{"id":631851,"date":"2026-08-11T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/631851\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:25:09","slug":"damon-wayans-signs-with-verve-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/631851\/","title":{"rendered":"Damon Wayans Signs With Verve (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong>\u00a0Fresh off a guest star role in an upcoming episode of NBC\u2019s\u00a0St. Denis Medical, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/damon-wayans\/\" id=\"auto-tag_damon-wayans\" data-tag=\"damon-wayans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Damon Wayans<\/a> has signed with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/verve\/\" id=\"auto-tag_verve\" data-tag=\"verve\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verve<\/a> for representation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A writer, actor, producer, comedian, and patriarch of one of comedy\u2019s most enduring dynasties, Wayans is best known as a co-creator and star of the groundbreaking sketch comedy series\u00a0In Living Color\u00a0\u2014 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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wayans is otherwise perhaps best known for starring in the ABC sitcom\u00a0My 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\u2019s comedy series\u00a0Poppa\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional TV credits for Wayans include\u00a0Lethal Weapon,\u00a0Happy Endings,\u00a0The Underground\u00a0and\u00a0Saturday Night Live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the feature side, his credits include Major Payne,\u00a0The Last Boy Scout\u00a0opposite Bruce Willis,\u00a0Mo\u2019 Money,\u00a0Bamboozled\u00a0for Spike Lee,\u00a0Celtic Pride,\u00a0Bulletproof\u00a0opposite Adam Sandler, and\u00a0Earth Girls Are Easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 \u201ctrailblazing work in television, film, and stand-up [that] has transcended pop culture and cemented their legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wayans reunites with former\u00a0In Living Color\u00a0castmate David Alan Grier in the Season 3 premiere of\u00a0St. Denis Medical, airing November 2. In the episode, he plays Dr. Highland, a charming but pompous new doctor at St. Denis who\u2019s filling in while Ron (Grier) is recovering from surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wayans continues to be represented by Dave Feldman at Brecheen Feldman Breimer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE:\u00a0Fresh off a guest star role in an upcoming episode of NBC\u2019s\u00a0St. Denis Medical, Damon Wayans has signed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[267036,18,117,19,17,128,12053],"class_list":["post-631851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-damon-wayans","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv","tag-verve"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}