38 Facts About Wayne Brady

Wayne Alphonso Brady was born on June 2,1972 and is an American television personality, comedian, actor, and singer.

Wayne Brady was born in Columbus, Georgia, to West Indian parents.

Wayne Brady was moved to Orlando, Florida, as a young child to live with his grandmother and aunt.

Wayne Brady refers to his grandmother, Valerie Petersen, as his "mom", since she raised him.

At 16, Wayne Brady started performing in community theater and in the Orlando improvisation troupe SAK Comedy Lab, where he first started developing his improv skills.

Wayne Brady attended Dr Phillips High School in Orlando, from which he graduated in 1989.

Wayne Brady first appeared on national television as a recurring contestant on the sketch comedy competition Kwik Witz from 1996 to 1999, appearing most often as partners with Frank Maciel.

In 2003, Wayne Brady won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for his work on the show, the only person to win the award for a television series, as opposed to a special, since Dana Carvey in 1993.

Wayne Brady went on to star in his own ABC variety show in 2001, The Wayne Brady Show, and a daytime talk show of the same name in 2002, which lasted two seasons and won four Daytime Emmy Awards, two of which went to Brady for Outstanding Talk Show Host.

Wayne Brady guest-starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1999 and 2000 to take part in "Drew Live" and "Drew Live II".

In 2004, Wayne Brady joined the Broadway revival of Chicago, playing the role of lawyer Billy Flynn.

Wayne Brady guest-starred on the Sci Fi Channel's hit series Stargate SG-1 as Trelak, the first prime of Goa'uld System Lord Ares.

Wayne Brady made an appearance on Chappelle's Show, poking fun at his squeaky-clean persona.

Wayne Brady co-wrote and sang the theme song for Disney's animated series The Weekenders.

In 2006, Wayne Brady became the host of TV Land's That's What I'm Talking About, a talk show discussing the role of African-Americans in the entertainment industry.

From August 29 to September 29,2006, Wayne Brady hosted the Fox show Celebrity Duets.

Wayne Brady made several guest appearances on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing James Stinson, the gay brother of Neil Patrick Harris's character, Barney Stinson.

Wayne Brady has appeared as a guest star for the MTV show Wild 'N Out and lent his voice to the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken.

Wayne Brady appeared on the episode "You Don't Know Jack" of the television show Dirt and guest-starred on 30 Rock as Steven Black, Liz Lemon's date for the Source Awards.

Wayne Brady co-hosted the short-lived VH1 show Vinyl Justice in 1998.

Wayne Brady starred in Flirt, a comedy pilot which was not picked up by the network.

Wayne Brady started hosting an updated version of the game show Let's Make a Deal for CBS in October 2009, which taped at the Tropicana Resort and Casino in Las Vegas and currently tapes in Los Angeles.

Wayne Brady was the guest host on the May 3,2010, episode of WWE Raw, where he was involved in an in-ring segment with Edge and Randy Orton, eventually getting RKO'd by Orton.

Wayne Brady appeared alongside Let's Make a Deal announcer Jonathan Mangum in two episodes of Fast and Loose, an improvisational series on BBC2 hosted by Hugh Dennis, in January 2011.

Wayne Brady has been a special guest of Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza on GSN.

Wayne Brady appeared as a special guest star in the March 14,2012, episode of the TV series Psych.

In November 2015, Wayne Brady replaced Billy Porter as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway until March 2016.

Wayne Brady assumed the lead role of Aaron Burr in the PrivateBank Theatre production of Hamilton in Chicago from January 17 to April 9,2017.

In 2018, Wayne Brady began a recurring role in the sci-fi drama Colony as Everett Kynes, the administrator of the Seattle colony and creator of an algorithm used in sorting and identifying people.

In November 2018, Wayne Brady began making appearances as Dr Reese Buckingham on The Bold and the Beautiful.

On December 18,2019, Wayne Brady competed on season two of The Masked Singer as "Fox".

Wayne Brady later appeared as a guest panelist in season four of The Masked Singer where he sang Maroon 5's "Memories" as "Mr TV" at the start of the sixth episode.

On September 8,2022, Wayne Brady was announced as a contestant on season 31 of Dancing with the Stars.

Wayne Brady was partnered with Witney Carson and they finished in 3rd place.

Wayne Brady and Taketa have one child, a daughter named Maile Masako Brady, born on February 3,2003.

In 2007, Wayne Brady became an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, the Friends of RMHC.

Wayne Brady took issue with this statement, suggesting that Maher should "be careful when [he makes] statements like that" because it will allow his viewers to make the same stereotypical assumptions about black people.

Wayne Brady is an honorary member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.