Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. (born September 4, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He's best know for his role as Michael Kyle on the sitcom My Wife and Kids as well as his comedic work on In Living Color. He performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a year long stint on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. His true breakthrough, however, came as writer and performer on FOX's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990-1992), on his animated series Waynehead (1996-1997), and on his TV series Damon (1998). Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Beverly Hills Cop, The Last Boy Scout, and Major Payne and the sitcom My Wife and Kids. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the television series Lethal Weapon. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers.

Filmography

• Poppa's House — Damon 'Poppa' Fulton, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2023Cinnamon — Wally
• 2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes — Willis Drummond
• Happy Together — Mike
• Lethal Weapon — Roger Murtaugh
• Happy Endings — Francis Wililams
• 2006Behind the Smile — Charlie Richman, Writer, Director, Producer
• 2006Farce of the Penguins — Hey, That's My Ass! Penguin (voice)
• The Underground — Director, Producer, Writer, Creator
• Rodney — Creator
• 2003Marci X — Dr. S
• My Wife and Kids — Michael Kyle, Director, Writer, Producer, Creator
• Primetime Glick
• 2000Bamboozled — Pierre Delacroix
• 1999Goosed — Dr. Steven Hamel
• 1999Harlem Aria — Wes
• Damon — Det. Damon Thomas, Creator
• 413 Hope St. — Producer, Creator
• 1997Damon Wayans: Still Standing — Self, Writer
• 1996Bulletproof — Rock Keats / Jack Carter
• 1996Celtic Pride — Lewis Scott
• 1996The Great White Hype — James "The Grim Reaper" Roper
• Waynehead — Executive Producer, Creator
• 1995Major Payne — Major Payne, Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 1994Blankman — Darryl Walker, Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer
• HBO First Look
• 1992Mo' Money — Johnny Stewart, Writer, Executive Producer
• 1991Damon Wayans: The Last Stand — Self, Writer
• 1991The Last Boy Scout — James Alexander 'Jimmy' Dix
• In Living Color — Self - Various Characters, Creator
• 1990Look Who's Talking Too — Eddie (voice)
• 1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
• 1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
• 1988Colors — T-Bone
• 1988Earth Girls Are Easy — Zeebo
• 1988I'm Gonna Git You Sucka — Leonard
• 1988Punchline — Percy
• 1988Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
• A Different World — Marvin Haven
• 1987Hollywood Shuffle — Body Guard #2 / Willie
• 1987Roxanne — Jerry
• 1986Triplecross — Ornery Character #1
• 1984Beverly Hills Cop — Banana Man

Appearances as themselves (22)

• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• The Comedy Store — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self
• 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found — Self
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 2001The Making of 'Bamboozled' — Self
• 2000Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2000 — Self / Host
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• The View — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• 1993Last Action Hero — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Terry Wogan's Friday Night — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• One Night Stand — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Various Characters