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Damien Dante Wayans

American actor

Summary

American actor

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Damien Dante Wayans ( ; born April 15, 1980) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He is a member of the Wayans family.

Early life

Wayans was born in New York City. He is a member of the Wayans family, which includes Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans Sr., Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans. He is the son of their sibling Elvira Wayans and brother of Chaunté Wayans. Damon Wayans Jr. and Michael Wayans are his cousins.

Career

Damien Dante Wayans began his career in 1987 in Eddie Murphy's concert film Eddie Murphy Raw. He acted with his uncle Damon Wayans in Major Payne. He then went on to writing and directing. His big break in acting was in Jamie Kennedy's film Malibu's Most Wanted, in which he played Tec, Shondra's (Regina Hall) ex-boyfriend. Damien has written and directed several episodes of his uncle Damon's sitcom My Wife And Kids. In 2006, Damien and his cousin Craig Wayans wrote and produced uncle Damon's The Underground, a sketch comedy show on Showtime. Damien also directed a few segments. He made his directorial debut with the film Dance Flick, which was written by Damien, Keenen, Shawn, Marlon and Craig Wayans.

In 2009, Damien formed a film and TV production company called Second Generation Productions, a reference to the second generation of Wayanses in the entertainment industry. He plans to create, develop and produce multiplatform content.

Filmography

Film

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
2004	The Last Meal
TBA	Stand Up

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive
Producer
2009	Dance Flick

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Eddie Murphy Raw	Child running in the house (sketch)
1995	Major Payne	Cadet Dwight "D." Williams
1996	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Cousin with bag
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Tec
2005	Edison	Isaiah Charles
2006	Man About Town	Lucky Reynolds
Little Man	Officer Wilson
2012	Internet Icon	Multiple Roles (Guest Actor for contestants)
2024	A Hip Hop Story	Donny
TBA	Stand Up	Deondre	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2002–2005	My Wife and Kids	Wrote 9 episodes, directed 19 episodes
2006	The Underground	Wrote 10 episodes, directed 2 episodes
2025	Poppa's House	2 episodes

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	In Living Color	Himself	Uncredited
1996	New York Undercover	Tulane
1997	413 Hope St.	Himself
1999	Passing Glory	Snow Lurcher	TV movie
The Norm Show	Shawn
2000	NYPD Blue	Trey
Freedom Song	Bo Drew	TV movie
2006	House M.D.	Haller
2013	Second Generation Wayans	Himself

References

[http://www.filmreference.com/film/33/Damien-Wayans.html Damien Dante Wayans Biography ((?)-)]
[http://www.kamwilliams.com/2009/05/shawn-and-damien-wayans-dance-flick.html Shawn and Damien Wayans: The Dance Flick Interview with Kam Williams]

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