Damon Wayans

Q: Has Damon Wayans won any awards?

Damon Wayans has received several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his work on 'In Living Color' and a NAACP Image Award for 'My Wife and Kids.'

Q: What was Damon Wayans' first film?

Damon Wayans made his film debut in 'Beverly Hills Cop' in 1984, where he played a minor role that helped launch his career in Hollywood.

Q: What is Damon Wayans Jr. known for?

Damon Wayans Jr. is known for his roles in 'Happy Endings' and 'New Girl.' He is also a comedian and actor, following in his father's footsteps.

Q: What is Damon Wayans' estimated net worth?

Damon Wayans' estimated net worth is approximately $35 million, attributed to his successful career in comedy, acting, and writing.

Q: How many children does Damon Wayans have?

Damon Wayans has four children: Damon Wayans Jr., Cara Mia Wayans, Kyla Wayans, and Michael Wayans, all of whom are involved in the entertainment industry.

Q: What genre does Damon Wayans typically work in?

Damon Wayans is primarily known for his work in comedy, though he has also taken on dramatic roles in films and television, showcasing his versatility as an actor.

Q: Is Damon Wayans involved in any current projects?

Damon Wayans continues to work in the entertainment industry, with ongoing projects in television and film, including recent appearances in various comedy specials.

Known for

Major Payne (1995)

IMDb 6.3 / 10

1995 / Adventure, Comedy / 95 min

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer...

Lethal Weapon (1987)

IMDb 7.6 / 10

1987 / Action, Crime / 109 min

Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death...

Name

Damon Wayans

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

4 September 1960, New York City, New York, USA

Spouses

Lisa Thorner (1982–2000)

Children

4 (Damon Wayans Jr., Cara Mia Wayans, Kyla Wayans, and Michael Wayans)

