Biography
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).
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Filmography
all 39
Movies 26
TV Shows 13
self 7
Writer 4
Voice 1
Samuel Fields
Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
Movie
Writer
Some: An Erotic Tale (2017)
Movie
Marvin Hudfield
Utopia (2014)
TV
1
Mr. Donovan
Bridesmaids (2011)
Movie
7.33
Self
The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010)
TV
Self
I Am Comic (2010)
Movie
Self
Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black (2009)
Movie
6
Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
Movie
Actor
Before They Die! (2008)
Movie
Thank God You're Here (2007)
TV
5.5
Samuel Fields
Deadwood (2004)
TV
6.17
Dealer
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Movie
1
Writer
C Bear and Jamal (1996)
TV
Sporty The Cat (voice) / Writer
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
TV
Sam
American Yakuza (1993)
Movie
Writer
Politically Incorrect (1993)
TV
(voice)
Goof Troop (1992)
TV
8.4
Self
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder (1990)
Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 (1989)
Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 (1989)
Movie
Detective #1
The 'Burbs (1989)
Movie
5.96
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 (1988)
Movie
Franklyn
The Wrong Guys (1988)
Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 (1987)
Movie
Body Guard #1
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Movie
6
Harry
Fraternity Vacation (1985)
Movie
6
Cool
Get Crazy (1983)
Movie
Leroy
Hysterical (1982)
Movie
Bubba
The Jazz Singer (1980)
Movie
Young Man in Hospital
Stir Crazy (1980)
Movie
5.09
Spider Mike
Convoy (1978)
Movie
5.33
T.C.
Car Wash (1976)
Movie
10
Edmund
Sweet Revenge (1976)
Movie
The Bionic Woman (1976)
TV
6.67
Self
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Wendell Frazier
Barney Miller (1975)
TV
5.5
Actor
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales (1969)
Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Thank God You're Here
TV
Ratings
Average 5.99
Based on 770 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1962
1982
1989
1988
2019
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1949-05-13 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesMelbourne, Australia
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