Nowadays, few people believe in the "American Dream", but Damon Wayans is a living embodiment of this theory. We can say that he was lucky to be born a light, cheerful, cheerful person, and therefore he is now so famous. However, at the same time, the actor put a lot of effort into achieving what he dreamed of.
Now Damon Wayans at home and around the world is known as an actor, producer, director, screenwriter. He has achieved a lot in his profession and his career continues to develop.
Biography
Damon Wayans was born in 1960 in New York. His family was very poor, and his parents could hardly feed their ten children - five boys and five girls. As one of the eldest sons, Damon was forced to leave school to earn a living. He didn't really regret it, because he didn't have much academic success. Unless it was fun there, and classmates sincerely laughed at his jokes.
What could a very young Damon do to earn money? He began performing in small clubs - he worked as a stand-up comedian, made the audience laugh. For the sake of truth, I must say that he did not do it very well: it was funny for him, but not for those who were in the club. But it was an invaluable experience.
Film career
Wayans's first television experience was Saturday Night Live. Here he again did not expect overwhelming success, but it was not so easy to embarrass the young comedian: he continued to hone his skills.
And in 1994, Damon was still lucky to play in the movie "Beverly Hills Cop". The young actor was on the same stage with such stars as Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Jarge Reinhold and others. Their creativity, their approach to business admired Damon, and that time he learned a lot in terms of professionalism.
Since then, Wayans's fame has begun to grow, along with her new roles have come: in the comedy "Hollywood Spread", in the TV series "Underworld" and other tapes.
Russian audiences know Damon well from the film Major Payne. By the way, Wayans wrote the script for this picture. He repeated this experience more than once, taking this work very seriously. He is a screenwriter for the films "Shadow of Batman" and "More Money", as well as for the series "In Vivid Colors", "One Night Date", "My Wife and Children", where he was also an actor.
And from the beginning of the 90s, he took up producing in order to control the process. In addition, this work brings direct benefits in terms of making a profit. By the way, Damon constantly attracts family members to work on his projects, since almost all of his brothers and sisters belong to the world of cinema. Their family even received the unspoken title of "the funniest family in America."
In 1988, Wayans' career exploded in fame due to the fact that he starred in four box-office films at once. This was followed by world fame and huge fees.
Damon's recent work is mostly serials, where his comedic gift manifests itself, as always, vividly and appropriately. For example, the series Lethal Weapon, which began filming in 2016.
Personal life
The Wayans family is very large and friendly. These are brothers and sisters, their children and acquaintances. Since Damon divorced his wife Liz Thorner in 2000, he has only been seen surrounded by family and children.
In a marriage with Liz, the actor had two sons and two daughters, the eldest of the sons has already followed in the footsteps of his father. Wayans children communicate with both parents, calmly react to the fact that the parents are no longer together.
