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Marlon Wayans

Marlon Wayans

Born: 1972-07-23 • New York City, New York, USA

Marlon Lamont Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999) and the comedy films Don't Be a Menace (1996), Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009).

Wayans' other film credits include Above the Rim (1994), The 6th Man (1997), Norbit (2007), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The Heat (2013), A Haunted House (2013) and its sequel A Haunted House 2 (2014), Naked (2017), Fifty Shades of Black (2016), Sextuplets (2019), and On the Rocks (2020). He also had several dramatic roles, including the psychological drama film Requiem for a Dream (2000).

Wayans partnered with Randy Adams to create What the Funny, an online destination for urban comedy. He created the comedy competition television show Funniest Wins, which aired on TBS in 2014. In 2014, Wayans and his brothers travelled the U.S. with "The Wayans Brothers Tour". In 2017, he co-wrote and starred in the NBC sitcom Marlon, which ran for two seasons.

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Filmography
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The Wayans Bros. Reunion
2026 • Self
Scary Movie poster
Scary Movie
2026 • Shorty Meeks
HIM poster
HIM
2025 • Isaiah
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Unraveling George
2025 • Narrator (voice)
The Real Full Monty poster
The Real Full Monty
2024 • Self (uncredited)
Marlon Wayans: Good Grief poster
Marlon Wayans: Good Grief
2024 • Self
Air poster
Air
2023 • George Raveling
Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me poster
Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me
2023 • Self
The Curse of Bridge Hollow poster
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
2022 • Howard Gordon
Living with Chucky poster
Living with Chucky
2022 • Self
Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners poster
Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners
2022 • Self
Back Home Again poster
Back Home Again
2021 • Mr. Tortoise (voice)
Marlon Wayans: You Know What It Is poster
Marlon Wayans: You Know What It Is
2021 • Self
Respect poster
Respect
2021 • Ted White
On the Rocks poster
On the Rocks
2020 • Dean
Feeding America Comedy Festival poster
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020 • Self
Sextuplets poster
Sextuplets
2019 • Alan / Russell / Dawn / Jasper / Ethan / Baby Pete / Lynette
Marlon Wayans: Woke-ish poster
Marlon Wayans: Woke-ish
2018 • Self
Naked poster
Naked
2017 • Rob Anderson
Fifty Shades of Black poster
Fifty Shades of Black
2016 • Christian
A Haunted House 2 poster
A Haunted House 2
2014 • Malcolm
The Heat poster
The Heat
2013 • Levy
A Haunted House poster
A Haunted House
2013 • Malcolm
FOX 25th Anniversary Special poster
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012 • Self
Marmaduke poster
Marmaduke
2010 • Lightning (voice)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra poster
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009 • Ripcord
Dance Flick poster
Dance Flick
2009 • Mr. Moody
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy poster
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 • Self
Norbit poster
Norbit
2007 • Buster
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street poster
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006 • Dirty/Money (voice)
Little Man poster
Little Man
2006 • Calvin
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness poster
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006 • ... (voice)
Behind the Smile poster
Behind the Smile
2006 • Danny Styles
White Chicks poster
White Chicks
2004 • Marcus Anthony Copeland II / Tiffany Wilson
The Ladykillers poster
The Ladykillers
2004 • Gawain MacSam
Tupac: Resurrection poster
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 • Self (archival)
Scary Movie 2 poster
Scary Movie 2
2001 • Shorty Meeks
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" poster
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001 • Self
The Making of Requiem for a Dream poster
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001 • Self
Dungeons & Dragons poster
Dungeons & Dragons
2000 • Snails
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! poster
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
2000 • Louie Blue (voice)
Requiem for a Dream poster
Requiem for a Dream
2000 • Tyrone C. Love
Scary Movie poster
Scary Movie
2000 • Shorty Meeks
Senseless poster
Senseless
1998 • Darryl Witherspoon
The 6th Man poster
The 6th Man
1997 • Kenny Tyler
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood poster
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 • Loc Dog
Above the Rim poster
Above the Rim
1994 • Bugaloo
Mo' Money poster
Mo' Money
1992 • Seymour Stewart
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 poster
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka poster
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 • Pedestrian
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 poster
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
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Ride or Die
— • Martin Banks