Kim WayansFilmography

Juwanna Mann

Actors: Miguel A. Nuñez, Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, Tommy Davidson, Kim Wayans

Synopsis: It's Big Momma's House on the three-point line in this broad farce, which marks the leading man/woman debut of longtime character actor Miguel A. Nunez. Nunez stars as Jamal Jefferies, a hotheaded pro basketball player whose on-court antics and quick temper get him booted from the league Read More

In the House: Season 04

Actors: LL Cool J, Maia Campbell, Kim Wayans, Alfonso Ribeiro

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Chris Spencer, Suli McCullough

Synopsis: Much as Keenen Ivory Wayans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka parodied the basic elements of 70's blaxploitation pictures, this film written by and starring his younger brothers Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans pokes fun at the gritty "reality check" films of the 1990's, such as Boyz N The Hood, Menace II Society Read More

In the House: Season 03

Actors: LL Cool J, Maia Campbell, Kim Wayans, Alfonso Ribeiro

In the House: Season 02

Actors: LL Cool J, Debbie Allen, Maia Campbell, Jeffery Wood, Kim Wayans

In the House: Season 01

Actors: LL Cool J, Debbie Allen, Maia Campbell, Jeffery Wood, Kim Wayans, Lisa Anderson

A Low Down Dirty Shame

Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Salli Richardson, Andrew Divoff

Synopsis: A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money in this action-comedy. Writer-director Keenan Ivory Wayans also stars as Los Angeles private eye Arthur Shame, a former cop whose troubled past resurfaces when a one-time colleague asks for Read More

Talking About Sex

Actors: Kim Wayans, Marcy Walker, Daniel Beer, Randy Powell, Kerry Ruff

Synopsis: Sexual hang-ups as discussed during an all-night L.A. party provide the impetus for this lively film. The main character in this outing, which features snippets from the lives of several others, is Andie, a book editor celebrating the publication Michael's new, but rather bland self-help manual Read More

Floundering

Actors: James LeGros, John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Lisa Zane, Maritza Rivera, Kim Wayans, Steve Buscemi

Synopsis: Noted independent film producer Peter McCarthy made his writing and directing debut (Angie Brown served as co-director) with this surreal comedy. John Boyz (James LeGros) is an aimless sad sack who is wandering Los Angeles in the wake of the 1992 riots. John is in an unclear state of mind; he Read More

In Living Color: Season 04

Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans

Synopsis: The fourth season of the Wayans Brothers' cutting-edge comedy sketch series In Living Color marks the first appearance of Marlon Wayans, holding his own with siblings Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans,Kim Wayans, and Shawn Wayans just as though he'd been a "regular" all along. Also making their Read More

In Living Color: Season 03

Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Jim Carrey

Synopsis: Season three of the Wayans brothers' cutting-edge comedy variety series In Living Color features most of the familiar regulars along with two newcomers: Steve Park and future Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx. This year's crop of guest stars include Ray Combs, Debbie Lee Carrington, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas Read More

Wisecracks

Actors: Phyllis Diller, Whoopi Goldberg, Sandra Shamas, Jenny Lecoat

Synopsis: This concert and interview documentary features the racy wit of Canada and the U.S.'s most popular female comedians, including Jenny Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Phyllis Diller, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paula Poundstone. In addition to screening their stand-up gigs and providing interviews with these funny Read More

In Living Color: Season 02

Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Jim Carrey

Synopsis: The Wayans Brothers -- Keenen Ivory, Damon, Kim, and Shawn -- continue to dominate the proceedings on the cutting-edge comedy variety series In Living Color as the show begins its second season on Fox. Still, the series' other regulars -- Jim Carrey (this year introducing the character of Read More

In Living Color [TV Series]

Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans

Synopsis: The brainchild of comic actor Keenen Ivory Wayans, the Fox comedy variety series In Living Color has been described variously as the "black Laugh-In" and the "black Saturday Night Live." Whatever the case, the series garnered big laughs and bigger ratings by applying a hip, cutting-edge Read More

In Living Color: Season 01

Actors: Jim Carrey, Kim Coles, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, Anne-Marie Johnson, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kelly Coffield, Shawn Wayans, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh

Synopsis: The first season of Fox's Afro-centric comedy variety series In Living Color is dominated by the personalities of the series' creators, the Wayans brothers. Though Marlon Wayans has not yet joined the series, his siblings Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans and Shawn Wayans are very much Read More

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!

