Personal Info
Known ForActing
GenderMale
BirthdayMay 12, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Franklyn Ajaye
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).
Known For
The Wrong Guys
The 'Burbs
Fraternity Vacation
Convoy
I Am Comic
Get Crazy
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Car Wash
Hysterical
Queen of the Damned
Stir Crazy
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
Before They Die!
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
The Jazz Singer
American Yakuza
Sweet Revenge
Hollywood Shuffle
Bridesmaids
Deadwood: The Movie
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
Deadwood
The Bionic Woman
Barney Miller
Saturday Night Live
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Thank God You're Here
Utopia
Goof Troop
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The New Odd Couple
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