Wayne Brady

Birthday: 2 June 1972, Columbus, Georgia, USA

Birth Name: Wayne Alphonso Brady

Height: 183 cm

Wayne Brady was born in Columbus, Georgia and lived in Orlando, Florida. At 16, Brady had already decided on a career in the military. Little did he know that a chance performance in a high school pla ...Show More

[About his birth parents (2003)]: My father, who was in the Army, moved around. He didn't want me to Show more [About his birth parents (2003)]: My father, who was in the Army, moved around. He didn't want me to have that life so he had his mother raise me, but he would still come. She actually kept me fixed in one place in Orlando, and I'm forever grateful for that. I don't talk about my mother because I really don't know her well, so it's nothing that I go into. She's alive and fine, but in the press I refer to my grandmother as my mother. Nothing bad, I just don't really know her. My grandmother IS my mother, she's everything to me. Hide

[In 2008]: This is what I was built for, I can't save a life; that's why I didn't become a doctor. I Show more [In 2008]: This is what I was built for, I can't save a life; that's why I didn't become a doctor. I can't drive a 16-wheeler. There are a lot of things in life I can't do, but I'll be damned if I can't get on a stage and entertain. Hide

I know that I might be a role model, especially being a young Black man on TV. And I'm fine with tha Show more I know that I might be a role model, especially being a young Black man on TV. And I'm fine with that because I stand behind what I do. I do a great job. I do a clean job. So if that gets me made fun of by another Black actor, then so be it. And if some kid in the projects or even in the suburbs watches what I do and says, 'I want to be like that,' then I've won. Hide

The old adage is, you strike while the iron is hot. I've been blessed enough that my irons have been Show more The old adage is, you strike while the iron is hot. I've been blessed enough that my irons have been hot-to-warm-to-hot for the past 10 years. So I'm still striking. Hide

I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot. I had a horrible stutter; I got my butt kicked Show more I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot. I had a horrible stutter; I got my butt kicked by bigger kids in school for breakfast, lunch and tea. I want my child to not be that person. I want her to be popular. I want her to have self-confidence. I want her to be comfortable being herself because those were the things that I never had. Hide

[About his ex-wife Mandie and daughter Maile (2003)]: My wife is from Hawaii, but she's not Hawaiian Show more [About his ex-wife Mandie and daughter Maile (2003)]: My wife is from Hawaii, but she's not Hawaiian. She's part Japanese, part Caucasian, so our little girl now has all of that plus me. She's named Maile, which is the name of the most beautiful-smelling plant ever. Hide

[on Reeko the Skunk]: Stuart showed Reeko that he could take down that wall, and just let people lik Show more [on Reeko the Skunk]: Stuart showed Reeko that he could take down that wall, and just let people like him for him. At one point I say, 'You don't like me because I'm a skunk,' and they say, 'No, we don't like you because you're a jerk.' He couldn't understand that. There was a good lesson there." Hide

To be honest, I have no desire to turn into the king of game shows. I consider myself an actor forem Show more To be honest, I have no desire to turn into the king of game shows. I consider myself an actor foremost, and a writer and singer, and I still tour and do Broadway shows. Hide

[on replacing Monty Hall as host of Let's Make a Deal (2009) in 2009]: They got me because they want Show more [on replacing Monty Hall as host of Let's Make a Deal (2009) in 2009]: They got me because they wanted someone a little edgier, but I get that it is daytime, so I am not going to say, 'Hey bitch, what's behind Door No. 1?' But it lets me push it as far as you can in the daytime schedule, because it is a Vegas audience. Hide

Wayne Brady's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (509)

MADtv - Season 7

Hollywood Game Night - Season 6

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 18

Dancing with the Stars - Season 19

The Bold and the Beautiful - Season 4

Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Season 10

Robot Chicken - Season 7

Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Season 5

Hell's Kitchen - Season 22

The Loud House - Season 7