Actor profile

Franklyn Ajaye

13th May 1949 Brooklyn, New York, USA Acting

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).

23 Movies 11 TV Shows 35 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Deadwood: The Movie poster

Deadwood: The Movie 31st May 2019 as Samuel Fields

Bridesmaids poster

Bridesmaids 13th May 2011 as Lillian's Dad

I Am Comic poster

I Am Comic 10th January 2010 as Self

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy poster

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy 1st January 2009 as Self

Before They Die! poster

Before They Die! 1st November 2008 as (Voice)

Queen of the Damned poster

Queen of the Damned 10th February 2002 as Dealer

American Yakuza poster

American Yakuza 22nd December 1993 as Sam

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 poster

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4 16th September 1989

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 poster

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 20th May 1989

The 'Burbs poster

The 'Burbs 17th February 1989 as Detective #1

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 poster

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 24th September 1988

The Wrong Guys poster

The Wrong Guys 13th May 1988 as Franklyn

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 poster

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1 19th December 1987

Hollywood Shuffle poster

Hollywood Shuffle 20th March 1987 as Body Guard #1

Fraternity Vacation poster

Fraternity Vacation 4th December 1985 as Harry

Get Crazy poster

Get Crazy 5th August 1983 as Cool

Hysterical poster

Hysterical 22nd December 1982 as Leroy

The Jazz Singer poster

The Jazz Singer 17th December 1980 as Bubba

Stir Crazy poster

Stir Crazy 12th December 1980 as Young Man in Hospital

Convoy poster

Convoy 27th June 1978 as Spider Mike

Car Wash poster

Car Wash 22nd October 1976 as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)

Sweet Revenge poster

Sweet Revenge 6th June 1976 as Edmund

Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales poster

Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales 1st January 1969

Utopia poster

Utopia 13th August 2014 as Marvin Hudfield

The Green Room with Paul Provenza poster

The Green Room with Paul Provenza 10th June 2010 as Self

Thank God You're Here poster

Thank God You're Here 5th April 2006

Deadwood poster

Deadwood 21st March 2004 as Samuel Fields

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 12th March 1995 as Sporty the Cat (voice)

Goof Troop poster

Goof Troop 5th September 1992 as (voice)

The New Odd Couple poster

The New Odd Couple 29th October 1982 as Henry

The Bionic Woman poster

The Bionic Woman 14th January 1976

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self

Barney Miller poster

Barney Miller 23rd January 1975 as Wendell Frazier

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self