Franklyn Ajaye

Known for ActingBorn 1949-05-13 (age 77)Brooklyn, New York, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

Deadwood

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Utopia

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Barney Miller

NYPD Blue

Deadwood: The Movie

The Bionic Woman

Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales

Saturday Night Live

The 'Burbs

Bridesmaids

Goof Troop

Hollywood Shuffle

Stir Crazy

I Am Comic

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Thank God You're Here

Queen of the Damned

Convoy

Get Crazy

Car Wash

American Yakuza

The Jazz Singer

The Wrong Guys

The New Odd Couple

Politically Incorrect

Sweet Revenge

Fraternity Vacation

Hysterical

Before They Die!

Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1