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Wayne Brady

Acting

Born June 2, 1972 · Columbus, Georgia, USA

Also known as وین بردی

Biography

Wayne Alphonso Brady is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He's a regular cast member on the US version of the improvisational comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. In December 2025, Brady participated in the Black Broadway Men's Spotlight Series: Live, a free conversation that highlights Black male leaders in theater. The series, hosted by DeMone Seraphin, explores the personal and professional journeys of performing arts and Broadway artists.

Awards & recognition

  • Out100 · 2023
  • Primetime Emmy Award

Filmography50+ titles

A Hip Hop Story

2024as Freddy

The Game Show Show

as Self

Sofia the First: Royal Magic

as Clover (voice)

Stargate SG-1

1997as Trelak

Reading Rainbow

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Legend of Vox Machina

2022as Taryon Darrington (voice)

Batman Beyond

1999as Micron (voice)

How I Met Your Mother

2005as James Stinson

Everybody Hates Chris

2005as Louis

Chappelle's Show

2003

The Weekenders

Theme Song Performance

The Cuphead Show!

2022as King Dice (voice)

Wild 'N Out

2005

Celebrity Family Feud

2015as Self

Phineas and Ferb

2007as Guide (voice)

Psych

2006as Hilton Fox

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014as Self

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1998as Self

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

2013as Self

Key and Peele

2012as Centipede Buddy

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1988as Self

The Neighborhood

2018as Isaiah Evans

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

2013as Brick Pimiento (voice)

Hollywood Squares

1998as Self - Panelist

The Masked Singer

2019as Self - Video Message

The Good Fight

2017as Del Cooper

Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess

2012as Clover (voice)

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009as Self - Guest Judge

30 Rock

2006as Steven

Milo Murphy's Law

2016as Eugene (voice)

Girlfriends

2000as Derek Tyler

Is It Cake? Holiday

as Self - Guest Judge

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe

2020as Stapler-Fist / Additional Voices (voice)

Mixed-ish

2019as Geoffrey

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars

2014as Additional Voices (voice)

Sofia the First

2013as Clover (voice)

Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza

2010as Self

Reno 911!

2003as New Jones - Deputy Culufu Garwood

Comedy Central Roasts

as Self

Nailed It!

2018as Self - Judge

Baby Daddy

2012as Chase Baxter

Mad TV

1995as Self

A Black Lady Sketch Show

2019as Reggie

Katt Williams: 9 Lives

2010as Self

American Dad!

2005as Major (voice)

Secret Celebrity Renovation

as Self

Black Lightning

2018as Gravedigger

Colony

2016as Everett Kynes

American Gigolo

2022as Lorenzo

Blindfire

2020as Davon