Franklyn Ajaye
Birthday
1949/05/13 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
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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).
Acting
(1988) The Wrong Guys
as Franklyn
(1989) The 'Burbs
as Detective #1
(1985) Fraternity Vacation
as Harry
(1978) Convoy
as Spider Mike
(2010) I Am Comic
as Self
(1983) Get Crazy
as Cool
(2009) Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
(1976) Car Wash
as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
(1982) Hysterical
as Leroy
(2002) Queen of the Damned
as Dealer
(1980) Stir Crazy
as Young Man in Hospital
(1988) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
as ---
(2008) Before They Die!
as (Voice)
(1987) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
as ---
(1989) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
as ---
(1989) Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
as ---
(1969) Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
as ---
(1980) The Jazz Singer
as Bubba
(1993) American Yakuza
as Sam
(1976) Sweet Revenge
as Edmund
(1987) Hollywood Shuffle
as Body Guard #1
(2011) Bridesmaids
as Mr. Donovan
(2019) Deadwood: The Movie
as Samuel Fields
(1990) Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
as ---
(2004) Deadwood
as Samuel Fields
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1975) Barney Miller
as Wendell Frazier
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self
(2010) The Green Room with Paul Provenza
as Self
(2006) Thank God You're Here
as ---
(2014) Utopia
as Marvin Hudfield
(1992) Goof Troop
as (voice)
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Sporty The Cat (voice)
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1982) The New Odd Couple
as Henry