Wayans, Keenen Ivory

Keenen Ivory Wayans was born on June 8, 1958 in New York in a large family (10 children). He studied at the college at the Institute "Tuskegee" in Alabama, but dropped out of training in order to fully devote himself to show business. At the initial stage of his career, he appeared in several television series like "California Highway Patrol" (TV series), "Blues Hill Street" (1981-1987) and played a cameo role in the film "Playboy Star" (1983). As a director, he made his debut with a comedy fighter, staged by his own handwritten script “I'll get you, bastard” (1988), in which he played the main role on his own. The picture was not a success. The comedy television series “In Lively Color” (1990-1994) brings him first fame in the United States. In the show, which gained popularity, Keenen is not only one of the directors, but also an actor, and a producer and screenwriter. All subsequent works of the director showed themselves perfectly at the box office: “Millions Lost” (1994), “Scary Movie” (2000), “Scary Movie 2” (2001), “White Chicks” (2004), “Shalun” (2006 ). In most of his directorial works, Kinen is both an actor, and a producer and screenwriter. Practically always involves in the pictures someone from the relatives. Most often, as actors and screenwriters - brothers Sean Wayans and Marlon Wayans .

Actor

• Watch out, scoundrel / I'll get you, you bastard (1988)
• Missing Millions (1994)
• Shimmering (1996) - Detective Jim Campbell (mate of Stephen Seagal's hero)
• Do not threaten the southern central, sipping juice in his quarter (1996) - Postman
• Highly dangerous offender (1997)
• Scary Movie (2000)
• Without the Ensemble (Dance Flick) (2009)

Director

• Watch out, scoundrel / I'll get you, you bastard (1988)
• Missing Millions (1994)
• Scary Movie (2000)
• Scary Movie 2 (2001)
• White Chicks (2004)
• Shalun (2006)

• Wayans, Keenen Ivory (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
• Keenen Ivory Wayans on Afisha.ru
• Keenen Ivory Wayans at kino-afisha.com