Marlon WayansFilmography

Born:: July 23, 1972 in New York, NY
Occupation:: Actor, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: The youngest member of what may arguably be the funniest family in show business, Marlon Wayans may also be working his way up to becoming funniest member of the funniest family in show business. Regarding the formidable task of living up to the humorous standards set by his siblings...Read More

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston, Saïd Taghmaoui, Lee Byung-hun

Synopsis: Director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapts the beloved Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with this Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the evil forces of the organization known as Cobra. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Read More

8/7/09
Dance Flick

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Damon Wayans Jr., Craig Wayans, Shoshanna Bush, Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett

Synopsis: A privileged white girl from the suburbs moves to the inner city and attempts to perfect her notoriously clumsy dance moves in this parody of popular dance movies. Damon Wayans Jr. and Craig Wayans star in a comedy co-written by Shawn, Keenen Ivory, Marlon, Craig, and Damien Wayans, who also Read More

5/22/09
Dynomite

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Marlon Wayans

Synopsis: A former cop-turned-neighborhood hero previously framed for a crime he didn't commit emerges from prison to track down the culprit who set him up in a retro-themed blaxploitation spoof from Shawn, Marlon, and Keenen Ivory Wayans. Shaft, Dolemite, and Black Belt Jones have got nothing on Super Bad Read More

1/1/09
Norbit

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews

Synopsis: A meek and lovable milquetoast married to an overbearing, overweight tyrant finds his life turned upside down when he meets the woman of his dreams in this romantic comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Eddie Griffin. His entire life, Norbit (Murphy) has been picked Read More

2/9/07
Little Man

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon, Tracy Morgan

Synopsis: Fate brings a childless couple a bundle of joy -- who happens to have a criminal record -- in this comedy directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. Calvin Simms (Marlon Wayans) is a master criminal who with the help of his friend and sidekick, Percy (Tracy Morgan), plans a daring robbery of a museum where Read More

7/5/06
Hubert Selby Jr: It'll Be Better Tomorrow

Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Hubert Selby, Jr., Lou Reed, Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto

Synopsis: Hubert Selby Jr. was a powerful and influential literary figure whose best-known novels, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream, dealt with the dark underside of life in a way that was bleak and often shocking, but also laced with compassion and understanding for the tortured lives of his Read More

2005
White Chicks

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, Frankie R. Faison, Lochlyn Munro, John Heard

Synopsis: When brothers and fellow FBI agents Marcus (Marlon Wayans) and Kevin Copeland (Shawn Wayans) accidentally ruin an otherwise painstakingly executed drug bust, getting back into the good graces of their boss becomes a high-priority assignment in itself. With this in mind, Marcus and Kevin take on a Read More

6/23/04
The Ladykillers

Actors: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Irma P. Hall, Tzi Ma

Synopsis: One of the best-loved films from the idiosyncratic British film studio Ealing Pictures gets an update from the equally idiosyncratic filmmaking team of Joel and Ethan Coen in this offbeat comedy. Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall) is a spry, elderly woman who attends church regularly, doesn't care for Read More

3/26/04
Scary Movie 2

Crew: Co-Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Chris Masterson

Synopsis: This sequel to a box-office sleeper hit that spoofed teen slasher flicks takes its cues from haunted house and possession films, particularly The Haunting (1999) and The Exorcist (1973). Although many of the first film's main characters were homicide victims, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Anna Read More

7/4/01
Dungeons & Dragons

Actors: Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Zoe McLellan, Thora Birch, Bruce Payne, Jeremy Irons, Kristen Wilson

Synopsis: The imaginary world of the world's most popular fantasy role-playing game comes to life in this special-effects laden adventure. In the Empire of Izmer, magic is the key to power in both the supernatural and political realms. The Mages are a sect who know the secrets of magic and use it to hold Read More

12/8/00
Requiem for a Dream

Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., this gritty drama concerns four people trapped by their addictions. Harry (Jared Leto), and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY, while Harry's girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) is a fellow Read More

10/6/00
Scary Movie

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Cheri Oteri, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris

Synopsis: After parodying the blaxploitation films of the 1970s in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Keenen Ivory Wayans takes aim at slasher films of the 1980s and 1990s in this raunchy satire, which was produced under the clumsy but inarguably appropriate title Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween. Read More

7/7/00
The Wayans Bros.: Season 05

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford

Synopsis: Season four of The Wayans Bros. ended with aspiring actor Marlon Williams (Marlon Wayans) landing a regular role on the network sitcom "Everybody Loves Everybody," and Shawn Williams (Shawn Wayans) finding himself without a means of support when his newsstand burns to the ground. Thus, season five Read More

