Shawn Wayans Net Worth

Net Worth	$30 million
Date of Birth	January 19, 1971
Profession	Actor
Nationality	American
Last Updated	2020

Introduction

Shawn Wayans Net Worth, how did the American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and DJ. accumulate his wealth? Read on to find out more about Shawn Wayans Net Worth, his life and career.

Shawn Wayans Early Life

Shawn Mathis Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and DJ. Born January 19, 1971 in New York City, U.S. to Elvira Alethia and Howell Stouten Wayans. He has 9 siblings. His family were once Jehovah’s Witnesses. Wayans grew up in the Fulton Houses in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea and is a 1989 graduate of the Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities.

Shawn Wayans Career

After completing his high school graduation, Shawn Wayans, along with some of his siblings, joined the cast of the popular American sketch-comedy show, ‘In Living Color’.

In 1995, along with his brother Marlon Wayans, Shawn started his own comedy TV series ‘The Wayans Bros’. The show, which was mostly autobiographical, earned him much appreciation and popularity.

In the year 2000, he co-wrote and starred in the horror-comedy film ‘Scary Movie’. The movie, which was directed by his brother Keenen Ivory Wayans, was inspired by films such as ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and ‘Scream’. The film, despite receiving mixed reviews, was a huge commercial success, grossing $278 million worldwide.

Wayans appeared in the comedy film ‘White Chicks’ in 2004, which was directed by his brother Keenen Ivory Wayans. The film was a commercial success and received mostly mixed reviews. Over the following years, he appeared in the films ‘Little Man’, a 2006 comedy directed by his brother Keenen Ivory Williams, and ‘Dance Flick’, a 2009 musical comedy directed by another brother of his, Damien Dante Wayans.