Wayans was married to Lisa Thorner, however they divorced in 2000. He is the father of Damon Wayans, Jr., Michael Wayans, Cara Mia Wayans, and Kyla Wayans. He is also the uncle of Damien Dante Wayans and Craig Wayans.

Wayans is a close friend of NBA legend Michael Jordan.

His earliest film appearance was a brief cameo as an effeminate hotel employee in the 1984 Eddie Murphy film Beverly Hills Cop. He was briefly on Saturday Night Live as a featured performer, before getting fired for playing his character as a flamboyant gay cop instead of a straight cop. In the SNL book Live From New York, it was stated that Wayans did this largely due to growing frustrations that his sketches were not being considered for the show and increasing stress. He also appeared in the syndicated TV series Solid Gold during the 1980s as a stand-up comedian. After that, he went on to do the TV-show In Living Color from 1990 to 1992, part of a team that was nominated for Emmy Awards all three years.

After In Living Color, he starred in films such as The Last Boy Scout, Major Payne and The Great White Hype and wrote and starred in the film Blankman. In 1996, he produced Waynehead, a cartoon for the WB, loosely based on his own childhood growing up in a large family, starring a poor boy with a club foot. The show only lasted a season due to poor ratings. From 1997 to 1998, he was the executive producer of 413 Hope St., a short-lived drama on the FOX network starring Richard Roundtree and Jesse L. Martin.

In 1998, he starred in a short-lived comedy titled Damon, in which he played a Chicago detective. It aired on FOX. In 1999, his New York Times bestselling book Bootleg with co-author David Asbery was published; it is a humorous compilation of his observations about family,_wayans.html Error - ABC.com]</ref>

In 2005, Damon Wayans was in a celebrity ad campaign for Hanes.

In 2006, he began starring in The Underground, a sketch comedy series on Showtime. His son, Damon, Jr. also stars on the show.

Wayans appears in Janet Jackson's video "The Best Things in Life Are Free" and was considered for the role of The Riddler in Batman Forever (the role went to Jim Carrey, his co-star from In Living Color and Earth Girls are Easy). He hosted the 2006 BET Awards which was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on June 27, 2006.

In May 2008 Wayans was highlighted by the media for the production of a controversial video titled, "Abortion Man". This viral video portrays a young man in need of killing the unborn child of his pregnant girlfriend and thus calls upon Abortion Man for aid. Abortion Man (portrayed as a super hero) then finds the pregnant girl and proceeds to knee, punch and stomp the girls stomach until the fetus flies out. Some sources hold that this video is satire and is an attempt to show the violence and cruelty of abortion while other sources think the video is simply a product of Wayans' distorted sense of humor.

• 1984 Beverly Hills Cop Banana Man
• 1985-1986 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Various. Only featured never offered contract for permanent cast member
• 1986 Triplecross (TV) Ornery Character #1
• 1987 Hollywood Shuffle Body Guard #2/Willie
• 1987 Roxanne Jerry
• 1987 A Different World (TV Series) Marvin Haven
• 1988 Colors T-Bone
• 1988 Earth Girls Are Easy Zeebo
• 1988 Punchline Percy
• 1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Leonard
• 1990 Look Who's Talking Too Eddie (voice)
• 1990-1992 In Living Color (TV Series) Various
• 1991 ] James Alexander 'Jimmy/Jim' Dix
• 1992 Mo' Money Johnny Stewart
• 1993 Last Action Hero Himself
• 1994 Blankman Darryl Walker
• 1995 Major Payne Maj. Benson Payne (main character)
• 1996 Celtic Pride Lewis Scott
• 1996 The Great White Hype James 'The Grim Reaper' Roper
• 1996 Bulletproof Rock Keats/Jack Carter
• 1998 Damon (TV Series) Damon Thomas
• 1999 Harlem Aria Wes
• 1999 Goosed Dr. Steven Hemel
• 2000 Bamboozled Pierre Delacroix
• 2001-2005 My Wife and Kids (TV Series) Michael Kyle
• 2003 Marci X Dr. S
• 2004 Behind the Smile Charlie Richman
• 2006 Farce of the Penguins (V) Hey, that's my ass! Penguin (voice)
• 2006 The Underground (TV Series) Various
• 2008 Never Better (TV Series) Keith
• 2009 Untitled Damon Wayans Project (TV Series) TBA

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