Damon Wayans

thumb|Damon Wayans Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (/ˈdeɪmən ˈweɪ.ənz/ DAY-mən WAY-ənz; born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. A member of the Wayans family of entertainers, Damon performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a brief stint on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. He later joined his family on Fox's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990–1992), and wrote and performed on his own animated series Waynehead (1996–1997) and live-action series Damon (1998). Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Mo' Money, The Last Boy Scout, Major Payne, Bulletproof, and the sitcoms My Wife and Kids and Poppa's House, the latter featuring his son Damon Wayans Jr. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the Fox television series Lethal Weapon. Quotes So I got diagnosed with diabetes about 10 years ago. And so I started growing fresh vegetables. I only eat my vegetables I work out lifting heavier weights because that’s, you know, that’s what the scientists say, really help you burn the sugar before you burn the fat and I’ve gotten control over my diabetes Damon Wayans Says Changing His Lifestyle Helped Him Gain Control Of Diabetes,4 March 2025 I feel like Dave freed the slaves. The comedians, we were slaves to PC [politically correct] culture and he just, you know, as an artist he’s Van Gogh. Cut his ear off, he’s trying to tell us it’s OK. I just feel like he’s saying, ‘All that I have, I’m not afraid to lose it for the sake of freedom of speech. You can’t edit yourself. Comedians, we’re like…Mercedes makes a great car. But they gotta crash a lot of them before they perfect it I can’t speak about the content of the show but what I say is, there is a bigger conversation we need to have. Someone needs to look us in the eye and say, ‘You’re no longer free in this country. You’re not free to say what you want, you say what we want you to say. Otherwise we will cancel you.’ That’s the discussion we should have Damon Wayans Said Dave Chappelle Freed the Comedy ‘Slaves,’ and I’m Getting Real Tired of Y’all Using ‘Slaves’ So Loosely,13 October 2021 External links Category:1960 births Category:Actors from New York City Category:Stand-up comedians from the United States Category:Film producers from the United States Category:Television producers Category:20th-century African-American people Category:Living people