Damon Wayans

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.

Works

Lethal Weapon

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

Release Date2016-09-21

Charactersd Roger Murtaugh

Episode Count55

Vote Count765

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. As he teaches his three children some of life's lessons, he does so with his own brand of humor.

Release Date2001-03-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Michael Kyle

Episode Count13

Vote Count496

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 of talent, including Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier and Tommy Davidson.

Release Date1990-04-15

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Self - Various Characters

Episode Count[ 69 ]

Vote Count122

A Different World

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities.

Release Date1987-09-24

Charactersd Marvin Haven

Episode Count1

Vote Count66

Happy Endings

A fresh and funny take on modern friendship and what one urban family will do to stay friends after the perfect couple who brought them all together break up on their wedding day. The failed wedding forces them all to question their life choices. Then there are Alex and Dave themselves, who strike a truce and must learn to live with the changes their breakup has brought.

Release Date2011-04-13

Charactersd Francis Wililams

Episode Count1

Vote Count192

Happy Together

A thirty-something couple, tired of their mundane life, starts to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop star, who is drawn to their super-normal suburban life, moves in.

Release Date2018-10-01

Charactersd Mike

Episode Count1

Vote Count27

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 when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

Release Date1984-12-05

Charactersd Banana Man

Vote Count4346

The Last Boy Scout

When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.

Release Date1991-12-13

Charactersd James Alexander 'Jimmy' Dix

Vote Count1996

Major Payne

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.

Release Date1995-03-24

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Maj. Benson Payne

Vote Count835

Damon

Two brothers, one a bachelor and undercover detective, the other a married rent-a-cop are reunited in Chicago. Things come easily to Damon Thomas, a clever, but incorrect undercover cop.

Release Date1998-03-22

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Det. Damon Thomas

Episode Count[ 13 ]

Vote Count1

Colors

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

Release Date1988-04-15

Charactersd T-Bone

Vote Count496

Poppa's House

Legendary talk radio host and happily divorced Poppa has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son, a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband.

Release Date2024-10-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Damon 'Poppa' Fulton

Episode Count2

Vote Count20

Bulletproof

An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.

Release Date1996-09-06

Charactersd Rock Keats / Jack Carter

Vote Count600

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, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.

Release Date1990-12-14

Charactersd Eddie (voice)

Vote Count1414

Earth Girls Are Easy

In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.

Release Date1988-09-08

Charactersd Zeebo

Vote Count388

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 searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.

Release Date1996-05-03

Charactersd James "The Grim Reaper" Roper

Vote Count100

Roxanne

In this modern take on Edmond Rostand's classic play "Cyrano de Bergerac," C. D. Bales is the witty, intelligent, and brave fire chief of a small Pacific Northwest town who, due to the size of his enormous nose, declines to pursue the girl of his dreams, lovely Roxanne Kowalski. Instead, when his shy underling Chris McConnell becomes smitten with Roxanne, C.D. feeds the handsome young man the words of love to win her heart.

Release Date1987-06-19

Charactersd Jerry

Vote Count643

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 on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.

Release Date1988-11-10

Charactersd Leonard

Vote Count197

Blankman

Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a method to make his clothes bulletproof, he decides to use his skills to be the lowest budgeted superhero of all.

Release Date1994-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Darryl Walker

Vote Count185

Mo' Money

Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...

Release Date1992-07-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Johnny Stewart

Vote Count141

Cinnamon

Follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant and aspiring singer, Jodi Jackson, whose life is sent into a tailspin when there’s a robbery at work.

Release Date2023-06-11

Charactersd Wally

Vote Count14

Bamboozled

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

Release Date2000-10-06

Charactersd Pierre Delacroix

Vote Count141

Punchline

Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.

Release Date1988-10-07

Charactersd Percy

Vote Count143

Celtic Pride

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

Release Date1996-04-19

Charactersd Lewis Scott

Vote Count140

Hollywood Shuffle

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.

Release Date1987-03-20

Charactersd Body Guard #2 / Willie

Vote Count95

The Underground

The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the show as "In Living Color on steroids." In fact the show features raunchy, sexist, and racist behavior, and as Wayans states in his opening monologue, "We decided to test the limits." The description of the show information is "The future of comedy is here in Damon Wayan's hilarious and uninhibited comedy sketch show where no topic or taboo goes unturned." This mistakenly gives his last name as Wayan, rather than Wayans. Some of the notable continuing sketches and characters in the show are: ⁕Protest Stripper

Release Date2006-09-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

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”.

