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Keenen Ivory Wayans, 2007
A member of the talented and successful Wayans family -- five of his siblings have show-business careers -- Keenen Ivory Wayans (born 1958) is an actor, comedian, writer, and director. He dropped out of Tuskegee University as a senior to become a comedian.
He transitioned to acting, appearing in bit parts on television shows such as Cheers, but had his breakthrough when he became the leading actor and creator of the Fox series In Living Color (1990–94). This comedy was a showpiece not only for Wayans but for other up-and-coming comedians such as Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx. Wayans directed and acted in Scary Movie (2000), a spoof of the horror/slasher genre; it is the highest-grossing film directed by an African American. |