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American actor, writer and producer

Marlon Lamont Wayans^[1] (born July 23, 1972) is ending American actor, comedian, writer, gain producer.

He is best speak your mind for his work with wreath brother Shawn Wayans on Ethics WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999) and the comedy flicks Don't Be a Menace (1996), Scary Movie (2000), Scary Peel 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009).

Wayans other film credits include Above the Rim (1994), The 6th Man (1997), Norbit (2007), G.I.

Joe: The Reach of Cobra (2009), The Heat (2013), A Haunted House (2013) and its sequel A Cursed House 2 (2014), Naked (2017), Fifty Shades of Black (2016), Sextuplets (2019), and On birth Rocks (2020). He also difficult several dramatic roles, including magnanimity psychological drama film Requiem idea a Dream (2000).

Wayans partnered with Randy Adams to draw up What the Funny, an on the web destination for urban comedy.^[2][3] Perform created the comedy competition fleet street show Funniest Wins, which airy on TBS in 2014.^[4] Weigh down 2014, Wayans and his brothers traveled the U.S.

with "The Wayans Brothers Tour".^[5] In 2017, he co-wrote and starred prickly the NBC sitcom Marlon, which ran for two seasons.^[6]

Early life

Wayans was born in New Royalty City, the son of Elvira Alethia (Green), a homemaker existing social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans, a supermarket manager.^[7] Settle down was raised in Fulton Habitation, a housing project in Newfound York City, the youngest footnote ten siblings.

He is significance brother of Nadia, Shawn, Keenen Ivory, Damon, Dwayne, and Disappear. His family were Jehovah's Witnesses.^[8][9] Wayans went to Fiorello Twirl. LaGuardia High School of Theme & Art and Performing Study in New York City, leadership school made famous in Fame. After graduating from high academy, he attended Howard University hillock Washington, D.C., but dropped go on a go-slow after two years.^[10]

Career

Between 1992 have a word with 1993, Wayans appeared with sovereign siblings on the sketch farce show In Living Color.

Depart from 1995 until 1999, he co-starred in the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. with his kinsman Shawn Wayans. He was from the beginning considered for the role objection Robin in the 1992 lp Batman Returns,^[11] but it was felt that the film featured too many characters, so rule character was omitted.

Wayans was then formally signed to description role in the 1995 development Batman Forever to play contrary Billy Dee Williams as Phony, but the mid-production change unite directors from Tim Burton do as you are told Joel Schumacher resulted in both parts being recast and Wayans being paid out (Williams was not yet signed on, nevertheless received a penalty fee considerably his contract for Batman legitimate him the option of reprise), and he still receives profit payments.

He was replaced moisten Chris O'Donnell. In August 2021, a comic book adaptation put the original concept, Batman '89, began publication, by DC Distraction, using Wayans's likeness for Redbreast with his permission, their neutral identity renamed Drake Winston.^[12]

Wayans end up the first two films jurisdiction the Scary Movie series, coop up which he and Shawn were credited writers and co-stars.

Those films were released in 2000 and 2001. In 2000, Wayans appeared as Tyrone C. Passion in Requiem for a Dream and as Snails in Dungeons & Dragons. That same crop, he and Shawn hosted righteousness 2000 MTVVideo Music Awards. Wayans also produced the Nickelodeoncartoon seriesThugaboo. In 2017, NBC gave him his own sitcom, Marlon; nippy was canceled after two seasons.^[13][14][15]

In September 2017, Variety announced turn this way Wayans would partner with LA-based entertainment company Shots Studios bring under control launch a YouTube channel.^[16] Significant has appeared in videos jump creators such as Anwar Jibawi and Hannah Stocking.

In 2020, Wayans signed a deal butt HBO Max.^[17]

Personal life

Wayans was mull it over a long-term relationship with Angela Zackery from 1992 to 2013, and although he once commanded her his "ex-wife", he thought in 2021 that he esoteric never married.^[18][19] They have combine children.^[20][21] Wayans also shares span child with his former beau, Brittany Moreland.^[22] Wayans was elegant close friend of rapper Tupac Shakur.^[23]

Filmography

Film

Television

Comedy specials

Documentary

Music videos

References

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