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Wayne Brady (born June 2, 1972) is an American comedian, singer, and television personality, best known for his role on ABC's television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and for his daytime talk show, The Wayne Brady Show.
Biography
Brady was born in Orlando, Florida, and graduated from Dr. Phillips High School at the age of 16 *. His first job as an entertainer was playing "Tigger" at Walt Disney World. He began to perform at a central Florida comedy club called SAK Comedy Club. He moved from Florida to Las Vegas, Nevada and then eventually on to Los Angeles, California in 1996, where he developed his acting skills. Brady is married to Mandie Taketa; they have one child.
In Whose Line Is It Anyway?, which featured such memorable castmates as Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, and Colin Mochrie, Brady astounded viewers with his amazing singing and acting abilities, his dead-on impressions of various singers and his sense of humor. He went on to start his own ABC variety show in 2001, which failed, and a daytime talk show in 2002 called The Wayne Brady Show, which lasted two seasons and won four Daytime Emmy Awards, two of which went to Brady for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Wayne Brady also guest-starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1999 and 2000 to take part in Drew Live and Drew Live II. On the show, Brady played several games taken from Whose Line Is It Anyway? for the two episodes with other characters.
In 2004, Brady joined the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago, playing the role of lawyer Billy Flynn. In 2006, Brady became the host of TV Land's That's What I'm Talking About, a talk show discussing the role of Blacks in the entertainment industry.
Brady appeared briefly in the final episode of the 2004 season of the comedy Reno 911!.
In 2006 Brady appeared in Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out.
Chappelle's Show
Having created a likable, family-friendly public image, Brady sent it up in a 2004 sketch on Chappelle's Show, portraying himself as a street thug and pimp. The segment parodied the 2001 film Training Day. One of Brady's lines from the sketch, "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?" became widely quoted. Also equally funny line which is taken from training day is "This is not an option nigga if you do not smoke this we have a problem and also "hoes, this is dave. dave, hoes" in which dave responds "evening bitches." . Also at the end of the Sketch Dave leaves the SUV, before saying goodbye Wayne shoots Dave in the leg and says I am Wayne Brady Bitch.''
Brady's appearance was spurred on by an earlier mention in Paul Mooney's "Negrodamus" sketch, in which Mooney's character "prophesied" that "White people love Wayne Brady, because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X." Chappelle later called to apologize to Brady and offered him a guest spot on the show. However, behind the scenes footage included on the Chappelle's Show season 2 DVD indicated that Brady had a hard time filming the sketch, especially in its use of foul language and violence because he felt like it was ruining his image.
Partial filmography
- ''Foodfight! (2007)
- Crossover (2006)
- Call of the Wild (2006)
- Roll Bounce (2005)
- I'm Perfect (2005)
- Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
- Geppetto (2000)
- ''Batman Beyond (2000)
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