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Acting

Damon Wayans

Career: Active from 1988 to 2024, busiest in 1996 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 16
top three billing

Average score: 49/100

Highest rated: My Wife and Kids
76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Damon Wayans Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.4, average 2.6
Psychological
3.5, average 5.5
Melancholy
2.7, average 4.7
Tension
4.2, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
90s Nostalgia 3
Social Commentary 3
Underdog Story 2
Physical Comedy 2
Feel-Good Movie 2
Fast-Paced 2
Absurdist Humor 2
Male Bonding 2
Situational Humor 2
Family Sitcom 2
Romantic Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 72

Poppa's House

67

TV show · as Damon 'Poppa' Fulton

Cinnamon

75

as Wally

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

76

as Willis Drummond

2010s

3 titles · average score 66

Happy Together

57

TV show · as Mike

Lethal Weapon

73

TV show · as Roger Murtaugh

Happy Endings

68

TV show · as Francis Wililams

2000s

7 titles · average score 43

The Underground

11

TV show · Director, Producer

Behind the Smile

as Charlie Richman

Farce of the Penguins

39

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

Marci X

24

as Dr. S

My Wife and Kids

76

TV show · as Michael Kyle

Primetime Glick

49

TV show

Bamboozled

61

as Pierre Delacroix

1990s

14 titles · average score 42

Goosed

26

as Dr. Steven Hamel

Harlem Aria

31

as Wes

Damon

75

TV show · as Det. Damon Thomas

Damon Wayans: Still Standing

Writer

Bulletproof

37

as Rock Keats / Jack Carter

Celtic Pride

28

as Lewis Scott

Major Payne

48

as Major Payne

Blankman

31

as Darryl Walker

Mo' Money

35

as Johnny Stewart

The Last Boy Scout

59

as James Alexander 'Jimmy' Dix

Damon Wayans: The Last Stand

Writer

Look Who's Talking Too

29

as Eddie (voice)

1980s

9 titles · average score 64

Earth Girls Are Easy

60

as Zeebo

Punchline

55

as Percy

Colors

68

as T-Bone

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

61

as Leonard

A Different World

47

TV show · as Marvin Haven

Roxanne

73

as Jerry

Hollywood Shuffle

75

as Body Guard #2 / Willie

Triplecross

as Ornery Character #1

Beverly Hills Cop

75

as Banana Man