Franklyn Ajaye
Actor
Biography
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).
Filmography
The 'Burbs
as Detective #1 1989
Queen of the Damned
as Dealer 2002
Stir Crazy
as Young Man in Hospital 1980
Deadwood: The Movie
as Samuel Fields 2019
Convoy
as Spider Mike 1978
Car Wash
as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly) 1976
Hollywood Shuffle
as Body Guard #1 1987
The Jazz Singer
as Bubba 1980
American Yakuza
as Sam 1993
Fraternity Vacation
as Harry 1985
Get Crazy
as Cool 1983
I Am Comic
as Self 2010
Hysterical
as Leroy 1982
The Wrong Guys
as Franklyn 1988
Sweet Revenge
as Edmund 1976
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self 2009