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Damon Wayans
Birth at
4 September 1960
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Damon Kyle Wayans (September 4, 1960, New York) was the third of ten children in the Wines family. His parents, a store manager and a social worker, were far from the highest paid professionals, and the family often starved. Damon also suffered from clubfoot and had to wear orthopedic shoes. The kids at school laughed at him. All this would probably be enough for the boy to grow up a neurotic and hypochondriac. But in compensation for all the inconveniences of life, fate awarded Damon an excellent
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Damon Kyle Wayans (September 4, 1960, New York) was the third of ten children in the Wines family. His parents, a store manager and a social worker, were far from the highest paid professionals, and the family often starved. Damon also suffered from clubfoot and had to wear orthopedic shoes. The kids at school laughed at him. All this would probably be enough for the boy to grow up a neurotic and hypochondriac. But in compensation for all the inconveniences of life, fate awarded Damon an excellent sense of humor and an outstanding talent of a comedian. He did not graduate from school, he had to help his parents.
Damon Wayans changed many jobs until he realized that his real calling was the stage, and one should not resist the call of the heart. However, fame and recognition do not come by themselves, they must be achieved by work. And the beginning of the stage career of Damon Wayans was not brilliant, he performed in various clubs with comic numbers. The audience applauded him from the heart, but the next day forgot about the comedian. However, he was invited to appear in episodic roles.
The first serious work of Damon Wyans in the movie was the role of Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills, then he starred as Steve Martin in the film.
the film "Roxanne" . The picture “Beverly Hills” turned out to be a real success for the actor, he was “noticed” by both film critics and directors. Invitations began to come one after another. For several years, he starred in the films “Earth girls are easily available” “Living color”, and in the film Tony Scott “The Last Boy Scout” plays the main role.
In the early 90s, Damon Wyjans expanded the scope of his activities and in parallel with the shooting began to write scripts, became a producer of several films. In the fantastic parody of Blackman, he is both a co-writer and the main character. The picture was a success, as were the subsequent films – Major Payne, Big White Lie, Basketball Fever. /