Damon Wayans
Milestones
- Birthplace: New York, New York
- Birthday: September 4, 1960
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2001
Served as executive producer and star of the ABC midseason sitcom "My Wife and Kids"
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2000
Had featured role in "Bamboozled", directed by Spike Lee
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1998
Starred in the Fox sitcom "Damon"
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1997
Created and executive produced the Fox drama "413 Hope St."
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1992
Feature debut as producer and co-writer, "Mo' Money" (also starred)
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1991
Executive produced and starred in HBO comedy special, "Damon Wayans: The Last Stand"
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1991
First major feature film role, in "The Last Boy Scout", opposite Bruce Willis
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1990
Replaced Richard Pryor as the voice of Eddie in "Look Who's Talking Too"
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1989 to 1993
Co-star and writer on "In Living Color"
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1989
Directorial debut, Joyce Irby's video, "She's Not My Lover"
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1986
Hired by "Saturday Night Live"; fired for switching a character in the middle of a sketch
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1984
Feature film acting debut, "Beverly Hills Cop"
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1982
Began career as a standup comic at Los Angeles comedy clubs and touring the national club circuit
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Born in Harlem; first lived in tenement on 145th Street near Amsterdam Avenue; moved to Fulton house projects (17th St. And 10th Avenue)
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Born with a clubfoot; had several operations and had to wear corrective shoes
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Executive produced the short-lived Saturday morning cartoon "Waynehead" (The WB)
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Followed older brother Keenen to California in the early 1980s
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Formed Nu Systems Productions
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Worked in mailroom of a credit-card company where he got into unspecified trouble with the law