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Keenen Ivory Wayans
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor, Show Creator Born: June 8, 1958 in New York City, NY Biography:The second-oldest child of the Wayans Brothers comic dynasty (brother of Damon, Marlon, Shawn, "Kim", and Dwayne Wayans), "renaissance" man Keenen Ivory Wayans retains the highest profile among his siblings as a director and entrepreneur, and claims a brief but spectacular career, which qualifies him as a bona fide role model to young African-Americans interested in carving like paths in comedy or entertainment. A graduate of the Tuskegee Institute, Wayans entered the comic arena in the mid-'80s by stepping up to the mike and honing his stand-up act, but he later branched out into movies, by scripting the low-budget black satire "Hollywood Shuffle" (1987) and the aptly-titled comedy vehicle Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987), both for director pal Robert Townsend. Wayans broke through to a larger audience with "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" (1988), a rollicking parody of 1970s blaxploitation flicks which he directed,... Full Biography
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