Comic and singer Wayne Brady might have made one of is own most long lasting marks by serenading audience members with love ballads in the American version of Whose Series COULD IT BE Anyway? Hosted by Drew Carey, the present highlighted Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, as well as other regulars, who performed improvisational games before a studio market. Brady’s brilliant relationship with the various other players on the display earned him not merely three Emmy nominations (among which actually discovered the comic acquiring home the award), but more than enough focus on spawn his very own Emmy-winning series, The Wayne Brady Present, in 2001. Delivered June 2, 1972, in Orlando, Florida, Brady started executing the central Florida movie theater circuit when he was still an adolescent. After a short stay in NEVADA, he relocated to LA in 1996, where he obtained stage and tv experience being a dramatic musician. He made performances on many dramatic series, including I’ll Journey Away and In heat of the night time. In 1998, he hosted the VH1 series Vinyl fabric Justice, furthermore to his past due-’90s appearance on Whose Series Is It In any case? The TV film musical Geppetto highlighted Brady within the role of the magician, alongside Whose Series web host Drew Carey, who starred within the humor. The Wayne Brady Present debuted in 2001. Compiled by, made by, and starring Brady, the series showcased both his comedic and dramatic abilities. A sketch humor show that acquired a relatively short operate on daytime tv, The Wayne Brady Display nevertheless paved just how for a likewise titled talk display that strike the airwaves exactly the same 12 months. His recognition grew at an instant rate because of his amiable, down-to-earth persona and everyman attitude. (Brady also demonstrated that he previously a feeling of laughter about his picture by portraying himself like a drug-dealing psychopath on an especially memorable bout of Chappelle’s Display in 2004.) Several appearances in tv series adopted, including Reno 911, Stargate SG-1, and Kevin Hill, and in 2006 he offered as sponsor for the thought-provoking Television Property series That’s What I’m DISCUSSING, a free-flowing go through the dark lifestyle in the us that presented such unique guests as Spike Lee, Wanda Sykes, D.L. Hughley, and Paul Mooney. Like a repeating role in the favorite tv series Girlfriends continuing to maintain him occupied on the tiny screen, additional shows in features, just like the retro-minded roller-skating humor theatre Roll Bounce as well as the high-stakes streetball theatre Crossover, discovered the comic’s film profession gaining momentum aswell. In 2007 he hosted the prime-time performing game show REMEMBER the Lyrics. A 12 months later he centered on his personal singing profession by liberating his debut full-length, QUITE A WHILE Coming. The recording was filled up with sluggish jams, traditional R&B tastes, and several cover variations, including Stevie Wonder’s “All I REALLY DO” as well as the Beatles’ “Can’t Purchase Me Appreciate.” In ’09 2009 he became the web host of the day time game show Allow’s Create a Deal. 2 yrs later Brady came back to the documenting studio following the realization that “Yου hаνе six-year-olds whο саn estimate Female Gaga’s lyrics.” In response, he released the wholesome kids’s record Radio Wayne that same calendar year in the Disney label.
Quick Facts
Full Name Wayne Brady
Salary $10 million
Height 1.82 m
Profession Comedian, Singer, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Television producer, Game Show Host, Talk show host
Education University of Miami, Dr. Phillips High School
Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song, Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program
Music Songs Ordinary, Make Heaven Wait, All Naturally, Sweetest Berry, I Ain't Movin', Beautiful Ugly, You Are What You Eat, Greedy Gus, F.W.B., The Music Song, Reading Can Be Fun, Monster in My Closet, Wash Your Hands, Say Please, All I Do, Hip Hop Stop, Let It Out, The High-Low, Talk to the Animals, A Change Is Gonna Come, The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room, Back in the Day, Unsung Heroes, 30,000 Reasons to Love Me, Can't Buy Me Love, Old MacDonald, A Pirate's Life, You and Me, Imagination, Beautiful, Good Morning, Hide and Seek
Albums Radio Wayne, A Long Time Coming
Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show
Movies Clifford's Really Big Movie, Roll Bounce, Foodfight!, Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild, The Hero of Color City, Going to the Mat, Geppetto, Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright, Crossover, The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, The List, 1982, Sofia The First: Once Upon A Princess, On Promised Land
TV Shows Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Let's Make a Deal, The Wayne Brady Show, Sofia the First, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, The Talk, Celebrity Duets, Trust Us with Your Life, Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza, Shorty McShorts' Shorts, TripTank, Baby Daddy, Wild 'n Out, Chappelle's Show, The Loud House, Let’s Make A Deal, BET Honors 2015: Extras, Getting Along Famously, Cubed, BET Honors 2014: Extras
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Filmography
Awards
Salaries
Quotes
Trademarks
Pictures
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Fact
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Best known by the public as the second host of Let's Make a Deal (2009).
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Had never watched not a single episode of Let's Make a Deal (1963), which was hosted by Monty Hall, but had to be taught every description of the game, prior to Hall serving as a creative consultant.
