Marlon Wayans American Actor Born 1972 in New York City

Marlon Wayans (23 July 1972, New York City) is an American actor. He is recognised as Tyrone C. Love in Requiem for a Dream (2000).

Early life

His education includes Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and Howard University.

Career

His screen career on record begins in 1992 with Mo' Money. The 1990s brought Above the Rim (1994) and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996). His 2000s credits include Scary Movie (2000, as Shorty Meeks) and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009, as Rip Cord). During the 2010s, he worked on Marmaduke (2010) and The Heat (2013). Work from the 2020s includes Air (2023, as George Raveling) and Scary Movie (2026, as Shorty Meeks).

Marlon Wayans’s credits add up to 32 films and 2 TV series from 1992 to 2026. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (8), followed by comedy horror (4) and parody (4). Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Heat (2013) has the highest, at $230 million. Behind the camera, he is listed as writer on 14 titles, including Scary Movie 4.

Lochlyn Munro appears in four of his listed titles, including White Chicks (2004) and Little Man (2006). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Greg Grunberg (two titles) and Cedric the Entertainer (two titles). Keenen Ivory Wayans directed three of his titles on record, among them Scary Movie 2 (2001). Michael Tiddes is credited as director on three of them, including A Haunted House 2 (2014) and Naked (2017). His largest audience is on YouTube, with 271K subscribers as of August 2025.

Personal life

He has 3 children on record.