{{Short description|American writer and film score composer}} {{pp-blp|small=yes}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dwayne Howell Otis Wayans | image = | image_size = | birth_name = Dwayne Howell Otis Wayans | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|08|22}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | occupation = Writer/Composer | genre = Film score }} '''Dwayne Howell Wayans''' (born August 22, 1956) is an American film and television composer, and member of the Wayans family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gularte |first=Alejandra |date=2024-02-14 |title=Damon Wayans Jr. Snuck Inside Jokes Into His New Netflix Rom-Com, Players |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/players-netflix-damon-wayans-jr-dirty-jokes.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Mike |date=2023-10-13 |title=Damon Wayans Jr. Talks Expanding His Family Dynasty with 'Raid the Cage' |url=https://parade.com/tv/damon-wayans-jr-raid-the-cage |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Parade |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Wayans was born in New York City, the first child of Elvira Alethia (née Green; July 23, 1938–July 10, 2020), a homemaker and social worker, and Howell Stouten Wayans (August 26, 1936–April 1, 2023)<ref>Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', January 19, 2016, PBS</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/blog/keenen-ivory-wayans-interactive-family-tree/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160124005601/http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/blog/keenen-ivory-wayans-interactive-family-tree/| archive-date = 2016-01-24| title = Keenen Ivory Wayans' Interactive Family Tree {{!}} Finding Your Roots| website = PBS}}</ref> a supermarket manager.{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}} His family were Jehovah's Witnesses.{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}} He and his family lived in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. He is the eldest sibling of Keenen, Diedra, Damon Sr., Kimberly, Elvira, Nadia, Devonne, Shawn, and Marlon.
==Career== He worked as production assistant and performed as background characters in sketches on the show of Keenen Ivory Wayans (''In Living Color'').
==Filmography== *In Living Color (1990 - 1991)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1507393|Dwayne Wayans}}
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