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Marlon Wayans Net Worth, Age, Bio, Wife, and Instagram

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2 years ago

June 28, 2022

Wayans is an American actor, comedian, and producer known for acting in films like Scary Movie, White Chicks, and Little Man. The Marlon Wayans net worth figure is $40 million.

Marlon Wayans attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones — (Photo by Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic)

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Early Life and Bio

Full Name	Marlon Lamont Wayans
Birth Date / Age	July 23, 1972 / 49 Years Old
Birth Place	New York City, New York, USA
Source of Wealth	Acting / Producing
Relationship Status	Single
Height	6 ft. 0 in. / 184 cm.
Net Worth	$40 Million

Marlon Lamont Wayans was born in July of 1972 in New York City to parents Howell Stouten and Elvira Alethia (Green). His father was a supermarket manager while his mother was a homemaker and social worker.

Incredibly, Marlon is the youngest of 10 children. He is the brother of Damon, Shawn, Nadia, Keenan Ivory, Dwayne, Kim, Diedre, Vonnie, and Devonne.

As far as education goes, Wayans attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in NYC. Afterward, he enrolled at Howard University, but he dropped out after two years.

Costume Designer Clint Ramos, Marlon Wayans and Director Liesl Tommy pose at a NYC Theatre community private screening — (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

Marlon Wayans Net Worth and Career

In 1992, Marlon and his siblings appeared on the sketch comedy series, In Living Color. Then, he and his brother Shawn co-starred in the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros from 1995 to 1999.

Wayans continued to rise in popularity by appearing in popular films like Requiem for a Dream, Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2, White Chicks, Little Man, Norbit, and Marmaduke.

Recently, Wayans has been starring in and producing parody films like A Haunted House, its sequel, and 50 Shades of Black.

Notably, A Haunted House grossed $60 million at the box office against a $2.5 million budget.

The comedian is touring the country performing his stand-up act nowadays. Over the years, he has released a handful of comedy specials, recently releasing them on HBO Max.

Lastly, Marlon launched a digital media company for an urban comedy called “What The Funny”. Under that banner, Wayans wrote, produced, and starred in 50 Shades of Black.

Marlon Wayans Instagram and Twitter

Currently, the entertainer possesses an impressive 5.6 million Instagram followers. To go along with that, Wayans has another 2 million followers on his Twitter account in 2022.

@MarlonWayans had us dying tonight 😭
— F.A. THE PLUG (@fatheplug) June 25, 2022

Personal Life

Wayans began dating Angela Zackery in 1992. Despite never officially tying the knot, the couple remained partners until 2013. Together, they have two children: Amai Zackery (born 2000), and Shawn Howell (born 2002).

Interestingly, Marlon was good friends with music mogul Tupac Shakur until his death in 1996.

Lastly, the entertainer partnered with Shots Studios to launch his own YouTube channel in 2017. Not only that, but he recently signed a deal with HBO Max.

Marlon Wayans Net Worth

The Marlon Wayans net worth figure of $40 million has been amassed since gaining the starring role in The Wayans Bros. in 1995. Over that span, Wayans has appeared in numerous movies since then, with his most financially successful arguably being A Haunted House.