Known For
Acting
Born
May 13, 1949
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Credits
37 titles
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
Filmography
Deadwood: The Movie
Samuel Fields
Utopia
Marvin Hudfield
Bridesmaids
Lillian's Dad
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
I Am Comic
Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self
Before They Die!
(Voice)
Thank God You're Here
Deadwood
Samuel Fields
Queen of the Damned
Dealer
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Sporty the Cat (voice)
American Yakuza
Sam
NYPD Blue
Writer
Politically Incorrect
Writer
Goof Troop
(voice)
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
The 'Burbs
Detective #1
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
The Wrong Guys
Franklyn
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Hollywood Shuffle
Body Guard #1
Fraternity Vacation
Harry
Get Crazy
Cool
Hysterical
Leroy
The New Odd Couple
Henry
The Jazz Singer
Bubba
Stir Crazy
Young Man in Hospital
Convoy
Spider Mike
Car Wash
Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Sweet Revenge
Edmund
The Bionic Woman
Saturday Night Live
Self
Barney Miller
Wendell Frazier
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self