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).

Known For

Birth Location Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born 1949-05-13

Movies

Deadwood: The Movie as Samuel Fields
2019
Bridesmaids as Mr. Donovan
2011
I Am Comic as Self
2010
Before They Die! as (Voice)
2008
2002
1993
The 'Burbs as Detective #1
1989
The Wrong Guys as Franklyn
1988
Hollywood Shuffle as Body Guard #1
1987
1985
Get Crazy as Cool
1983
Hysterical as Leroy
1982
The Jazz Singer as Bubba
1980
Stir Crazy as Young Man in Hospital
1980
Convoy as Spider Mike
1978
Car Wash as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
1976
Sweet Revenge as Edmund
1976

Movies

Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder Production Executive
1990