Franklyn Ajaye
Actor/Actriz
23
Movies
13
TV Shows
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).
As Actor/Actress
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self
Barney Miller
Wendell Frazier
Deadwood
Samuel Fields
La Mujer Biónica
Felices Para Siempre
Sporty the Cat (voice)
La Tropa Goofy
(voice)
Damas en Guerra
Lillian's Dad
Utopia
Marvin Hudfield
Thank God You're Here
S.O.S. Vecinos al ataque
Detective #1
Convoy
Spider Mike
The New Odd Couple
Henry
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
La reina de los condenados
Dealer
Locos de remate
Young Man in Hospital
Deadwood: La película
Samuel Fields
Car Wash
Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Fraternity Vacation
Harry
The Jazz Singer
Bubba
American Yakuza
Sam
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Self
I Am Comic
Self
The Wrong Guys
Franklyn
Get Crazy
Cool
Hysterical
Leroy
Hollywood Shuffle
Body Guard #1
Sweet Revenge
Edmund
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
