Person
Franklyn Ajaye
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthday
- 1949-05-13
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Popularity
- 1
Biography
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His nickname is "The Jazz Comedian" for his distinctive jazz-inflected style of delivery, timing, and use of silence. He released a series of comedy albums starting in 1973 and has acted in film and television shows from the 1970s through the present, including as a primary character in the 1976 ensemble comedy Car Wash and a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978).
