Kountry Wayne
Stand-up comedian

Kountry Wayne

Also known as Wayne Colley

Who Kountry Wayne is

Kountry Wayne is a comedian and actor from Millen, Georgia, who built a large audience from 2014 with viral social-media sketches of his own characters, often with celebrity cameos, before taking his act to theaters on the 150-date Child Support Tour and the Live Nation-produced Straight Out The Mud and Help Is on the Way tours. His first Netflix stand-up special, Kountry Wayne: A Woman's Prayer, taped at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., premiered in 2023, and Variety named him one of its 10 Comics to Watch in 2021. He has acted in BET's Holiday Heartbreak, Strange Love and Peacock's Praise This, co-hosts BET+'s I Love Us, and wrote the book Help Is on the Way (2023).

At a glance

Born
1987
Stand-up specials
Kountry Wayne: A Woman's Prayer
Albums
Help Is on the Way
Podcasts
Help Is on the Way: Stay Up and Live Your Truth
On screen
Wild 'N Out, I Love Us, Holiday Heartbreak and 2 more
Next on stage
9 October 2026 — Ontario Improv, Ontario, CA
Official site
kountrywayne.com ↗

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

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Career timeline

  1. 1987Born
  2. 2018Wild 'N Out (MTV, from 2018) On screen
  3. 2018Help Is on the Way (2018) Album
  4. 2020Holiday Heartbreak (BET film, 2020) On screen
  5. 2022I Love Us (co-host with Kym Whitley, BET+, 2022) On screen
  6. 2022Strange Love (Amazon Prime film, 2022; also executive producer) On screen
  7. 2023Kountry Wayne: A Woman's Prayer (2023, Netflix) Special
  8. 2023Praise This (Painted Duck DJ, Peacock film, 2023) On screen
  9. 2023Help Is on the Way: Stay Up and Live Your Truth (book with Mim Eichler Rivas, 2023, Harmony) Book

In the news

Questions about Kountry Wayne

Where is Kountry Wayne performing next?

Friday 9 October 2026, 7:30 PM at Ontario Improv, Ontario, CA, then 4 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Kountry Wayne: A Woman's Prayer.

What podcast do they host?

Help Is on the Way: Stay Up and Live Your Truth.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Wild 'N Out, I Love Us, Holiday Heartbreak, Strange Love and Praise This.

When were they born?

In 1987.

Who are some comedians like them?

Mia Jackson (also in I Love Us).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

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Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 29 September 2026