Wayne Brady
Biography
Wayne Alphonso Brady (born June 2, 1972) is an Emmy Award-winning actor, singer, comedian, host, and television personality, known for his work as a comedian on the American version of the improv comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the host of his daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show. He was the original host of FOX's Don't Forget the Lyrics!, hosts the 2009 revival of Let's Make a Deal as well as Game of Talents.
He has been a contestant on Dancing with the Stars and on The Masked Singer.
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Acting History
2025
Luke Null: Pretty Songs, Dirty Words as Self
2024Is It Cake? Holiday as Self - Guest Judge
2024Wayne Brady: The Family Remix as Self
2024A Hip Hop Story as Freddy
2024After Midnight as Self
2024Self Reliance as Wayne Brady
2023The Game Show Show as Self
2022Blank as Henry
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022Sherri as Self - Guest
2022American Gigolo as Lorenzo
2022Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution as Self
2022Make Some Noise as Self - Player
2022The Cuphead Show! as King Dice (voice)
2021Ziwe
2021Game of Talents as Self - Host
2021Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical as Django
2020Blindfire as Davon
2020The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
2020Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe as Stapler-Fist / Additional Voices (voice)
2020Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party as Self
2020Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2020Wayne Brady's Comedy IQ
2020Stars in the House as Self
2019Laughing Matters as Self
2019mixed-ish as Geoffrey
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show as Reggie
2019Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
2019American Soul as Little Richard
2019The Masked Singer as Fox
2019The Masked Singer as Fox (archive footage)
2019The Masked Singer as Self - Guest Panelist
2019The Masked Singer as Self - Video Message
2018The Neighborhood as Isaiah Evans
2018Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Clover (voice)
2018Nailed It! as Self - Judge
2018Black Lightning as Tyson Sykes / Gravedigger
2018Black Lightning as Gravedigger
2017Drop the Mic as Self
2017The F Word as Self
2017The Good Fight as Del Cooper
2016Milo Murphy's Law as Eugene (voice)
2016Match Game as Self - Panelist
2016Straight Outta OZ
2016Colony as Everett Kynes
2015Sofia The First: Dear Sofia...A Royal Collection
2015Celebrity Family Feud as Self
2015VeggieTales: Noah's Ark as Shem (voice)
2015Light Girls as Self
2015World's Funniest Fails as Self - Panelist
2014Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy as Clover (voice)
2014Sofia The First: The Curse Of Princess Ivy as Clover (voice)
2014The Hero of Color City as Blue (voice)
2014Celebrity Name Game as Self
2014Sofia the First: The Enchanted Feast as Clover (voice)
2014Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars as Additional Voices (voice)
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
20131982 as Alonso
2013Sofia the First: The Floating Palace as Clover (voice)
2013Sofia The First: Ready To Be A Princess as Clover (voice)
2013Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright as Brick Pimiento (voice)
2013Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
2013Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013Sofia the First as Clover (voice)
2012Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess as Clover (voice)
2012Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne as Self
2012Trust Us with Your Life as Himself
2012Baby Daddy as Chase Baxter
2012Foodfight! as Daredevil Dan (voice)
2012Key & Peele as Centipede Buddy
2011Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza as Self
2010The Fran Drescher Show
2010Katt Williams: 9 Lives as Self
2010Wayne Brady Live - Making Shit Up as Himself
2009Let's Make a Deal as Self - Host
2009Cubed as Wayne Brady
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2008Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self
2007Phineas and Ferb as Guide (voice)
2007Don't Forget the Lyrics! as Self - Host
2007The List as Lewis
2007Dirt as Tweety's Henchman
200630 Rock as Steven
2006Comics Unleashed as Self
2006The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2006Crossover as Vaughn
2006Shorty McShorts' Shorts as Cameron
2006Psych as Hilton Fox
2006The Adventures of Brer Rabbit as Brer Wolf (voice)
2005Jim Brickman at the Magic Kingdom: The Disney Songbook as Self
2005Roll Bounce as D.J. Johnny Feelgood
2005Everybody Hates Chris as Louis
2005How I Met Your Mother as James Stinson
2005The Tyra Banks Show
2005Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild as Reeko (voice)
2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation as Self
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
2005Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005I Do, They Don't
2005American Dad! as Astronaut (voice)
2005American Dad! as Cuba Gooding Jr. (voice)
2005American Dad! as Tungee (voice)
2005American Dad! as Wayne Brady (voice)
2005American Dad! as Major (voice)
2005Getting Along Famously as Jackie Kinghorn
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Kevin Hill as Pastor Jerry Carver
2004Going to the Mat as Mason Wyatt
2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? as Self
2004Clifford's Really Big Movie as Shackelford (voice)
2003Comedy Central Roasts as Self
2003Reno 911! as New Jones - Deputy Culufu Garwood
2003The Electric Piper as Sly, The Electric Piper (voice)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Chappelle's Show
2002American Dreams as Jackie Wilson
2002The Anna Nicole Show
2001The Wayne Brady Show
2000Girlfriends as Derek Tyler
2000Geppetto as The Magician
1999Batman Beyond as Micron (voice)
1998Hollywood Squares
1998Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
1997The View as Self
1997Stargate SG-1 as Trelak
1995MADtv as Self
1995The Drew Carey Show as Wayne Brady
1995Star Search
1993Raw as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself
1988Earth Girls Are Easy as Extra (uncredited)
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1983Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1974The Daytime Emmy Awards
1974American Music Awards as Self - Host
1974American Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1972Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
—The Prince
—Sofia the First: Royal Magic as Clover (voice)