Dwayne Howell Wayans (born August 22, 1956) is a member of the Wayans family.

Early life

Wayans was born in New York City, the first child of Elvira Alethia (née Green; July 23, 1938–July 10, 2020), a

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and social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans (August 26, 1936–April 1, 2023) a

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manager. His family were

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. He and his family lived in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. He is the eldest sibling of Keenen, Diedra, Damon Sr., Kim, Elvira (who was named after her mother), Nadia, Vonnie, Shawn, and Marlon.

Career

He worked as

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and performed as background characters and in sketches on the show of

Keenen Ivory Wayans Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, director and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first came to prominence as the host and creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch c ...

(''

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'').

Filmography

*In Living Color (1990 - 1991)

References

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