Damon Wayans

Damon Wayans
Date of Birth: 04 Sep 1960
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 27 (Actor), 2 (Writer), 5 (Creator)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (27) | Writer (2) | Creator (5)
Bamboozled
An african-american TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit.
Colors
Set in the East L.A. barrio, Colors stars Sean Penn and Robert Duvall as very different cops, both in age and temperment, hand picked for the city's anti-gang campaign. As partners, they daily drive their unmarked car through the warring Los Angeles neighborhoods. Their simple code of endurance: Keep peace in the streets at any price! [MGM]
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Marci X
Marci, a spoiled Jewish American Princess, is forced to take control of her father's hard-core rap label, Felony Assault, when her mogul dad, Ben Feld, has a stress-induced heart attack due to the controversy surrounding the label's hip-hop song Shoot Ya' Teacha by Dr. Snatchcatcher. To rescue her father's plummeting stock, Marci attempts to tone down the rapper's bad-boy edge. Over time, the unlikely pair fall in love just as a conservative senator vows to banish the rapper and his offensive lyrics from the airwaves forever. (imdb)
Beverly Hills Cop
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
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The Last Boy Scout
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder
+2
Punchline
Steven Gold is a stand-up comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school... (imdb)
Hollywood Shuffle
An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood. (imdb)
Look Who\
Small babies comment on the disagreements between a husband and wife. (imdb)
Blankman
A simpleton inventor becomes a superhero with a bulletproof costume and a low budget. (imdb)
Bulletproof
Rock Keats and Archie Moses are the best of friends and have spent the past year together performing various small time criminal acts... (imdb)
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Roxanne
Based on the play "Cyrano de Bergerac", large nosed C.D. Bales falls for the beautiful Roxanne while she falls for his personality but another man's looks. (imdb)
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Major Payne
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. (imdb)
Earth Girls Are Easy
A spaceship with three furry aliens lands in a California girl's swimming pool, so she makes friends with them. (imdb)
+12
Celtic Pride
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship. (imdb)
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The Great White Hype
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. (imdb)
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I\
In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big. (imdb)
+5
Mo\
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals... (imdb)
Harlem Aria
Chasing his dream, Anton (Gabriel Casseus; G-Force) leaves his aunt's home in Harlem for downtown New York City, where a quick-witted street hustler named Wes (Damon Wayans; "My Wife and Kids") cons him out of his life savings. Homeless and empty-handed, Matthew (Christian Camargo; The Hurt Locker), a street musician stalled in his own dreams, invites Anton to perform with him in the park. Amazed by Anton's singing talent, Matthew befriends him and attempts to keep him safe from Wes's enterprising exploitation... (Amazon)
In Living Color
The Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show. (imdb)
My Wife and Kids
Michael Kyle longs for a traditional life, but his day-trader wife Janet, gangsta rap-worshipping son Michael Jr., and brooding daughters Claire and Kady make his dream just that ... a dream. (imdb)
+3
Lethal Weapon
TV show based on the popular 'Lethal Weapon' films in which a slightly unhinged cop is partnered with a veteran detective trying to maintain a low stress level in his life. (imdb)
+4
Goosed
A woman is told by her psychic that the man of her dreams is a doctor named Steve. Guess who the doctor is? (imdb)
+8
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: \
Emmy Award-winning "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" makes its highly anticipated return with a third iteration, featuring live reenactments of the hit series "The Facts of Life," created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon, and "Diff'rent Strokes,' created by Bernie Kukoff and Jeff Harris. "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes'. (imdb)
The Daily Show
+4
Cinnamon
After a robbery gone wrong, two young lovers are caught in a deadly series of events that threaten to destroy their dreams of a better life.
Poppa\
Follow happily-divorced talk-radio host Poppa as a new female co-host challenges him at work, and at home he's still parenting his adult son, who tries to pursue his passion while being a good father and husband. (imdb)
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Damon
Damon (1998) - TV Series
The adventures of Damon, a talented police officer living in Chicago with his loser older brother. (imdb)