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Franklyn Ajaye
0.8 Popularity
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).
Known For
6.7
Samuel Fields
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
7.0
Marvin Hudfield
Utopia
2014
6.5
Mr. Donovan
Bridesmaids
2011
7.9
Self
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
6.3
Self
I Am Comic
2010
8.0
Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
0.0
(Voice)
Before They Die!
2008
6.0
Thank God You're Here
2006
8.1
Samuel Fields
Deadwood
2004
6.1
Dealer
Queen of the Damned
2002
Credits
Deadwood: The Movie
as Samuel Fields
2019
6.7
Utopia
as Marvin Hudfield
2014
7.0
Bridesmaids
as Mr. Donovan
2011
6.5
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
as Self
2010
7.9
I Am Comic
as Self
2010
6.3
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009
8.0
Before They Die!
as (Voice)
2008
0.0
Thank God You're Here
2006
6.0
Deadwood
as Samuel Fields
2004
8.1
Queen of the Damned
as Dealer
2002
6.1
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Sporty The Cat (voice)
1995
6.0
American Yakuza
as Sam
1993
5.7
Goof Troop
as (voice)
1992
6.7
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Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
1990
0.0
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
0.0
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
0.0
The 'Burbs
as Detective #1
1989
6.8
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
0.0
The Wrong Guys
as Franklyn
1988
5.5
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
0.0
Hollywood Shuffle
as Body Guard #1
1987
6.5
Fraternity Vacation
as Harry
1985
5.1
Get Crazy
as Cool
1983
6.2
Hysterical
as Leroy
1982
4.3
The New Odd Couple
as Henry
1982
5.0
The Jazz Singer
as Bubba
1980
5.9
Stir Crazy
as Young Man in Hospital
1980
6.5
Convoy
as Spider Mike
1978
6.3
Car Wash
as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
1976
5.9
Sweet Revenge
as Edmund
1976
5.4
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self
1975
7.0
Barney Miller
as Wendell Frazier
1975
7.3
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
1969
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5