Release Date2021-12-07

Charactersd Willis Drummond

Vote Count5

Marci X

A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.

Release Date2003-08-22

Charactersd Dr. S

Vote Count58

Farce of the Penguins

In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what might happen this year. Carl, Jimmy, and the other males make the long trek talking about food, fornication and flatulence. Until this year, Carl's sex life has been dismal, but he falls hard for Melissa. She seems to like him. A crisis develops when Jimmy comes upon something soft in the dark. Can friends forgive? Does parenthood await Carl and Melissa?

Release Date2006-12-01

Charactersd Hey, That's My Ass! Penguin (voice)

Vote Count51

Goosed

Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's psychic predicts that her future lover is named Steven, she heads to L.A. to search for him.

Release Date1999-09-28

Charactersd Dr. Steven Hamel

Vote Count9

Harlem Aria

An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted hustler to share his voice with the world, and teaches his two newfound friends the importance of taking your destiny into your own hands. Anton (Gabriel Casseus) lives in Harlem with his aunt. He dreams of moving to Italy and becoming a famous opera singer, and though he's been blessed with a magnificent singing voice, his passion has made him an outsider in his neighborhood. Running away from home, Anton meets passionate street pianist Matthew (Christian Carmago) and together the two begin drawing large, appreciate crowds on the street. Working the crowd as they do their thing is Wes (Damon Wayans), whose natural charm always gets the cash flowing. And while life on the streets is never easy, Anton, Matthew, and Wes soon discover that by following their dreams, they may find a means of transforming their lives forever.

Release Date1999-03-05

Charactersd Wes

Vote Count8

Triplecross

Three cops become instant millionaires after saving a rich crime victim. They retire from the force and use their money to become flamboyant private detectives. They get involved in cases involving the death of an artist, underworld figures, blackmail and a fix on baseball games.

Release Date1986-07-03

Charactersd Ornery Character #1

Vote Count5

Behind the Smile

A young stand-up comedian finds his burgeoning career threatened when he teams with a veteran comedy superstar.

A series of stand-up comedy specials.

Release Date1989-02-15

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count9

Hot Ones Versus

Welcome to Hot Ones Versus! On this brand new, Hot Ones spinoff series, guests have two choices: Tell the truth, or suffer the wrath of the Last Dab. Whoever eats the most wings, loses!

Release Date2024-01-31

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Release Date1992-10-09

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

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. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

Release Date1996-06-10

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count16

Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

Release Date2013-04-23

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count61

Release Date2001-04-17

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

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 the world's most beautiful super-models as well as top athletes and their significant others. So sit back and enjoy the journey.

Release Date2000-07-04

Charactersd Self / Host

Rodney

In the middle of real, everyday America, Rodney Hamilton's life revolves around two things: His family and his thankless job at a fiberglass plant..

Release Date2004-09-21

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Waynehead

Ten-Year-Old Damien "Damey" Wayne, living with little money, tries to deal with life as a pre-adolescent.

Release Date1996-10-19

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Vote Count2

413 Hope St.

413 Hope Street is the physical address of a crisis center, catering to inner city youth and their families. The doctors, surgeons, psychologists, and social workers work together to provide the best possible support to anyone walking in their door.

Release Date1997-09-11

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count10

HBO First Look

HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in 1992 with a documentary on A League of Their Own starring Tom Hanks, and still airs today. The series shows behind-the-scenes looks at the filming and interviews with the actors. The show is part documentary and part advertisement. It airs on HBO with no set schedule.

Release Date1992-06-12

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Primetime Glick

Talk-show parody featuring obese host Jiminy Glick, who usually knows nothing about his guests and hurls veiled insults at them during his interviews.

Release Date2001-06-20

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

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 second riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Sinbad, David Allen Grier and Damon Wayans also star.

Release Date1988-09-24

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 fourth and final volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Franklin Ajaye, Reynaldo Rey, John Witherspoon and musical guest M.C. Hammer also star.

Release Date1989-09-16

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 third riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Robin Harris, Tommy Davidson, Shawn Wayans and musical guest Bobby Brown also star.

Release Date1989-05-20