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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the FOX network had its answer to the dominance that SNL held on the sketch comedy racket. In Living Color aired at 9:30 P.M on Sundays and unlike SNL and other sketch comedy shows the cast was mostly black.The show was the brainchild of Keenan Ivory Wayans and the rest of the Wayans family would come along for the ride as cast members, featured players, even as the house DJ. The show ran for 5 seasons and it began the careers of several actors and comedians who are now beyond iconic. It also saved the careers of a few SNL exoduses, including Chris Rock.
14 Steve Park
Steve Park was the only Asian to make it as a starring cast member. He started as a featured player in season 3. Park can be seen in several TV shows and films, including Fargo, Law And Order, Kindergarten Cop, and Snowpiercer.He authored a powerful statement about racism against Asians in Hollywood after a bad experience while appearing on Friends.
13 Kim Coles
Coles was only on In Living Color for its first season. She became the star of her own sitcom Living Single which ran from 1993 to 1998. She occasionally will appear on television as a host or guest star. She was also on the reality series Celebrity Fit Club in 2005.
12 T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh was with In Living Color for all five seasons. She went on to play Tanya Baxter in the hit Disney Channel original series That's So Raven. She also had a small role in the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown and a handful of other movies and shows. She reprised her role as Tanya Baxter for Raven's Home in 2022.
11 Marc Wilmore
Marc Wilmore is the younger brother of comedian Larry Wilmore, who some might remember best for his tenure as a Daily Show correspondent and his short-lived The Nightly Show. Marc also continued to work in comedy after In Living Color, writing and performing in some of the biggest shows ever made, like The Simpsons or Bill Burr's F is For Family. He died in 2021 due to health complications that were made worse by a COVID-19 infection.
10 Tommy Davidson
Davidson was with the show for all five seasons and he graduated to film and voice acting. He can be spotted in films like Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Black Dynamite. His most famous post In Loving Color role is playing Oscar Proud on Disney's The Proud Family.
9 Kim Wayans
Kim was one of the Wayans clan who stayed with the show the longest; she was there from season 1 to season 4. She appeared in some of her brothers' films, like Don't Be A Menace, and she has popped up in television shows like New Girl and A Black Lady Sketch Show.
8 Kelly Coffield
Kelly Coffield (now Kelly Coffield Park after marrying her co-star Steve Park) continued her career as a character actor, doing shows like episodes of Seinfeld, Wings, Caroline and the City, and My Wife and Kids as well as plenty of other classic sitcoms and TV dramas. Before In Living Color, she gained notoriety as the wife in Kevin Costner's classic Field Of Dreams.
7 David Alan Grier
Grier was one of the more popular cast members and stayed with the show for its entire run. He went on to do parts in many famous films, for example, he was Carl Bently in Robin Williams' Jumanji. He also can be seen in several television shows and has begun a respectable stage acting career, doing plays by iconic writers like David Mamet.
6 Damon Wayans
After Wayans was fired from SNL, he and his brothers teamed up to give the world In Living Color. Damon was the show's first rising star and left after season 3. He did several films, many of which were directed by his brother Keenan, and he starred in his sitcom My Wife and Kids for several seasons. A prominent actor and producer, he has a net worth of $35 million.
5 Keenan Ivory Wayans
Keenan Ivory Wayans was the executive producer and showrunner for In Living Color before stepping back around season 3 to focus on his film career along with his brother Damon. Keenan is the director of comedy favorites like Don't Be A Menace, Scary Movie 1 and 2, and White Chicks.
4 Shawn And Marlon Wayans
Of all the Wayans brothers, this duo is by far the most iconic second only to Keenan and Damon. The pair have starred in several films and sitcoms together since the show, including the ever-popular Scary Movies that were directed by Keenan. Fun fact, Marlon was the last Wayan to officially join the cast and Shawn started as the show's house DJ.
3 Rosie Perez
Before she was in films like Pineapple Express or The Road To El Dorado, Perez was one of the show's house dancers, also known as a "Fly Girl." She was the lead Fly Girl and their choreographer. Fun fact: another Fly Girl who went on to be famous? Jennifer Lopez.
2 Jim Carrey
Carrey was with the show all five seasons, and for a while was the show's only white male actor. After his film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective became such a hit, he went on to do numerous classic films like The Mask, The Truman Show, and too many others to count. After attaining nearly legendary status as an actor, he announced his plans to retire in 2022.
1 Jamie Foxx
Foxx started as a standup comic, joined the cast as a featured player in season three, and then he began a notoriously successful music and film career. He sang the famous hook on Kanye West's track "Golddigger," and has starred in films like Django Unchained and Ray, the latter of which won him an Oscar.
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