Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His nickname is "The Jazz Comedian" for his distinctive jazz-inflected style of delivery, timing, and use of silence. He released a series of comedy albums starting in 1973 and has acted in film and television shows from the 1970s through the present, including as a primary character in the 1976 ensemble comedy Car Wash and a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978).

Фільмографія

• 2019Дедвуд — Samuel Fields
• Utopia — Marvin Hudfield
• 2011Подружки нареченої — Lillian's Dad
• 2008Before They Die! — (Voice)
• Thank God You're Here
• Дедвуд — Samuel Fields
• 2002Королева проклятих — Dealer
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Sporty the Cat (voice), Writer
• 1993American Yakuza — Sam
• NYPD Blue — Writer
• Politically Incorrect — Writer
• Goof Troop — (voice)
• 1990Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder — Production Executive
• 1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
• 1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
• 1989Передмістя — Detective #1
• 1988Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
• 1988The Wrong Guys — Franklyn
• 1987Hollywood Shuffle — Body Guard #1
• 1987Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
• 1985Fraternity Vacation — Harry
• 1983Get Crazy — Cool
• 1982Hysterical — Leroy
• The New Odd Couple — Henry
• 1980The Jazz Singer — Bubba
• 1980Психи в тюрязі — Young Man in Hospital
• 1978Конвой — Spider Mike
• 1976Car Wash — Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
• 1976Sweet Revenge — Edmund
• Біонічна жінка
• Barney Miller — Wendell Frazier
• 1969Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (5)

• 2010I Am Comic — Self
• The Green Room with Paul Provenza — Self
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self
• Суботнього вечора в прямому ефірі — Self
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self