Will star in the current Broadway revival of "Chicago", playing the role of "Billy Flynn". He is the third African American to play the part of "Billy Flynn". [June 2004]
Wayne is the spokesperson for Avaya, a telecommunications company. [November 2004]
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Starring in a Las Vegas show called "Making &#it up" [May 2007]
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Finishing up his first CD titled "Wayne". Expected to be released in September 2005. [July 2005]
9
Attended high school and was best friends with Joey Fatone from *NSYNC.
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His paternal great-grandfather Cyril "Parky" Dorsett (father of Valerie Petersen) was a former park gardener for the Virgin Islands government. He died at age 81 on March 13, 1975 and is interred at the Western Cemetery, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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He started acting in high school when he was 16 to overcome his heavy stuttering and build confidence. He had an unexpected invitation from a friend to take over one line in a play, in which he ended up with the lead role and that was the turning point to get into acting. Before this, he originally had plans to go into the military like his father.
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Became the first African-American host in the "Miss America" pageant's 81-year history. [2002]
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His daughter's name Maile is pronounced "my-lee" which Wayne says is a "very pretty bamboo leaf" used to make leis.
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Met his second wife, Mandie Taketa, an actress from Hawaii, while performing together in a show in Hawaii.
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Son of Wayne Brady and Linda Marie Newton.
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His father was in the military (an Army serviceman posted overseas) and did not want Wayne to be raised as a military brat, so Wayne was raised by his grandparents from infancy. His mother was also 17-years-old and was not able to raise him.
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His mother, Linda Marie Newton, was an employee of Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. [1993]
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His paternal grandmother, Valerie Petersen, is a Virgin Islands native who raised him from infancy in Orlando, Florida. Wayne also refers to his grandmother as "Mom".
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Born in Columbus, Georgia. Raised in Orlando, Florida.
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Director Neil Patrick Harris cast Brady in the role of "Tom Collins" in a 2010 limited-run production of the musical, "Rent", at the Hollywood Bowl. Brady had previously played Harris's character's brother on How I Met Your Mother (2005).
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Wife, Mandie Taketa, filed for divorce on July 2, 2007. She and Wayne had been separated since April 5, 2006.
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Sung in the Dr. Phillips High School chorus.
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When acting in school, a stage piece dropped on his right foot - his big-toe nail never grew in straight.
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Spoofed his own harmless, sugary persona while appearing as a guest on Chappelle's Show (2003), portraying himself as a drug-dealing, pimping, murderous psychopath who terrorizes Dave Chappelle and others.
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An early job was dressing up as Tigger at Walt Disney World.
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His wife, Mandie Taketa, gave birth to their first child, Maile Masako Brady, on February 3rd, 2003.
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Underwent surgery in Nov 2002 to fix his right knee which he hurt when he was 18
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Graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in 1989.
Writer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Crispus Attucks: Today Was a Good Day
2012
Video short
Wayne Brady Live
2009
TV Movie
The Brandon T. Jackson Show
2006
TV Movie
The Wayne Brady Show
2002-2004
TV Series writer - 122 episodes
The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
2003
TV Special
The Wayne Brady Show
2001-2003
TV Series writer - 15 episodes
Producer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2014
TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
The BET Honors
2014
TV Movie co-producer
The Brandon T. Jackson Show
2006
TV Movie executive producer
The Wayne Brady Show
2002-2004
TV Series co-executive producer - 121 episodes
The Wayne Brady Show
2001-2003
TV Series executive producer - 15 episodes
Actor
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Straight Outta Oz
2016
Todrick's Father
Aftermath
2016
TV Series
Lamar 'Booner' Boone
Milo Murphy's Law
2016
TV Series
Eugene
The Loud House
2016
TV Series
Harold
Sofia the First
2013-2016
TV Series
Clover
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2016
TV Series
Real Husbands of Hollywood
2015-2016
TV Series
Wayne Brady
Open Carrie
2015
TV Series short
Stokley
VeggieTales: Noah's Ark
2015
Shem (voice)
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2015
TV Series
Roddy
The Hero of Color City
2014
Blue (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
2014
TV Series
Additional Voices
TripTank
2014
TV Series
Narrator
Dicky
Dad
How I Met Your Mother
2006-2014
TV Series
James Stinson
Being Mary Jane
2014
TV Series
Sean
1982
2013/I
Alonzo
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013
Video
Brick Pimiento (voice)
Whistle While I Work It
2013
Video short
Wayne Brady
Baby Daddy
2013
TV Series
Chase Baxter
American Dad!
2012-2013
TV Series
Cuba Gooding Jr. / Tungee
Freestyle Love Supreme
2012
TV Movie
Wayne Brady
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
2012
TV Movie
Clover (voice)
Key and Peele
2012
TV Series
Centipede Buddy
Foodfight!
2012
Daredevil Dan (voice)
Psych
2012
TV Series
Hilton Fox
Crispus Attucks: Today Was a Good Day
2012
Video short uncredited
You Are What You Eat
2011
Video short
Cubed
2011
TV Series
Wayne Brady
Are We There Yet?
