Dwayne Wayans
Dwayne Wayans | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dwayne Howell Wayans |
| Born | August 22, 1956 New York City New York |
| Genres | Film score |
| Occupation(s) | Writer/Composer |
| Years active | still active |
Dwayne Howell Wayans (born August 22, 1956) is an American writer and film score composer. He is a member of the Wayans family.
Early life
Wayans was born in New York City, the son of Elvira Alethia (Green), a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans,[1][2] a supermarket manager.[citation needed] His family was involved in the Jehovah's Witnesses religion.[citation needed] He and his family lived in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. He is the brother of Keenen, Kim, Elvira (who was named after her mother), Nadia, Damon, Sr., Shawn, and Marlon.
Career
He worked as production assistant and performed as background characters and in sketches on the shows of brothers Keenen Ivory Wayans (In Living Color) and Damon Wayans, Sr. (My Wife and Kids).
Dwayne's son has also composed original music for My Wife and Kids (2003–05), Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness (2006), and television series the Underground (2016).
Filmography
- Dance Flick (2009)
- Underground (2006)
- Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street (2006)
- Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness (2006)
- Little Man (2006)
- Domino (2005)
See also
References
- ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, January 19, 2016, PBS
- ^ https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/blog/keenen-ivory-wayans-interactive-family-tree/
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- 1956 births
- African-American male actors
- African-American writers
- American writers
- American male composers
- American film score composers
- Male film score composers
- Living people
- Male actors from New York City
- Wayans family
- Writers from New York City
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American people of Malagasy descent
- People from Chelsea, Manhattan