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Damien Dante Wayans (born April 29, 1980) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He is a member of the Wayans family.

Damien Dante Wayans
Born	Damien Dante Wayans (1980-04-29) April 29, 1980 (age 42) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, producer, director
Years active	1987–present

Early life

Wayans was born in New York City, he is the nephew of the Wayans Siblings, which consists of 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.[1]

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 when he played the role of 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 along with his cousin Craig Wayans wrote and produced on 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.[2]

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

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Eddie Murphy Raw	Child running in the house (sketch)	Film debut
1991	In Living Color (TV Series)	Himself (uncredited)
1995	Major Payne	Cadet Dwight "D." Williams	With his uncle Damon Wayans
1996	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Cousin with bag	With his uncle Shawn, Marlon and Keenen Ivory Wayans
	New York Undercover (TV Series)	Tulane
1997	413 Hope St. (TV Series)	as Himself
1999	Passing Glory (TV movie)	Snow Lurcher
	The Norm Show (TV Series)	Shawn
2000	NYPD Blue	Trey
	Freedom Song (TV movie)	Bo Drew
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Tec
2005	Edison	Isaiah Charles
2006	Man About Town	Lucky Reynolds
	Little Man	Officer Wilson	With his uncle Shawn and Marlon Wayans and his aunt Kim Wayans
	House M.D. (TV series)	Haller
2012	Internet Icon	Multiple Roles (Guest Actor for contestants)
2013	Second Generation Wayans (TV series)	Himself	With his cousin Craig Wayans

Writer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2004	My Wife and Kids (TV Series)	Writer	9 episodes
2004	The Last Meal (Short Film)	Writer
2006	The Underground (TV Series)	Writer	10 episodes
2009	Dance Flick	Writer

Producer

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004–2005	My Wife and Kids (TV Series)	Producer	26 episodes
2004	The Last Meal (Short Film)	Producer
2006	The Underground (TV Series)	Producer	10 episodes
2009	Dance Flick	Executive producer

Director

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–2005	My Wife and Kids (TV Series)	Director	19 episodes
2004	The Last Meal (Short Film)	Director
2006	The Underground (TV Series)	Director	2 episodes
2009	Dance Flick	Director	Directorial debut

References

External links

• Damien Dante Wayans at IMDb
• Damien Dante Wayans on Twitter

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