Damon Wayans inks with Verve

Fresh off a guest star role in an upcoming episode of NBC’s St. Denis Medical, Damon Wayans has signed with Verve for representation.

A writer, actor, producer, comedian, and patriarch of one of comedy’s most enduring dynasties, Wayans is best known as a co-creator and star of the groundbreaking sketch comedy series In Living Color — the first major network sketch series centered around a predominantly Black cast, which earned him four Emmy nominations for his writing and helped launch the careers of icons such as Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey.

Wayans is otherwise perhaps best known for starring in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids, which ran for five seasons, winning him a BET Comedy Award. Most recently, he starred opposite his son Damon Wayans Jr. in CBS’s comedy series Poppa’s House, for which he won the 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. Wayans and Wayans Jr. made history as the first father-son duo nominated together in the category.

Additional TV credits for Wayans include Lethal Weapon, Happy Endings, The Underground and Saturday Night Live.

On the feature side, his credits include Major Payne, The Last Boy Scout opposite Bruce Willis, Mo’ Money, Bamboozled for Spike Lee, Celtic Pride, Bulletproof opposite Adam Sandler, and Earth Girls Are Easy.

Earlier this year, Wayans joined siblings Keenen Ivory, Marlon, Shawn and Kim, along with son Damon Wayans Jr., as the Wayans family was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame. This came in recognition, per NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson, of “trailblazing work in television, film, and stand-up [that] has transcended pop culture and cemented their legacy.”

Wayans reunites with former In Living Color castmate David Alan Grier in the Season 3 premiere of St. Denis Medical, airing November 2. In the episode, he plays Dr. Highland, a charming but pompous new doctor at St. Denis who’s filling in while Ron (Grier) is recovering from surgery.

Wayans continues to be represented by Dave Feldman at Brecheen Feldman Breimer.

-Deadline