Franklyn Ajaye
Acting
1949-05-13 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Deadwood: The Movie
2019 · Movie
Utopia
2014 · Series
Bridesmaids
2011 · Movie
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010 · Series
I Am Comic
2010 · Movie
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Movie
Before They Die!
2008 · Movie
Thank God You're Here
2006 · Series
Deadwood
2004 · Series
Queen of the Damned
2002 · Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
American Yakuza
1993 · Movie
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
Politically Incorrect
1993 · Series
Goof Troop
1992 · Series
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
1990 · Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989 · Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989 · Movie
The 'Burbs
1989 · Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988 · Movie
The Wrong Guys
1988 · Movie
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987 · Movie
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 · Movie
Fraternity Vacation
1985 · Movie
Get Crazy
1983 · Movie
Hysterical
1982 · Movie
The New Odd Couple
1982 · Series
The Jazz Singer
1980 · Movie
Stir Crazy
1980 · Movie
Convoy
1978 · Movie
Car Wash
1976 · Movie
Sweet Revenge
1976 · Movie
The Bionic Woman
1976 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Barney Miller
1975 · Series
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
1969 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series