Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Comedian Damon Wayans Signs With Verve for Representation
Damon Wayans is a famous comedian and actor.
He comes from a big and funny family, known as the Wayans family.
He helped create a very funny TV show called In Living Color.
That show helped make actors like Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx famous.
Damon also starred in a comedy called My Wife and Kids for five years.
More recently, he acted in a show called Poppa's House with his son, Damon Wayans Jr. He won a big award, the NAACP Image Award, for his acting in that show.
Now he has signed with a new agency called Verve to help him find more work.
A new episode of the show St. Denis Medical will come out on November 2, and Damon will be on it.
In the episode, he plays a funny doctor named Dr. Highland.
Comedian and actor Damon Wayans has signed with talent agency Verve for representation.
He is best known as co-creator and star of In Living Color, a sketch series that helped launch the careers of Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey.
Wayans won the 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for CBS's Poppa's House, opposite his son Damon Wayans Jr.
Earlier this year, the Wayans family was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.
Wayans appears in the Season 3 premiere of NBC's St. Denis Medical on November 2, playing Dr. Highland alongside David Alan Grier.
- Who
- Damon Wayans, the comedian, actor and co-creator of In Living Color, along with his son Damon Wayans Jr. and former castmate David Alan Grier in related projects.
- What
- Damon Wayans signed with Verve for representation and is set to guest star as Dr. Highland in NBC's St. Denis Medical.
- When
- The signing was announced recently; the St. Denis Medical Season 3 premiere airs November 2; the Wayans family's NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame induction happened earlier this year.
- Where
- In the U.S. television industry, with projects on NBC, ABC and CBS.
- Why
- The signing comes as Wayans takes on a new guest role in St. Denis Medical, following recent career honors including his 2025 NAACP Image Award win and the family's Hall of Fame induction.
- New Representation
- Verve
- Best Known For
- In Living Color (co-creator and star)
- Recent Series
- Poppa's House on CBS, opposite Damon Wayans Jr.
- Recent Award
- 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
- Upcoming Appearance
- Season 3 premiere of St. Denis Medical on November 2, as Dr. Highland
- Family Honor
- Wayans family inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this year
- Emmy Recognition
- Four writing nominations for In Living Color
- Ongoing Representation
- Dave Feldman at Brecheen Feldman Breimer