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Dwayne Wayans
Background information
Birth nameDwayne Howell Wayans
Born (1956-07-20) July 20, 1956 (age 67)
New York City, New York, U.S.
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)Writer/Composer
Years activeretired

Dwayne Howell Wayans (born July 20, 1956) is an American writer and film score composer. He is a member of the Wayans family.

Early life

Wayans was born in New York City, the son of Elvira Alethia (Green), a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans,[1][2] a supermarket manager.[citation needed] His family were Jehovah's Witnesses.[citation needed] He and his family lived in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. He is the eldest brother of Keenen, Kim, Elvira (who was named after her mother), Nadia, Damon Sr., Shawn, and Marlon.

Career

He worked as production assistant and performed as background characters and in sketches on the shows of brothers Keenen Ivory Wayans (In Living Color) and Damon Wayans, Sr. (My Wife and Kids).

Dwayne has also composed original music for My Wife and Kids (2003–05), Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness (2006), and television series the Underground (2016).

Filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, January 19, 2016, PBS
  2. ^ "Keenen Ivory Wayans' Interactive Family Tree | Finding Your Roots | PBS". PBS. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24.

External links

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