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." In 1990, the young performer starred in "The Wayans Bros." sitcom, which headed up the WB Network line-up for five years.
Wayans's 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 Spherris.
Next on the horizon, in addition to SCARY MOVIE, Wayans will star with Jared Leto, Jennifer Connellv, 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 heroine. Wayans will also soon be seen in Joel Silver's "Dungeons & Dragons," which he recently completed filming in Prague.
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