Early life

Wayans was born in New York City, he is the nephew of the Wayans Brothers, which consists of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Sr., Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans. He is the son of their sibling Elvira Wayans and brother of Chaunté Wayans. Damon Wayans, Jr. and Michael Wayans are his cousins.

Career

Damien began his career in 1987 in Eddie Murphy's concert film Eddie Murphy Raw. He acted with his uncle Damon Wayans in Major Payne. He then went on to writing and directing. His big break in acting was in Jamie Kennedy's film Malibu's Most Wanted when he played the role of Tec, Shondra's (Regina Hall) ex-boyfriend. Damien has written and directed several episodes of his uncle Damon's sitcom My Wife And Kids. In 2006, Damien along with his cousin Craig Wayans wrote and produced on uncle Damon's The Underground, a sketch comedy show on Showtime. Damien also directed a few segments.

He made his directorial debut with the film Dance Flick, which was written by Damien, Keenen, Shawn, Marlon and Craig Wayans.

In 2009, Damien along with cousin Craig Wayans formed a film and TV production company called Second Generation Entertainment, given their being the second generation of Wayans in the entertainment industry. The duo plans to create, develop and produce multiplatform content.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role
1987	Eddie Murphy Raw	Child running in the house (sketch)
1991	In Living Color (TV Series)	Himself (uncredited)
1995	Major Payne	Cadet Dwight "D." Williams
1996	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Cousin with bag
	New York Undercover (TV Series)	Tulane
	Celtic Pride	unknown role
1997	413 Hope St. (TV Series)	as Damien Wayans
1999	Passing Glory (TV)	Snow Lurcher
	The Norm Show (TV Series)	Shaun
2000	NYPD Blue	Trey
	Freedom Song (TV)	Bo Drew
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Tec
2005	Edison	Isaiah Charles
2006	Man About Town	Lucky Reynolds
	Little Man	Officer Wilson
	House M.D. (TV series)	Haller
2009	Dance Flick	Director
2012	Internet Icon	Multiple Roles (Guest Actor for contestants)
2013	Second Generation Wayans (TV series)	Himself

Writer

Year	Title	Role
2002-2004	My Wife and Kids (TV Series)	Writer
2004	The Last Meal (Short Film)	Writer
2009	Dance Flick	Writer

Producer

Year	Title	Role
2004-2005	My Wife and Kids (TV Series)	Producer
2004	The Last Meal (Short Film)	Producer
2006	The Underground (TV Series)	Producer
2009	Dance Flick	Producer

Director

Year	Title	Role
2002-2005	My Wife and Kids (TV Series)	Director
2004	The Last Meal (Short Film)	Director
2009	Dance Flick	Director

[ Source: Wikipedia ]