Franklyn ajaye biography
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, ) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.!
Franklyn Ajaye is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.
Franklyn Ajaye
American comedian and actor
Franklyn Ajaye | |
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Ajaye in 1975 | |
| Born | (1949-05-13) May 13, 1949 (age 75) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.
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).
Life and career
Franklyn Ajaye Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in Los Angeles by a Sierra Leonean father (Franklin Ajaye Sr.) and an American mother (Quetta Curtis). This makes Ajaye, as he likes to joke, a "true African-American".
He has a brother. Ajaye attended Dorsey High School in Crenshaw.[1]
He has released five comedy albums to date: Franklyn Ajaye, Comedian