Parents

Damon Wayans Sr., Elvira Wayans

Estimated Net Worth

$35 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	TV SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night This docuseries explores the iconic Saturday Night Live, showcasing the audition process, writing, infamous sketches, and the pivotal 11th season...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2024	TV Poppa's House Legendary talk radio host and happily divorced Poppa has his point of view challenged at work when a new female...	Damon 'Poppa' Fulton	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2024	TV Hot Ones Versus Welcome to Hot Ones Versus! On this brand new, Hot Ones spinoff series, guests have two choices: Tell the truth,...	Self	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2023	Movie Cinnamon Follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant and aspiring singer, Jodi Jackson, whose life is sent into a tailspin when...	Wally	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	TV Sherri Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2021	Movie Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.	Willis Drummond	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2020	TV The Comedy Store This documentary series brings to life the legends, heartbreak and history created at iconic L.A. club The Comedy Store, which...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2018	TV Happy Together A thirty-something couple, tired of their mundane life, starts to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop...	Mike	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	TV Lethal Weapon A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with...	Roger Murtaugh	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	TV Happy Endings A fresh and funny take on modern friendship and what one urban family will do to stay friends after the...	Francis Wililams	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2006	Movie Farce of the Penguins In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of...	Hey, That's My Ass! Penguin (voz)	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2006	TV The Underground The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the...	Unknown character	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2006	Movie Behind the Smile A young stand-up comedian finds his burgeoning career threatened when he teams with a veteran comedy superstar.	Charlie Richman	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2005	Movie Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found Following the departure of the show's original cast and creator after five seasons, SNL in the '80s is a look...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2003	Movie Marci X Marci Feld, a pampered Jewish-American Princess, doesn’t know about rap or the business world. But everything changes after rapper Dr....	Dr. S	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2003	Movie ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration A retrospective of the 50-year history of the American Broadcasting Company, showcasing clips from past shows and current programs.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2001	TV Primetime Glick Talk-show parody featuring obese host Jiminy Glick, who usually knows nothing about his guests and hurls veiled insults at them...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2001	Movie The Making of 'Bamboozled' A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Spike Lee's satirical take on the American entertainment industry.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Michael Kyle	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2000	Movie Bamboozled Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in...	Pierre Delacroix	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2000 Damon Wayans and Estella Warren, are your hosts for the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Along the way you'll see...	Self / Host	Not rated
1999	Movie Goosed Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's...	Dr. Steven Hamel	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1999	TV Teen Choice Awards The Teen Choice Awards is a teen awards show presented annually by Fox. The first awards were held in 1999....	Self - Presenter	TMDB 9.1 / 10
1999	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until 2004. Kilborn left The Daily...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1999	Movie Harlem Aria An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted hustler to share his voice...	Wes	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1998	TV Damon Two brothers, one a bachelor and undercover detective, the other a married rent-a-cop are reunited in Chicago. Things come easily...	Det. Damon Thomas	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	Movie Damon Wayans: Still Standing Emmy-nominated comedian Damon Wayans, who's perhaps best known for his work on the groundbreaking comedy sketch show "In Living Color,"...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1996	Movie Bulletproof An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid...	Rock Keats / Jack Carter	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1996	Movie The Great White Hype When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he...	James "The Grim Reaper" Roper	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1996	Movie Celtic Pride Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.	Lewis Scott	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1995	Movie Major Payne Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the...	Maj. Benson Payne	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1994	Movie Blankman Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a...	Darryl Walker	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	Movie Last Action Hero After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1992	TV Terry Wogan's Friday Night	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1992	Movie Mo' Money Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in...	Johnny Stewart	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	TV HBO First Look HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1992	TV The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1991	Movie The Last Boy Scout Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired...	James Alexander 'Jimmy' Dix	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1991	Movie Damon Wayans: The Last Stand Damon Wayans is stand-up comedy at its best! He will make you laugh out loud as he talks about kids,...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	Movie Look Who's Talking Too Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister,...	Eddie (voice)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1990	TV In Living Color Created by stars Keenen Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans, this Emmy-winning sketch series offers cutting-edge satire and features a host...	Self - Various Characters	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1989	Movie Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This...	Unknown character	Not rated
1989	Movie Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This...	Unknown character	Not rated
1989	TV One Night Stand A series of stand-up comedy specials.	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1988	Movie I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war...	Leonard	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1988	Movie Punchline Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an...	Percy	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1988	Movie Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This...	Unknown character	Not rated
1988	Movie Earth Girls Are Easy In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens...	Zeebo	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	Movie Colors A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles,...	T-Bone	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1987	TV A Different World A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life...	Marvin Haven	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1987	Movie Roxanne In this modern take on Edmond Rostand's classic play "Cyrano de Bergerac," C. D. Bales is the witty, intelligent, and...	Jerry	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1987	Movie Hollywood Shuffle Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in...	Body Guard #2 / Willie	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1986	Movie Triplecross Three cops become instant millionaires after saving a rich crime victim. They retire from the force and use their money...	Ornery Character #1	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1984	Movie Beverly Hills Cop Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but...	Banana Man	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Various Characters	TMDB 6.9 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	TV Poppa's House Legendary talk radio host and happily divorced Poppa has his point of view challenged at work when a new female...	Creator Creator	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2024	TV Poppa's House Legendary talk radio host and happily divorced Poppa has his point of view challenged at work when a new female...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2024	TV Poppa's House Legendary talk radio host and happily divorced Poppa has his point of view challenged at work when a new female...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2006	TV The Underground The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the...	Producer Production	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2006	TV The Underground The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the...	Creator Creator	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2006	TV The Underground The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the...	Writer Writing	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2006	TV The Underground The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the...	Director Directing	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2006	Movie Behind the Smile A young stand-up comedian finds his burgeoning career threatened when he teams with a veteran comedy superstar.	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2006	Movie Behind the Smile A young stand-up comedian finds his burgeoning career threatened when he teams with a veteran comedy superstar.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2006	Movie Behind the Smile A young stand-up comedian finds his burgeoning career threatened when he teams with a veteran comedy superstar.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2004	TV Rodney In the middle of real, everyday America, Rodney Hamilton's life revolves around two things: His family and his thankless job...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2001	TV My Wife and Kids Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style....	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1998	TV Damon Two brothers, one a bachelor and undercover detective, the other a married rent-a-cop are reunited in Chicago. Things come easily...	Creator Creator	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1997	TV 413 Hope St. 413 Hope Street is the physical address of a crisis center, catering to inner city youth and their families. The...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	TV 413 Hope St. 413 Hope Street is the physical address of a crisis center, catering to inner city youth and their families. The...	Creator Creator	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	Movie Damon Wayans: Still Standing Emmy-nominated comedian Damon Wayans, who's perhaps best known for his work on the groundbreaking comedy sketch show "In Living Color,"...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1996	TV Waynehead Ten-Year-Old Damien "Damey" Wayne, living with little money, tries to deal with life as a pre-adolescent.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	TV Waynehead Ten-Year-Old Damien "Damey" Wayne, living with little money, tries to deal with life as a pre-adolescent.	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Major Payne Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1995	Movie Major Payne Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1994	Movie Blankman Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1994	Movie Blankman Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1994	Movie Blankman Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a...	Story Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	Movie Mo' Money Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	Movie Mo' Money Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1991	Movie Damon Wayans: The Last Stand Damon Wayans is stand-up comedy at its best! He will make you laugh out loud as he talks about kids,...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	TV In Living Color Created by stars Keenen Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans, this Emmy-winning sketch series offers cutting-edge satire and features a host...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.6 / 10

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2021 / TMDB 7.5

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2013 / TMDB 7.0

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2009 / TMDB 8.0

Farce of the Penguins

2006 / TMDB 4.2

Behind the Smile

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