Marlon Lamont Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
Marlon Wayans began his career portraying a pedestrian in I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.
Marlon Wayans went on to regularly collaborate with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999), and in the comedy films Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009).
Marlon Wayans had a dramatic role in Darren Aronofsky’s critically acclaimed film Requiem for a Dream (2000), which saw his departure from the usual comedies.
Marlon Wayans has appeared in other films including;
- 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).
- Marlon Wayans also partnered with Randy Adams to create What the Funny, an online destination for urban comedy.
Marlon Wayans then created the comedy competition television show Funniest Wins, which aired on TBS in 2014.
Since 2014, Marlon Wayans and his brothers have been traveling the U.S. with “The Wayans Brothers Tour” and in 2017, he began starring in his own NBC sitcom Marlon, which ran for two seasons.
For his personal life, Marlon Wayans was married to Angelica Zackary and they had two children; Shawn Howell Wayans and Amai Zackary Wayans.
Amai Zackary Wayans, the first child was born on May 24, 2000.
Shawn Howell Wayans was born on February 3, 2002.