Continuing to make strong contributions to the American comedy scene, the Wayans family has been one of the most successful and influential African-American families in show business. Of four actor/producer/comedian brothers, the eldest, Keenen Ivory Wayans, and his groundbreaking television show In Living Color got his siblings a start in show business. Damon has appeared on Saturday Night Live and a number of other television shows while maintaining a successful stand-up comedy career. Youngest brother Marlon appeared in a number of films in the late 1990s, and starred with brother Shawn on the television sitcom The Wayans Brothers. Sister Kim has appeared on In Living Color and many other television programs.

Further Reading:

Graham, Judith, editor. Current Biography Yearbook 1995. New York, H.W. Wilson Co., 1995.

"Siblings Who Are Also Celebrities." Jet. January 19, 1998, 56-62.