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After graduating from the famed High School of the Performing Arts in New York, Wayans studied at Howard University's Film School. From there, he headed out West to join the cast of the Emmy Award®-winning comedy series "In Living Color." Beginning in 1990, the young performer starred on "The Wayans Brothers" sitcom, which headed the WB Network lineup for five years.
Wayans' career has been going strong ever since. After starring in the feature films "Mo' Money" and "Above the Rim," he wrote, executive-produced, and starred in the hit comedy "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood," for Miramax/Dimension Films, with his brother Shawn Wayans. He then starred as Kenny Tyler in "The Sixth Man," for Disney/Touchstone Pictures, a sports comedy filled with spectacular special effects and a winning combination of comedy and tenderness. Most recently, Wayans starred in the Miramax/Dimension comedy "Senseless," opposite David Spade, Matthew Lillard, and Rip Torn. The film was helmed by "Wayne's World" director Penelope Spheerris.
Next on the horizon, Wayans will star with Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Ellen Burstyn in the feature film "A Requiem for a Dream," for Artisan Films, directed by Darren Aronofsky, the filmmaker of the acclaimed "Pi." In this dramatic independent film, Wayans portrays a young man addicted to heroin. Wayans will also soon be seen in Joel Silver's "Dungeons & Dragons," which he recently completed filming in Prague.
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