Now 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 worked hard to achieve what he dreamed about.
Now Damon Wayans is known in the homeland and around the world as an actor, producer, director, screenwriter. He 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 parents could hardly feed their ten children - five boys and five girls. As one of the eldest sons, Damon was forced to drop out of school in order to earn a living. He did not particularly regret it, because he did not have much success in his studies. Unless there was fun, 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 to him, but not to those who were in the club. But it was an invaluable experience.
Movie career
The first experience of working in a television project was for Wayans the show "Saturday Night Live." Here, again, overwhelming success did not await him, but it was not so easy to embarrass the young comedian: he continued to hone his skills.
And in 1994, Damon was lucky to play in the movie "Beverly Hills Police Officer." The young actor was on the same platform with such stars as Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Garge Reinhold and others. Their creativity, their approach to business delighted Damon, and at that time he learned a lot in terms of professionalism.
Since then, Wayans' fame began to grow, new roles came along with her: in the comedy "Hollywood alignment", in the series "Another World" and other films.
Russian viewers know Damon well in the movie "Major Payne." By the way, the script for this picture was written by Wayans. He repeated this experience more than once, taking up this work very seriously. He is the author of the scripts for the films "The Shadow of Batman" and "More Money", as well as for the series "In Bright Colors", "One Night Visit", "My Wife and Children", where he was also an actor.
And since the beginning of the 90s, he began producing to control the process. In addition, this work brings direct benefits in terms of profit. By the way, Damon is constantly attracting family members to work on his projects, since almost all his brothers and sisters belong to the world of cinema. Their family even received the unspoken title of America’s most fun family.
In 1988, in the career of Wayans, an explosion of fame occurred due to the fact that he starred in four box office films at once. Following this came world fame and huge fees.
Damon’s latest works are mainly TV shows, where his comedic gift is shown as always brightly and appropriately. For example, the series "Lethal Weapon", which began shooting in 2016.
