American actor, singer and comedian, born 2 June 1972 in Columbus, Georgia, USA.
Graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in 1989.
Underwent surgery in Nov 2002 to fix his right knee which he hurt when he was 18
His wife, Mandie Taketa , gave birth to their first child, Maile Masako Brady, on February 3rd, 2003.
An early job was dressing up as Tigger at Walt Disney World.
Spoofed his own harmless, sugary persona while appearing as a guest on "Chappelles Show" , portraying himself as a drug-dealing, pimping, murderous psychopath who terrorizes Dave Chappelle and others.
When acting in school, a stage piece dropped on his right foot - his big-toe nail never grew in straight.
Sung in the Dr. Phillips High School chorus.
Wife, Mandie Taketa , filed for divorce on July 2, 2007. She and Wayne had been separated since April 5, 2006.
Director Neil Patrick Harris cast Brady in the role of "Tom Collins" in a 2010 limited-run production of the musical, "Rent", at the Hollywood Bowl. Brady had previously played Harriss characters brother on "How I Met Your Mother" .
Born in Columbus, Georgia. Raised in Orlando, Florida.
His paternal grandmother, Valerie Petersen, is a Virgin Islands native who raised him from infancy in Orlando, Florida. Wayne also refers to his grandmother as "Mom".
His mother, Linda Marie Newton, was an employee of Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.
His father was in the military (an Army serviceman posted overseas) and did not want Wayne to be raised as a military brat, so Wayne was raised by his grandparents from infancy. His mother was also 17-years-old and was not able to raise him.
Son of Wayne Brady and Linda Marie Newton.
Met his second wife, Mandie Taketa , an actress from Hawaii, while performing together in a show in Hawaii.
His daughters name Maile is pronounced "my-lee" which Wayne says is a "very pretty bamboo leaf" used to make leis.
Became the first African-American host in the "Miss America" pageants 81-year history.
He started acting in high school when he was 16 to overcome his heavy stuttering and build confidence. He had an unexpected invitation from a friend to take over one line in a play, in which he ended up with the lead role and that was the turning point to get into acting. Before this, he originally had plans to go into the military like his father.
His paternal great-grandfather Cyril "Parky" Dorsett (father of Valerie Petersen) was a former park gardener for the Virgin Islands government. He died at age 81 on March 13, 1975 and is interred at the Western Cemetery, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Attended high school and was best friends with Joey Fatone from
NSYNC.
(July 2005) Finishing up his first CD titled "Wayne". Expected to be released in September 2005.
(May 2007) Starring in a Las Vegas show called "Making &#it up"
(November 2004) Wayne is the spokesperson for Avaya, a telecommunications company.
(August 2002) Starting his own talk show, "The Wayne Brady Show" .
(June 2004) Will star in the current Broadway revival of "Chicago", playing the role of "Billy Flynn". He is the third African American to play the part of "Billy Flynn".
(September 2008) Host of "Dont Forget the Lyrics!" , US version.
Had never watched not a single episode of "Lets Make a Deal" , which was hosted by Monty Hall , but had to be taught every description of the game, prior to Hall serving as a creative consultant.
Best known by the public as the second host of "Lets Make a Deal" .
I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot. I had a horrible,stutter; I got my butt kicked by bigger kids in school for breakfast,lunch and tea. I want my child to not be that person. I want her to be,popular. I want her to have self-confidence. I want her to be,comfortable being herself because those were the things that I never,had.
To be honest, I have no desire to turn into the king of game shows. I,consider myself an actor foremost, and a writer and singer, and I still,tour and do Broadway shows.
Theatre sports is the best improv training period.
