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