1998
Senseless

Actors: Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard, Brad Dourif, Tamara Taylor

Synopsis: Penelope Spheeris directed this Marlon Wayans comedy, scripted by the Rocket Man team of Greg Erb and Craig Mazin. Saddled with several on and off-campus jobs, hard-working college student Darryl Witherspoon (Marlon Wayans) is aiming for a position with the Smythe-Bates brokerage firm, but twit Read More

1998
The Wayans Bros.: Season 04

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford

Synopsis: The Wayans Bros. launches its fourth season with most of its familiar regulars back on the job: Shawn Wayans as hardworking newspaper-stand owner Shawn Williams, Marlon Wayans as Shawn's footloose brother, Marlon, John Witherspoon as the boys' restauranteur father, John "Pops" Williams, and Anna Maria Horsford Read More

1997
The 6th Man

Actors: Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, David Paymer, Michael Michele, Kevin Dunn

Synopsis: This sports comedy from Class Act (1992) and Houseguest (1995) director Randall Miller stars Kadeem Hardison and Marlon Wayans as basketball-playing brothers. The Tylers have been dreaming of stardom on the court since childhood. Now that they are the top players for the Washington Huskies Read More

1997
The Wayans Bros.: Season 03

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford

Synopsis: Season three of The Wayans Bros. is distinguished by the presence of Ja'net DuBois in the recurring role of Grandma Ellington, who presumptively moves in with her nonplussed grandsons Shawn and Marlon Williams (Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans). Alas, the toothsome Paula Jai Parker has left the series Read More

1996
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Crew: Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter

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

1996
The Wayans Bros. [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer, Show Creator

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford, Lela Rochon

Synopsis: Premiering January 11, 1995, the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. actually stars only two members of that large and apparently ever-expanding family of African-American entertainers. Fresh from their In Living Color success, siblings Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans (who also co-created this series) star Read More

1995
The Wayans Bros.: Season 01

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, John Witherspoon

Synopsis: The first season of The Wayans Bros. finds siblings Shawn and Marlon Williams (Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans) sharing the same NYC brownstone, with serious Shawn bringing in most of the money while merry-making Marlon is either goofing off or promoting some wild get-rich-quick scheme. Shawn hopes to Read More

1995
The Wayans Bros.: Season 02

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford

Synopsis: Season two of The Wayans Bros. is shy several regulars from season one, notably Lela Rochon as Lisa, Benny Quan as Benny, and Joanna Sanchez as Lupe. However, series stars Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans are still very much in attendance as polar-opposite siblings Shawn and Marlon Williams, as is John Witherspoon Read More

1995
Above the Rim

Actors: Duane Martin, Leon, Tupac Shakur, David Bailey, Tonya Pinkins

Synopsis: A young aspiring professional basketball player must make some tough decisions in this sports melodrama. Kyle Lee is a talented basketball player in high school. While he waits to find out if he will receive a scholarship to Georgetown he finds himself in a difficult dilemma over a playground Read More

1994
In Living Color: Season 05

Actors: Marlon Wayans, Jim Carrey, Kelly Coffield, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier

Synopsis: Worried that Fox's overexposure of existing In Living Color episodes would weaken the series' appeal in rerun syndication, creator Keenen Ivory Wayans exited the show halfway through Season Four, followed in rapid succession by his brothers Damon, Shawn and Kim Wayans. Though sibling Marlon Wayans Read More

1993
Mo' Money

Actors: Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Stacey Dash, Joe Santos, John Diehl

Synopsis: Small-time crook Johnny Stewart (Damon Wayans) decides to go straight to win a beautiful girl (Stacey Dash), and to prove it, he joins the mailroom of the credit-card firm for which she works. Needing money to impress her, Johnny steals a credit card, goes on a shopping spree and wins the girl. Read More

7/24/92
Batman Returns

Actors: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough

Synopsis: In this first sequel to 1989's Batman, the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is up against the Penguin (Danny DeVito), the hideously deformed scion of a wealthy Gotham City family. The Penguin plots with evil businessman Max Schreck (Christopher Walken) to become mayor and then turn Gotham into a Read More

6/19/92
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

1992
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime, Vol. 2

Actors: Paul Mooney, Robert Townsend, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans

Synopsis: Actor, director, writer, and producer Robert Townsend presents this second volume of his classic HBO variety show Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime. Originally aired in 1991, the show helped launch the careers of comedians Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. This collection of comedy sketches Read More

1991
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

1990
A Boo Crew Christmas Special

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter, Show Creator