Franklyn Ajaye
Actor · ProducerFranklyn 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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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR24
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
Samuel Fields
Bridesmaids
2011
Lillian's Dad
I Am Comic
2010
Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
Self
Before They Die!
2008
(Voice)
Queen of the Damned
2002
Dealer
American Yakuza
1993
Sam
- Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
1990
The 'Burbs
1989
Detective #1
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
The Wrong Guys
1988
Franklyn
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
Body Guard #1
Fraternity Vacation
1985
Harry
Get Crazy
1983
Cool
Hysterical
1982
Leroy
Stir Crazy
1980
Young Man in Hospital
The Jazz Singer
1980
Bubba
Convoy
1978
Spider Mike
Car Wash
1976
Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Sweet Revenge
1976
Edmund
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
1969
