# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shawn-wayans
# Generated: 2026-09-03T13:23:20.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shawn-wayans"
name: "Shawn Wayans"
slug: "shawn-wayans"
description: "Shawn Mathis Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He made his debut on the comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1993). He went on to work with his brother Marlon Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros.(1995–1999) and the comedy films Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996), Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009)."
tagline: "American actor, DJ, producer, writer and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shawnwayans04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1971-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.96
  momentum:             10
  historical:           31.15654266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Shawn_Wayans"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealdjsw1/"
    handle:    "therealdjsw1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915465/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Shawn Wayans"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump