Franklyn Ajaye

Franklyn Ajaye

Birthday: 1949-05-13

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0014977

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).

Played in movies:

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Score: 8.0

The 'Burbs

Score: 6.8

Deadwood: The Movie

Score: 6.7

Bridesmaids

Score: 6.5

Stir Crazy

Score: 6.5

Hollywood Shuffle

Score: 6.5

Convoy

Score: 6.3

Get Crazy

Score: 6.3

I Am Comic

Score: 6.3

Queen of the Damned

Score: 6.1

Car Wash

Score: 6.0

The Jazz Singer

Score: 5.9

Sweet Revenge

Score: 5.8

American Yakuza

Score: 5.6

The Wrong Guys

Score: 5.6

Fraternity Vacation

Score: 5.1

Hysterical

Score: 4.6

Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder

Score: 0.0

Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1

Score: 0.0

Before They Die!

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Deadwood

Score: 8.1

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

Score: 7.9

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Barney Miller

Score: 7.4

Utopia

Score: 7.1

The Bionic Woman

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Goof Troop

Score: 6.6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Thank God You're Here

Score: 6.0

The New Odd Couple

Score: 5.0