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Dwayne Wayans | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Dwayne Howell Wayans |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | July 20, 1956
Genres | Film score |
Occupation(s) | Writer/ Composer |
Years active | retired |
Dwayne Howell Wayans (born August 22, 1956) is an American writer and film score composer. He is a member of the Wayans family. [1] [2]
Wayans was born in New York City, the son of Elvira Alethia (Green), a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans, [3] [4] 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.
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).
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Dwayne Wayans | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Dwayne Howell Wayans |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | July 20, 1956
Genres | Film score |
Occupation(s) | Writer/ Composer |
Years active | retired |
Dwayne Howell Wayans (born August 22, 1956) is an American writer and film score composer. He is a member of the Wayans family. [1] [2]
Wayans was born in New York City, the son of Elvira Alethia (Green), a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans, [3] [4] 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.
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).