Franklyn Ajaye
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).
35 acting credits
Acting · 35
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Saturday Night Live
1975
Barney Miller
1975
Deadwood
2004
The Bionic Woman
1976
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Goof Troop
1992
Bridesmaids
2011
Thank God You're Here
2006
The 'Burbs
1989
Utopia
2014
The New Odd Couple
1982
Convoy
1978
Queen of the Damned
2002
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
Stir Crazy
1980
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
The Wrong Guys
1988
Fraternity Vacation
1985
American Yakuza
1993
Car Wash
1976
The Jazz Singer
1980
Hysterical
1982
Get Crazy
1983
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
I Am Comic
2010
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
Sweet Revenge
1976
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
1990
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
1969
Before They Die!
2008