Actors: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Steve James, Isaac Hayes

Synopsis: Keenen Ivory Wayans wrote, directed, and starred in this hilarious parody of blaxploitation films in the comedy I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Jack Spade (Wayans) returns home from a hitch in the army to find his brother Junebug has died from an overdose of gold chains, leaving his widow Cheryl (Dawnn Lewis Read More

A Different World: The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic

Synopsis: Mary Alice joins the cast in this episode as Gilbert Hall's new dorm director Lettie Bostic. Having previously dropped out of Hillman to pursue a bohemian lifestyle abroad, Lettie finds that readjusting to campus life won't be so easy--while the girls in the dorm are turned off by her world-weary Read More

A Different World: Advise and Descent

Synopsis: When Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl M. Bell) complain that the female students invariably neglect their personal appearance during final exams, the girls gets even by staging a "Miss Ugly America" pageant. Elsewhere, Denise (Lisa Bonet) volunteers to be a peer counselor, a job that Read More

A Different World: Wild Child

Synopsis: This episode was intended to introduce Katie Rich as a recurring character named Cougar, a member of Denise's philosophy class. After becoming Cougar's study partner, Denise (Lisa Bonet) invites the girl to crash in her dorm room, on condition that she make herself scarce whenever dorm director Read More

A Different World: Come Back, Little Eggby

Synopsis: A class science project requires Maggie (Marisa Tomei) and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) to "baby-sit" some eggs about to hatch. Anxious to attend a volleyball game, Maggie prevails upon Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) to take her place--and in record time, Jaleesa manages to lose one of the little oval Read More

A Different World: Mr. Hillman

Synopsis: Denise (Lisa Bonet) is appalled by the snobbery inherent in the annual Miss Hillman pageant. As a means of protesting the festivities, she talks Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) into entering himself as a contestant--resulting in yet another battle royal between Denise and the insufferable Whitley Read More

Hollywood Shuffle

Actors: Robert Townsend, Anne-Marie Johnson, Starletta DuPois, Helen Martin, Craigus R. Johnson

Synopsis: This satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between Hollywood power brokers and African-American performers marked the writing, producing, and directing debut of Robert Townsend. The filmmaker also stars as Bobby Taylor, a struggling actor looking for his big break despite his family's and Read More

A Different World: Those Who Can't... Tutor

Synopsis: Facing the possibility of flunking out of calculus, Denise (Lisa Bonet) agrees to be tutored by Dwayne (Kadeem Harrison). Though one might expect that Dwayne would use this opportunity to "make the moves" on Denise, he takes his responsibility seriously. Even so, Dwayne finds himself in an Read More

A Different World: Porky de Bergerac

Synopsis: To block the insufferable Whitley (Jasmine Guy) from becoming Dorm Monitor, Denise (Lisa Bonet) and Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) compete for the position. Winning the election, Denise immediately imposes a draconian anti-litter rule. Needless to say, she is the first to break her own rule--and as a Read More

A Different World: Romancing Mr. Stone

Synopsis: Denise (Lisa Bonet) mistakenly believes that her handsome new geology professor Byron Walcott (David Alan Grier) has fallen in love with her. When dorm director Stevie (Loretta Devine in her final series appearance) confronts the bemused Walcott and accuses him of leading Denise on, Dwayne (Kadeem Read More

A Different World: The Gift of the Magi

Synopsis: Though devastated by the news that her parents are divorcing, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) tries to make the best of things as she prepares to spend Christmas with her father Mercer (Conroy Gedeon). But the Holiday may be over before it begins when she comes face to face with her dad's very-much-younger Read More

A Different World: Rudy and the Snow Queen

Synopsis: While visiting her big sister Denise (Lisa Bonet) at Hillman, little Rudy Huxtable (Keshia Knight Pulliam) unexpectedly forms a strong bond with the imperious Whitley (Jasmine Guy). This in itself is enough to drive Denise crazy, but it gets worse: Rudy now regards Whitley as her role model. Read More

A Different World: War of the Words

Synopsis: After filling in for the regular campus disc jockey, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) angles to get the job on a permanent basis. Meanwhile, Maggie (Marisa Tomei) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) prepare a classroom debate on the topic of whether women can successfully juggle a family and a career. When Maggie Read More