Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans
Damon Kyle Wayans, Sr. is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer, and member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a yearlong stint on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, although his true breakthrough came as a co-creator and performer on his own sketch comedy show, In Living Color, from 1990 to 1992. Since then he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth18 November 1982
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone.
There are many different kinds of comedians ... the observational humorist, the impressionist, the character creator, the physical comedian, the self-deprecator, the dirty-joke teller. What made Richard so brilliant is he was able to incorporate all these styles at once.
I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me.
Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.
Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.