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Contents
Articles
Damon Wayans, Jr.
1
Blankman
3
My Wife and Kids
6
The Underground (TV series)
16
Dance Flick
17
Marmaduke (film)
21
The Other Guys
26
New Girl (TV series)
32
Happy Endings (TV series)
36
References
Article Sources and Contributors
42
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors
43
Article Licenses
License
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Damon Wayans, Jr.
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Damon Wayans, Jr.
Damon Wayans, Jr.
Born
Damon Kyle Wayans,
Jr.
[1]
November 18, 1982
Occupation
Actor, comedian, writer
Years active 1994–present
Damon Kyle Wayans, Jr. (born November 18, 1982) is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He is the
oldest son of actor-comedian Damon Wayans.[2] Wayans currently stars as Brad Williams on the ABC comedy series
Happy Endings.
Early life
Wayans is the son of Lisa Thorner and actor Damon Wayans. He is the eldest of four children: Michael Wayans,
[3]
Cara Mia Wayans and Kyla Wayans.
Career
Wayans made his film debut when he was cast in his father's 1994 feature film Blankman playing Young Kevin. He
later appeared on his father's sitcom My Wife and Kids as John, one of Junior's friends. He later worked as a staff
writer on the series. In fact, the character of Junior was loosely based on Wayans Jr. himself. He appeared in and
served as a writer on The Underground. Wayans, Jr. also surprised audiences when he garnered a standing ovation
during his debut appearance on Def Comedy Jam. He starred in the Wayans comedy Dance Flick as the film's main
character, Thomas.
Wayans currently stars alongside Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton, Casey Wilson, Adam Pally and Eliza Coupe in
the ABC comedy series Happy Endings. The show is currently in its second season, which began airing on
September 28, 2011.
On May 16th 2011, the Fox Network announced that it had picked up the Zooey Deschanel anchored comedy New
Girl, which featured Wayans in the supporting role of Coach. However, Happy Endings had already been picked up
[4]
for a second season on rival network ABC. The producers of New Girl initially planned to recast Wayans' role, but
later decided not to recast nor reshoot the pilot episode in which he appeared. Instead, starting with the second
episode and possibly for the remainder of the series, Wayans' character will be substituted with Lamorne Morris[5] ,
playing the role of Winston, a former roommate who had been pursuing a career out of the country.
Filmography
Damon Wayans, Jr.
2
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1994
Blankman
2001–2004
My Wife and Kids John
8 episodes
2006
The Underground Various
Series regular
2009
Dance Flick
Thomas
Lead role
2010
Marmaduke
Thunder
Voice
The Other Guys
Fosse
New Girl
Coach
2011
2011–present Happy Endings
Young Kevin
1 episode
Brad Williams Series regular
References
[1] "Signal Staff and Wire Services", 18 November 2011. Santa Clarita Valley Signal, " Today in the SCV: Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 (http:/ / www.
the-signal. com/ section/ 36/ article/ 54790/ )". Accessed 29 November 2011.
[2] Damon Wayans Biography (1960— ) (http:/ / www. filmreference. com/ film/ 71/ Damon-Wayans. html)
[3] "Wayans Believes in Stern Upbringing" (http:/ / www. contactmusic. com/ new/ xmlfeed. nsf/ mndwebpages/ wayans believes in stern
upbringing), contactmusic.com, 30 April 2004.
[4] http:/ / www. deadline. com/ 2011/ 05/ abc-renews-happy-endings/
[5] http:/ / www. hollywoodreporter. com/ live-feed/ new-girl-lamorne-morris-replaces-209270
External links
• Damon Wayans, Jr. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915458/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Damon Wayans, Jr. (https://twitter.com/wayansjr) on Twitter
Blankman
3
Blankman
Blankman
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Mike Binder
Produced by
C.O. Erickson
Eric L. Gold
Written by
Damon Wayans
J.F. Lawton
Starring
Damon Wayans
David Alan Grier
Robin Givens
Christopher Lawford
Music by
Miles Goodman
Michael Jay
(producer)
Michael Jay
Cinematography Newton Thomas Sigel
Editing by
Adam Weiss
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)
August 19, 1994
Running time
92 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$7,941,977
Blankman is a 1994 superhero parody film starring Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier, who are both of In Living
Color fame. The film was directed by Mike Binder and written by Damon Wayans and J. F. Lawton, whose biggest
success was writing Pretty Woman.
Plot
Darryl Walker (Damon Wayans) is a clumsy nerdy appliance repairman, who is gifted and a genius. Blessed with a
pure heart, Darryl has an optimstic Pollyannish personality. He is childishly naive to the realities of living in an inner
city neighborhood that is gradually decaying.The area suffers from political corruption and the police are on strike. It
takes the murder of his grandmother, an avid supporter of Alderman Marvin Harris' anti corruption campaign for
Mayor, by members of mobster Michael Minelli to awaken him to the realities of his city's urban decay.
He expresses his frustrations by intervening in a situation and boldly saving an elderly transit passenger from being
mugged, and by ranting about the general corruptible state that the city has become. Darryl was so pure and shielded
from reality presumably because of his interest in inventing, that he does not even realize that there is a "crackhouse
in front of our flat". He tries to storm into it unarmed and rebuke the gang members, oblivious to the hazardous
stupidity of doing so.
Awareness to the city's issues inspires Darryl to become Blankman. He uses his technical expertise to create
weapons and gadgets. His brother Kevin, a tabloid news cameraman, goes along with this fantasy believing that it's