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Keenen Ivory Wayans

Keenen Ivory Wayans
Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958) Career

Performed stand-up comedy at prominent clubs in New York and Los Angeles; appeared in small movie and television roles, early 1980's; co-wrote and co-starred in the movie Hollywood Shuffle, 1987; writer for Eddie Murphy Raw, 1987; directed, wrote and starred in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, 1988; created, co-starred in television show, In Living Color, 1990-92; starred in A Low Down Dirty Shame, 1994, Most Wanted, 1997; starred in late-night talk show The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show, 1997.

Keenan skills as an AmErican actor, comedian, director and writer known as the host and creator of the FOX sketch comedy series In Living Color, which also starred Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, brothers Damon Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans, sister Kim Wayans, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson and featured Rosie Perez. Wayans is the director/creator of Scary Movie, the highest grossing movie ever directed by an African-AmErican.



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Keenen Ivory Wayans - news / articles


  • Judge orders Wayans to pay for cancelled holiday - 27 August 2011
    -Actor/moviemaker Keenen Ivory Wayans has been forced to pay thousands of pounds for a holiday, despite never taking the vacation.-The Scary Movie director booked an expensive trip to South America through a travel agency in January (11), but bailed out of it weeks later.-

Keenen Ivory Wayans - what members say


  • Most Wanted
  • Most Wanted review by from Exmouth, Devon
    Rated - 5.0 stars Keenen Ivory Wayans Best Movie! 31 July 2005
    ...This is by far Keenen Ivory Wayans best movie. It's a political thriller which isn't too taxing on the brain and the hour and a half breezes by because it's so much fun! The Wayan...   Read customer review
  • Scary Movie
  • Scary Movie review by from Essex
    Rated - 1.0 stars Braindead Parody 19 February 2005
    ...adful and unintelligent film, with all the wit and wisdom of a sledgehammer. Keenen Ivory Wayans doesn't so much as direct as let the whole mess plod along in an unrelated and ...   Read customer review

Keenen Ivory Wayans - filmography


  • Little Man
  • Little Man on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Marlon Wayans,  Linden Porco,  Gabriel Pimental
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Calvin (Marlon Wayans)is a diminutive and unquestionably weird-looking jewel thief who poses as a toddler in order to retrieve a diamond he hid with the childless-but-trying couple Daryl and Vanessa (played by Shawn Wayans and Kerry Washington). Hilarity ensues as the movie runs wild with a slew of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 8,952 members
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  • Scary Movie 2
  • Scary Movie 2 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Anna Faris,  Regina Hall,  Shawn Wayans
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    The Wayans brothers scored a surprise monster hit with SCARY MOVIE, and in the advertising for that film they promised "no sequel." So here it is, SCARY MOVIE 2, featuring the return of Shawn and Marlon Wayans as well as Anna Faris and Regina Hall in addition to some new faces added to the gross-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 10,627 members
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  • Scary Movie 2 - Blu-ray
  • Scary Movie 2 - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Anna Faris,  Regina Hall,  Shawn Wayans
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    The Wayans brothers scored a surprise monster hit with SCARY MOVIE, and in the advertising for that film they promised "no sequel." So here it is, SCARY MOVIE 2, featuring the return of Shawn and Marlon Wayans as well as Anna Faris and Regina Hall in addition to some new faces added to the gross-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 117 members
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  • Scary Movie - Blu-ray
  • Scary Movie - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Carmen Electra,  Anna Faris,  Kurt Fuller
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    In the tradition of such genre parodies as AIRPLANE!, THE NAKED GUN, and SPACEBALLS, Keenen Ivory Wayans takes on the teen horror flick with SCARY MOVIE, a campy, riotous send-up of everything from the SCREAM and HALLOWEEN franchises to I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, CARRIE, and THE BLAIR WITCH ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,621 member
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  • Scary Movie
  • Scary Movie on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Carmen Electra,  Anna Faris,  Kurt Fuller
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    In the tradition of such genre parodies as AIRPLANE!, THE NAKED GUN, and SPACEBALLS, Keenen Ivory Wayans takes on the teen horror flick with SCARY MOVIE, a campy, riotous send-up of everything from the SCREAM and HALLOWEEN franchises to I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, CARRIE, and THE BLAIR WITCH ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 12,748 members
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  • Most Wanted
  • Most Wanted on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Eric Roberts,  Robert Culp,  John Diehl
    Director: David Hogan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A dual debut from first-time director Hogan and first-time screenwriter Wayans, who writes himself into a fierce predicament as a decorated Marine whose refusal to carry out a covert mission (assassinating the First Lady, that is) results in his being set up as a murderer. Consequently, he's forced ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 292 members
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  • The Glimmer Man
  • The Glimmer Man on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Steven Seagal,  Keenen Ivory Wayans,  Robert Gunton
    Director: John Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    A string of serial killings in Los Angeles forces the LAPD to call on a specialist from New York: detective Jack Cole, who's dubbed the "Glimmer Man" because he's so fast his targets only see a glimmer of him before they're caught. Teamed up with a reluctant local cop, he uncovers a sinister ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,401 members
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  • I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
  • I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
    Starring: Keenen Ivory Wayans,  Bernie Casey,  Antonio Fargas
    Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This "Blaxploitation" spoof sees a tough team of heroes set out to get Mr. Big, the man responsible for a friend's "OG" (over-gold) from wearing too many chains. Features cameos from such icons of black cinema as Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown and Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 831 members
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Keenen Ivory Wayans facts

5 most recent films

Little Man - 3.0 stars
White Chicks - 3.0 stars
Scary Movie 2 - 3.0 stars
Scary Movie 2 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Scary Movie - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Glimmer Man - 3.0 stars
A Low Down Dirty Shame - 3.0 stars
Scary Movie - 3.0 stars
White Chicks - 3.0 stars
Most Wanted - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Scary Movie 2 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Little Man - 3.0 stars
Scary Movie 2 - 3.0 stars
Scary Movie - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Anna Faris - 9 times - show films
Kurt Fuller - 6 times - show films
Carmen Electra - 6 times - show films
James Van Der Beek - 6 times - show films
Shawn Wayans - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Gray - 2 times - show films
David Hogan - 1 times - show films

Related Articles

  1. 27 Aug 2011
    Judge orders Wayans to pay for cancelled holiday
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    Wayans Brothers facing plagiarism lawsuit

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