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Dwayne Howell Wayans (born July 20, 1956) is an American writer and film score composer. He is a member of the Wayans family.

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Dwayne Wayans
Background information
Birth name	Dwayne Howell Wayans
Born	(1956-07-20) July 20, 1956 (age 66) New York City New York
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	Writer/Composer
Years active	retired

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 were Jehovah's Witnesses.^{[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 has also composed original music for My Wife and Kids (2003–05), Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness (2006), and television series the Underground (2016).

Filmography

• Major Payne (1995)
• Underground (2006)
• Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street (2006)
• Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness (2006)
• Little Man (2006)
• Domino (2005)
• Dance Flick (2009)

See also

• Wayans family

References

External links

• Dwayne Wayans at IMDb

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