthrough, however, came as writer and performer on FOX's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990-1992), on his animated series Waynehead (1996-1997), and on his TV series Damon (1998).
Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Beverly Hills Cop, The Last Boy Scout, and Major Payne and the sitcom My Wife and Kids. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the television series Lethal Weapon. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers.
Known For
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Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules ...
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After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestruc...
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Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the priv...
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In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she fi...
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Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey a...
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An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named ...
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Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machi...
- 1988 Earth Girls Are Easy as Zeebo
- 1996 Bulletproof as Rock Keats / Jack Carter
- 1994 Blankman as Darryl Walker
- 1996 Celtic Pride as Lewis Scott
- 2000 Bamboozled as Pierre Delacroix
- 2003 Marci X as Dr. S
- 1992 Mo' Money as Johnny Stewart
- 1991 The Last Boy Scout as James Alexander 'Jimmy' Dix
- 1988 Punchline as Percy
- 2021 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes as Willis Drummond
- 2009 Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Leonard
- 1997 Damon Wayans: Still Standing as Self
- 1991 Damon Wayans: The Last Stand as Self
- 1999 Harlem Aria as Wes
- 2023 Cinnamon as Wally
- 1999 Goosed as Dr. Steven Hamel
- 1988 Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
- 1996 The Great White Hype as James "The Grim Reaper" Roper
- 1990 Look Who's Talking Too as Eddie (voice)
- 2000 Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2000 as Self / Host
- 1989 Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
- 1989 Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
- 1988 Colors as T-Bone
- 2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 Beverly Hills Cop as Banana Man
- 1987 Roxanne as Jerry
- 1993 Last Action Hero as Self
- 2006 Farce of the Penguins as Hey, That's My Ass! Penguin (voice)
- 1987 Hollywood Shuffle as Body Guard #2 / Willie
- 2001 The Making of 'Bamboozled' as Self
- 1986 Triplecross as Ornery Character #1
- 2006 Behind the Smile as Charlie Richman
- 2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
- 2003 ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1995 Major Payne as Major Payne
- 1987 A Different World ( 1 episode ) as Marvin Haven
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2006 The Underground ( 10 episodes )
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1990 In Living Color ( 69 episodes ) as Self - Various Characters
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 The Comedy Store ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1989 One Night Stand ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Damon ( 13 episodes ) as Det. Damon Thomas
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 My Wife and Kids ( 123 episodes ) as Michael Kyle
- 2016 Lethal Weapon ( 55 episodes ) as Roger Murtaugh
- 1992 Terry Wogan's Friday Night ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Poppa's House ( 18 episodes ) as Damon 'Poppa' Fulton
- 2018 Happy Together ( 1 episode ) as Mike
- 2001 Primetime Glick ( 1 episode )
- 2011 Happy Endings ( 1 episode ) as Francis Wililams
- 1992 HBO First Look ( 1 episode )
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Hot Ones Versus ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2025 SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 18 episodes ) as Self - Various Characters
