Franklyn Ajaye
- Recitazione
- 13 maggio 1949 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biografia
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).
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Filmografia
- Deadwood - Il film · Samuel Fields
- Utopia · Marvin Hudfield
- Le amiche della sposa · Lillian's Dad
- The Green Room with Paul Provenza · In persona
- I Am Comic · In persona
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy · In persona
- Before They Die! · Voce
- Thank God You're Here
- Deadwood · Samuel Fields
- La regina dei dannati · Dealer
- Le favole più belle del mondo · Sporty the Cat (Voce), Sceneggiatura
- American Yakuza · Sam
- NYPD - New York Police Department · Sceneggiatura
- Politically Incorrect · Sceneggiatura
- Ecco Pippo! · Voce
- Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder · Production Executive
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
- L'erba del vicino · 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
- Dal college... con furore!!! · Harry
- Flippaut · Cool
- Hysterical · Leroy
- The New Odd Couple · Henry
- Il cantante di jazz · Bubba
- Nessuno ci può fermare · Young Man in Hospital
- Convoy - Trincea d'asfalto · Spider Mike
- Car Wash - Stazione di servizio · Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
- Sweet Revenge · Edmund
- La donna bionica
- Saturday Night Live · In persona
- Barney Miller · Wendell Frazier
- Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · In persona