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Acting

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Titles: 30movies12TV shows

Career: Active from 1983 to 2026, with a break from 2010 to 2025, busiest in 1987 with 3 main titles.

Directed: 6
titles as director

Average score: 47/100

Highest rated: Hollywood Shuffle
75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Keenen Ivory Wayans Catalog average

Satire & Parody
6.3average 2.3
Physical Comedy
6.3average 2.4
Pop Culture
5.9average 2.2
Situational Comedy
6.2average 2.7
Absurdist Humor
5.0average 2.0
Cringe Humor
4.7average 2.2
Nostalgia
5.7average 3.8
Showbiz
3.0average 1.2

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
2.1, average 4.7
Psychological
3.2, average 5.5
Pathos
3.1, average 5.3
Tension
4.2, average 6.0

Main genres

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Comedy 16
Crime 6
Action 4
Music 3
Drama 2
TV Movie 2

Recurring tags

Pop Culture Satire 3
Slasher Parody 2
Absurdist Comedy 2
Lowbrow Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

Upcoming

2 titles

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood sequel

Writer

Writer

2020s

1 title · average score 44

Scary Movie

44

Writer, Producer

2000s

7 titles · average score 49

Dance Flick

34

as Mr. Stache

Little Man

36

Producer, Director

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

59

Writer, Creator

White Chicks

45

Director, Story

Scary Movie 2

38

Director

My Wife and Kids

77

TV show · as Ken Kyle

Scary Movie

54

as Slave

1990s

6 titles · average score 43

Most Wanted

32

as Gunnery Sergeant James Dunn

The Glimmer Man

35

as Jim Campbell

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

57

as Mailman

A Low Down Dirty Shame

32

as Shame

The Five Heartbeats

60

Writer

Hammer, Slammer, & Slade

Writer

1980s

12 titles · average score 71

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

62

as Jack Spade

Hollywood Shuffle

75

as Donald

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

Writer

Eddie Murphy Raw

72

Co-Writer, Producer

A Different World

47

TV show · as Professor Lawrence

The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party

as Ray the Boxer

For Love and Honor

TV show · as Pvt. Duke Johnson

Star 80

69

as Comic

For Love and Honor

as Pvt. Duke Johnson

Cheers

84

TV show · as Customer #1

as Tattoo Calhoune

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show

1970s

1 title · average score 44

CHiPs

44

TV show · as Roberts