Actor and comedian Damon Wayans Jr. joins CBS Mornings to discuss hosting and executive producing the new CBS game show Raid the Cage.
He also talks about stand-up and his famous family as Damon shares his thoughts on a revival of the iconic sketch comedy series In Living Color.
If you were a fan of comedy in the early 90’s, there was no escaping In Living Color. The sketch series that effectively merged the worlds of comedy and hip-hop came along at just the right time and managed to become a worthy rival of Saturday Night Live. It also featured a noteworthy cast that included Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, Marlon Wayans, Jamie Foxx, among many others. And while the show was canceled after its 6th season, the show has maintained its cult pop culture status over the course of the last 30+ years.
He made his film debut at age 11 in the 1994 film “Blank Man” playing the role of young Kevin. Later, Damon pursued his early passion for fine arts and animation in High School before admittance to the Otis School for Art and Design. He performed in a few bit roles on “My Wife and Kids” and landed a job as staff writer on the series becoming at 20, the youngest staff writer on television.
In 2005, Damon followed his father’s comedic foot steps and braved the world of stand up comedy under the pseudonym Kyle Green. Damon Jr. has appeared performing alongside his father in the Showtime television series, “The Underground” (2006) and also served as a writer on that sketch comedy series. Damon also wrote, directed and starred in a series of innovative internet-based comedy sketches for “Way-Out TV” a website launched in 2007 by his father. In January 2008, Damon Jr. was featured on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam”.
Wayans’s first major film was Dance Flick (2009), a Paramount dance movie spoof, and he later starred on the series New Girl (2011) and in the film Let’s Be Cops (2014).
This young and talented multi-hyphenate continues honing his stand-up skills, performing in comedy clubs across the country, while further pursuing his crafts of acting and writing.
