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Wayne Brady (born June 2, 1972 in Orlando, Florida) is an American comedian, singer and television personality, best known for his role on ABC's television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and for his daytime talk show, The Wayne Brady Show.

Biography

Brady was born in Orlando, Florida, and graduated from Dr. Phillips High School at the age of 16 http://www.hnlnews.com/features0702/wayne.html. His first job as an entertainer was playing "Tigger" at Walt Disney World. He began to perform at a central Florida comedy club called SAK Comedy Club. He moved from Florida to Las Vegas, Nevada and then eventually on to Los Angeles, California in 1996, where he developed his acting skills. Brady is married to Mandie Taketa of Hawaii, USA, and their daughter, Maile Masako Brady, was born on February 3, 2003.

In Whose Line Is It Anyway?, which featured Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, and Colin Mochrie, Brady astounded viewers with his amazing singing and acting abilities, his dead-on impressions of various singers and his sense of humor. In 2003, Brady won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety, Musical or Comedy Series for his work on the show. He went on to star in his own ABC variety show in 2001 called The Wayne Brady Show, which failed, and a daytime talk show of the same name in 2002, which lasted two seasons and won four Daytime Emmy Awards, two of which went to Brady for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Wayne Brady also guest-starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1999 and 2000 to take part in Drew Live and Drew Live II. On the show, Brady played several games taken from Whose Line Is It Anyway? for the two episodes with other characters.

In 2004, Brady joined the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago, playing the role of lawyer Billy Flynn. He also appeared briefly in the final episode of the 2004 season of the comedy Reno 911!. He also guest starred on the SciFi's hit series show, Stargate SG-1 for about half of an episode.

Brady wrote and sang the theme song for Disney's popular animated series The Weekenders. In 2005, he sang and recorded Jim Brickman's original Disney song "Beautiful" and its Christmas version."Beautiful" from The Disney Songbook album by Jim Brickman and Disney's Cinderella [Special Edition] soundtrack. "Beautiful" (Christmas version) from Disney's Princess Christmas Album

In 2006, Brady became the host of TV Land's That's What I'm Talking About, a talk show discussing the role of Blacks in the entertainment industry.

From August 29 to September 29, 2006, Brady hosted the FOX show Celebrity Duets

On November 27, 2006, Brady made a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing James, the homosexual brother of Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney. His character conflicts with Barney due to his choice to marry and adopt a baby.

Chappelle's Show

Having created a likable, family-friendly public image, Brady sent it up in a 2004 sketch on Chappelle's Show, portraying himself as a street thug and pimp. The segment parodied the 2001 film Training Day.

Brady's appearance was spurred on by an earlier mention in Paul Mooney's "Negrodamus" sketch, in which Mooney's character "prophesied" that "White people love Wayne Brady, because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X." Chappelle later called to apologize to Brady and offered him a guest spot on the show. However, behind the scenes footage included on the Chappelle's Show season two DVD indicated that Brady had a hard time filming the sketch, especially in its use of foul language and violence because he felt it would ruin his image.

One of the most memorable quotations from the Chappelle's Show was "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?"

Partial filmography

• Foodfight! (2007)
• The List (2006)
• Crossover (2006)
• Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
• Roll Bounce (2005)
• Going to the Mat (2004) - Mason Wyatt
• Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) - Shackelford
• Geppetto (2000)
• Batman Beyond (2000) - Micron

Singles

• 2005: "Don't Stop" (Jamie Jones featuring Wayne Brady and William Carthright)

References

External links

• Wayne Brady's official website
• Training Day Parody sketch from Chappelle's Show

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