Wayne Brady Wikipedia, Age, Height, Net Worth

Publish date: 2024-05-17

This article highlights the Wikipedia of Wayne Brady, an American television personality, his age, height and net worth.

What is the Wikipedia of Wayne Brady?

Wayne Alphonso Brady was born June 2, 1972 and is an American television personality, comedian, actor, and singer.

Brady was born in Columbus, Georgia, to West Indian parents. He was moved to Orlando, Florida, as a young child to live with his grandmother and aunt. Brady refers to his grandmother, Valerie Petersen, as his “mom”, since she raised him. As a child, Brady developed a stutter. This led to him being bullied by other children, which caused him a great deal of anxiety.

At 16, Brady started performing in community theater and in the Orlando improvisation troupe SAK Comedy Lab, where he first started developing his improv skills.

He attended Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, from which he graduated in 1989. In 1996, he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued developing his acting skills

He is a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway? He was the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show, was the original host of Fox’s Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, and has hosted Let’s Make a Deal since its 2009 revival.

Brady also performed in the Tony Award–winning musical Kinky Boots on Broadway as Simon—who is also drag queen Lola—from November 2015 to March 2016, and as James Stinson on the American TV series How I Met Your Mother.

Brady is a five-time Emmy Award winner, winning his first for his work on Whose Line? in 2003, two more in the next year for The Wayne Brady Show, and two for Let’s Make a Deal. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, for his cover of the Sam Cooke song “A Change Is Gonna Come”.

Brady has been married twice. He married Diana Lasso on December 31, 1993. They divorced on September 21, 1995. On April 3, 1999, he married dancer Mandie Taketa. He and Taketa have one child, a daughter named Maile Masako Brady, born on February 3, 2003. Brady and Taketa separated on April 5, 2006, and Taketa filed for divorce on July 2, 2007.

In 2007, Brady became an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, the Friends of RMHC.

In 2013, Bill Maher compared Brady to President Barack Obama, in that, in popular culture, they were both supposedly “not black enough”. Brady took issue with this statement, suggesting that Maher should “be careful when [he makes] statements like that” because it will allow his viewers to make the same stereotypical assumptions about black people.

Brady has suffered from clinical depression. On his 42nd birthday, in 2014, he had a mental breakdown and later credited Taketa for helping him recover.

In 2023, in an exclusive interview with People Magazine, Brady came out as pansexual. Brady is an honorary member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.

How old is Wayne Brady?

Wayne was born on June 2, 1972 hence he is 51 years.

What is the height of Wayne Brady?

Wayne Brady is 6′ or 1m83 tall

What is the net worth of Wayne Brady?

Wayne Brady is an American actor, comedian, singer, and television personality who has a net worth of $12 million.

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