Franklyn Ajaye
ActingBiography
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).
Movies
(24 total)
Bridesmaids
as Lillian's Dad
The 'Burbs
as Detective #1
Queen of the Damned
as Dealer
Stir Crazy
as Young Man in Hospital
Deadwood: The Movie
as Samuel Fields
Convoy
as Spider Mike
Car Wash
as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Hollywood Shuffle
as Body Guard #1
The Jazz Singer
as Bubba
American Yakuza
as Sam
Fraternity Vacation
as Harry
Get Crazy
as Cool
I Am Comic
as Self
Hysterical
as Leroy
The Wrong Guys
as Franklyn
Sweet Revenge
as Edmund
Before They Die!
as (Voice)
TV Shows
(11 total)
Deadwood
as Samuel Fields
Saturday Night Live
as Self
Goof Troop
as (voice)
Barney Miller
as Wendell Frazier
Utopia
as Marvin Hudfield
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Sporty The Cat (voice)
The New Odd Couple
as Henry