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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
Deadwood
Barney Miller
The Bionic Woman
Goof Troop
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Bridesmaids
All Movies (24)
- Deadwood: The Movie2019 · as Samuel Fields
- Bridesmaids2011 · as Lillian's Dad
- I Am Comic2010 · as Self
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy2009 · as Self
- Before They Die!2008 · as (Voice)
- Queen of the Damned2002 · as Dealer
- American Yakuza1993 · as Sam
- Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder1990
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 41989
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 31989
- The 'Burbs1989 · as Detective #1
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 21988
- The Wrong Guys1988 · as Franklyn
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 11987
- Hollywood Shuffle1987 · as Body Guard #1
- Fraternity Vacation1985 · as Harry
- Get Crazy1983 · as Cool
- Hysterical1982 · as Leroy
- The Jazz Singer1980 · as Bubba
- Stir Crazy1980 · as Young Man in Hospital
- Convoy1978 · as Spider Mike
- Car Wash1976 · as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
- Sweet Revenge1976 · as Edmund
- Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales1969
All TV Shows (11)
- Utopia2014 · as Marvin Hudfield
- The Green Room with Paul Provenza2010 · as Self
- Thank God You're Here2006
- Deadwood2004 · as Samuel Fields
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995 · as Sporty the Cat (voice)
- Goof Troop1992 · as (voice)
- The New Odd Couple1982 · as Henry
- The Bionic Woman1976
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self
- Barney Miller1975 · as Wendell Frazier
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self