Damon Wayans Jr. was born at his grandmother's home in Vermont, in November 1982, and was raised in Los Angeles. He is the son of Lisa Thorner and actor Damon Wayans. He made his film debut at age 11 in the 1994 film "Blank Man" playing the role of young Kevin. Later, Damon pursued his early passion for fine arts and animation in High School before...
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Movies
How to Be Single, Big Hero 6, Let's Be Cops, Someone Marry Barry, The Other Guys, Marmaduke, Dance Flick, Blankman, The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Heart
TV Shows
Happy Endings, The Underground, New Girl
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Quote
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Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
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I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.
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Even in real life, sometimes you find that person you click with that you get irritated by every other person in the world but you can be around this person every day and you'd be fine with it.
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Fact
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Played a future superhero as a child (the child version of The Other Guy in Blankman (1994)) and voiced a superhero as an adult (Wasabi in Big Hero 6 (2014)) in two films twenty years apart.
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Wayans was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" at the NAACP Image Awards and Critic's Choice Television Awards for his work on Happy Endings.
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