Wayne Brady Biography
Wayne Brady is a comedian, actor, and singer from the United States. He appears on the American version of the improv comedy television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? He hosted the daytime discussion show The Wayne Brady Show, Don’t Forget the Lyrics! on Fox, and Let’s Make a Deal since its 2009 resurrection.
How old is Wayne Brady? – Age
He is 50 years old as of 2 June 2022. He was born in 1972 in Columbus, Georgia, United States. His real name is Wayne Alphonso Brady.
Wayne Brady Family – Education
Brady was born in the Caribbean to West Indian parents. As a toddler, he was sent to Orlando, Florida, to live with his grandmother and aunt. Brady refers to Valerie Petersen, his grandma, as his “mom” because she reared him. Brady had a stammer as a child. This resulted in him being bullied by other kids, which greatly worried him. He graduated in 1989 from Orlando’s Dr. Phillips High School, where he had attended. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1996, where he continued to hone his acting abilities.
Wayne Brady Wife -Children
Brady has had two marriages. Diana Lasso and he were wed on December 31, 1993. On September 21, 1995, they got divorced. He tied the knot with dancer Mandie Taketa on April 3, 1999. A daughter named Maile Masako Brady was born on February 3, 2003, to him and Taketa. Taketa and Brady divorced on July 2, 2007, after Taketa filed for separation on April 5, 2006.
Wayne Brady Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $12 Million.
Wayne Brady Hamilton
From January 17 through April 9, 2017, Brady played Aaron Burr in the PrivateBank Theatre production of Hamilton in Chicago. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music, lyrics, and script for the musical Hamilton are based on Ron Chernow’s 2004 book Alexander Hamilton. The musical tells the biography of Alexander Hamilton, an American Founding Father.
Miranda claims Hamilton was originally conceived as a hip-hop concept album in his imagination and was written over a seven-year span from 2008 to 2015. Hip-hop, R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes are widely featured in the show. It features non-white performers as the United States Founding Fathers and other historical figures. Hamilton, according to Miranda, is about “America then, as told by America now.”
Wayne Brady Dancing With The Stars
On May 3, 2011, he participated on Dancing With The Stars as the lead performer in an homage to James Brown in the Macy’s Stars of Dance segment, marking what would have been Brown’s 78th birthday.Brady was named as a contender on season 31 of Dancing with the Stars on September 8, 2022.
Wayne Brady Video games
Brady appeared as Julius Rock’s brilliant younger brother, Louis, in the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris and hosted Don’t Forget the Lyrics! on Fox until it was cancelled in June 2009. Four evenings a week, he performed “Wayne Brady: Making $%! Up” at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In October 2009, Brady began hosting a revised edition of the game show Let’s Make a Deal for CBS, which was taped at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and is now taped in Los Angeles. The show took over for the long-running soap opera Guiding Light. Monty Hall, the original host of Let’s Make a Deal, acted as a consultant for the new show until his death in 2017. Drew Carey presently hosts The Price Is Right, therefore both game shows in the CBS daytime lineup (as of September 2019) are hosted by a Whose Line Is It Anyway? alumnus.
Wayne Brady Chappelle’s Shows
He appeared on Chappelle’s Show, mocking his squeaky-clean persona. Chappelle’s Show was a sketch comedy television series developed by comedians Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting and performing in the majority of the segments. The show’s executive producers were Chappelle, Brennan, and Michele Armour. The series premiered on the American cable television network Comedy Central on January 22, 2003. The show aired for two seasons. In 2006, a three-episode third season comprised of previously unpublished skits aired.
Wayne Brady The Masked Singer
Brady appeared as “Fox” on season two of The Masked Singer on December 18, 2019. He was crowned the season’s winner. Brady later featured as a guest panelist on season four of The Masked Singer, where he also performed “Memories” by Maroon 5 as “Mr. TV” at the beginning of the sixth episode.
Wayne Brady Movies
♦ 2004 – Clifford’s Really Big Movie
♦ 2005 – Roll Bounce
♦ 2006 – The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
♦ 2007 – The List
♦ 2012 – Foodfight!
♦ 2013 – Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
♦ 1982 – Alonzo
♦ 2014 – The Hero of Color City
♦ 2015 – VeggieTales: Noah’s Ark
♦ 2016 – Todrick Hall: Straight Outta Oz
♦ 2020 – Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
♦ 2022 – Blank
Wayne Brady TV Shows
♦ 2001–2004 – The Wayne Brady Show
♦ 2002 – Miss America
♦ 2003 – The Electric Piper
♦ 2004 – Chappelle’s Show
♦ 2005 – Stargate SG-1
♦ 2006–2008 – Everybody Hates Chris
♦ 2006 – Robot Chicken
♦ 2006–2014 – How I Met Your Mother
♦ 2007 – 30 Rock
♦ 2007–2009 – Don’t Forget the Lyrics!
♦ 2009–present – Let’s Make a Deal
♦ 2010 – WWE Raw
♦ 2011 – Fast and Loose
♦ 2012–2013 – American Dad!
♦ 2012 – Trust Us with Your Life
♦ 2013–2018 – Sofia the First
♦ 2013 – The Problem Solverz
♦ 2014 – Hollywood Game Night
♦ 2015 – The Late Late Show
♦ 2016 – Aftermath
♦ 2016–2022 – The Loud House
♦ 2017 – Drop the Mic
♦ 2018 – Colony
♦ 2018–2019 – The Bold and the Beautiful
♦ 2019 – The Masked Singer
♦ 2020 – Black Lightning
♦ 2021 – Game of Talents
♦ 2022 – The Cuphead Show!