Franklyn Ajaye
Known for: Acting
Born: May 13, 1949
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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).
Advertisement
Filmography
24 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
6.7
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
7.1
Utopia
2014
6.5
Bridesmaids
2011
8.1
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
6.2
I Am Comic
2010
8.0
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
NR
Before They Die!
2008
6.4
Thank God You're Here
2006
8.1
Deadwood
2004
6.1
Queen of the Damned
2002
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
5.8
American Yakuza
1993
7.0
NYPD Blue
1993
5.9
Politically Incorrect
1993
6.7
Goof Troop
1992NR
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
1990
NR
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
NR
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
6.8
The 'Burbs
1989
NR
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
5.7
The Wrong Guys
1988
NR
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
6.5
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
5.2
Fraternity Vacation
1985
6.1
Get Crazy
1983
4.5
Hysterical
1982
5.8
The New Odd Couple
1982
5.9
The Jazz Singer
1980
6.5
Stir Crazy
1980
6.3
Convoy
1978
6.0
Car Wash
1976
5.7
Sweet Revenge
1976
7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
1975
7.0
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
1969
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962