
Franklyn Ajaye
Actor
Born: May 13, 1949 (76 years old)
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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).
Filmography (25)
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009, ★ 8)
- Deadwood (2004, ★ 8.1)
- The 'Burbs (1989, ★ 6.8)
- Deadwood: The Movie (2019, ★ 6.7)
- The Bionic Woman (1976, ★ 7)
- Barney Miller (1975, ★ 7.3)
- Convoy (1978, ★ 6.3)
- I Am Comic (2010, ★ 6.2)
- Get Crazy (1983, ★ 6.2)
- Car Wash (1976, ★ 5.9)
- Queen of the Damned (2002, ★ 6.1)
- Stir Crazy (1980, ★ 6.5)
- Utopia (2014, ★ 7)
- The Jazz Singer (1980, ★ 5.9)
- Goof Troop (1992, ★ 6.7)
- The Wrong Guys (1988, ★ 5.5)
- Fraternity Vacation (1985, ★ 5.2)
- American Yakuza (1993, ★ 5.7)
- Hollywood Shuffle (1987, ★ 6.5)
- Bridesmaids (2011, ★ 6.5)
- Sweet Revenge (1976, ★ 5.5)
- Thank God You're Here (2006, ★ 6)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995, ★ 6)
- Politically Incorrect (1993, ★ 5.3)
- Hysterical (1982, ★ 4.3)