2011
TV Series
Devin
The Fresh Beat Band
2011
TV Series
Mr. Fondu
RENT at the Hollywood Bowl
2010
Video
Tom Collins
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
TV Series
For (Stuffed) Colored Girls
2010
Short
Every Little Step
2010
Video short
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
2008
Video Game
Sparx (voice)
Everybody Hates Chris
2006-2008
TV Series
Louis
Joke's on You
2007
TV Series
Host
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2007
TV Series
The List
2007/II
Lewis
30 Rock
2007
TV Series
Steven Black
Dirt
2007
TV Series
Tweety's Henchman
Flirt
2006
TV Movie
Locklear Jacobson
Shorty McShorts' Shorts
2006
TV Series
Cameron
Robot Chicken
2006
TV Series
Pegasus 'Sunny Muffin' / Salam Fayyad
Crossover
2006
Vaughn
Girlfriends
2006
TV Series
Derek Tyler
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
Video
Brer Wolf (voice)
Higglytown Heroes
2006
TV Series
Doctor
Getting Along Famously
2006
TV Series
Jackie Kinghorn
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005
Reeko (voice)
Roll Bounce
2005
D.J. Johnny Feelgood
Kevin Hill
2005
TV Series
Pastor Jerry Carver
I Do, They Don't
2005
TV Movie
Stargate SG-1
2005
TV Series
Trelak
Reno 911!
2004
TV Series
New Jones - Deputy Culufu Garwood
Going to the Mat
2004
TV Movie
Mason Wyatt
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
Shackelford (voice)
American Dreams
2003
TV Series
Jackie Wilson
The Electric Piper
2003
TV Movie
Sly, The Electric Piper (voice)
Batman Beyond
2000
TV Series
Micron
The Drew Carey Show
1999-2000
TV Series
Wayne Brady
Geppetto
2000
TV Movie
The Magician
Vinyl Justice
1998
TV Series
Officer Brady
Safety Smart
1997
Video
Bill
On Promised Land
1994
TV Movie
Eli James
Clarissa Explains It All
1993
TV Series
Pepe's Pizza Delivery Man
In the Heat of the Night
1993
TV Series
Henry Ulmer
I'll Fly Away
1993
TV Series
Damon
Superboy
1990
TV Series
John
Earth Girls Are Easy
1988
Extra (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sofia the First
2013-2017
TV Series performer - 5 episodes
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013-2016
TV Series performer - 20 episodes
Phineas and Ferb
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
How I Met Your Mother
2010-2013
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
90210: 4ever
2013
TV Movie documentary performer: "Nobody's Ugly", "We'll Be Back"
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
2012
TV Movie performer: "A Little Bit of Food"
Foodfight!
2012
performer: "Dare The Day"
Everybody Hates Chris
2006
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Getting Along Famously
2006
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Jim Brickman at the Magic Kingdom: The Disney Songbook
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
2001
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
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[About his birth parents (2003)]: My father, who was in the Army, moved around. He didn't want me to have that life so he had his mother raise me, but he would still come. She actually kept me fixed in one place in Orlando, and I'm forever grateful for that. I don't talk about my mother because I really don't know her well, so it's nothing that I go into. She's alive and fine, but in the press I refer to my grandmother as my mother. Nothing bad, I just don't really know her. My grandmother IS my mother, she's everything to me.
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I know that I might be a role model, especially being a young Black man on TV. And I'm fine with that because I stand behind what I do. I do a great job. I do a clean job. So if that gets me made fun of by another Black actor, then so be it. And if some kid in the projects or even in the suburbs watches what I do and says, 'I want to be like that,' then I've won.
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To be honest, I have no desire to turn into the king of game shows. I consider myself an actor foremost, and a writer and singer, and I still tour and do Broadway shows.
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The old adage is, you strike while the iron is hot. I've been blessed enough that my irons have been hot-to-warm-to-hot for the past 10 years. So I'm still striking.
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[In 2008]: This is what I was built for, I can't save a life; that's why I didn't become a doctor. I can't drive a 16-wheeler. There are a lot of things in life I can't do, but I'll be damned if I can't get on a stage and entertain.
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[on Reeko the Skunk]: Stuart showed Reeko that he could take down that wall, and just let people like him for him. At one point I say, 'You don't like me because I'm a skunk,' and they say, 'No, we don't like you because you're a jerk.' He couldn't understand that. There was a good lesson there."
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I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot. I had a horrible stutter; I got my butt kicked by bigger kids in school for breakfast, lunch and tea. I want my child to not be that person. I want her to be popular. I want her to have self-confidence. I want her to be comfortable being herself because those were the things that I never had.
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[on replacing Monty Hall as host of Let's Make a Deal (2009) in 2009]: They got me because they wanted someone a little edgier, but I get that it is daytime, so I am not going to say, 'Hey bitch, what's behind Door No. 1?' But it lets me push it as far as you can in the daytime schedule, because it is a Vegas audience.
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