Dwayne Wayne is a mathematics major at Hillman. A native of Brooklyn, he achieved a perfect score on the math portion of the SAT. He is best known for his flip up eyeglasses/shades and making unsuccessful advances on numerous women throughout his freshman year. He had a crush on Denise and unsuccessfully ran for the title of "Miss Hillman" at her urging to highlight the sexism of the pageant. His best friend/roommate is Ronald Johnson. He dated Suzanne Taylor although the two broke up because she was not ready to get serious. Although he dated several women across the series, he was most involved in an on-again-off-again relationship with Whitley Gilbert across the series. After working at a summer internship in Japan, he began a relationship with Kinu Owens. However, he broke up with her once he realized he was still in love with Whitley. He graduated from Hillman as valedictorian of Class of 1991 and engaged to Whitley. He became a mathematics professor at Hillman but his engagement with Whitley was broken off when he almost cheated on her. However, during her relationship with Byron Douglas III, the two slept together and he interrupted Whitley and Byron's wedding ceremony to declare his love for her. Whitley left Byron at the altar for Dwayne and the two quickly married. They honeymooned in Los Angeles, which coincided with the 1992 riots following the verdict in the Rodney King trial. At the end of the series, Whitley became pregnant with their first child and he designed a new video game for Kinishewa with Ron. The couple decided to move to Japan for his work. In a reunion special, it was revealed that while at Kinishewa, Dwayne invented the flip cell phone, inspired by his flip glasses.
Appearances
A Different World
Main cast, played by Kadeem Hardison
- Episode 1x01: Reconcilable Differences (Sep 24, 1987)
- Episode 1x02: Pilot (Oct 1, 1987)
- Episode 1x03: Porky de Bergerac (Oct 15, 1987)
- Episode 1x04: Those Who Can't... Tutor (Oct 22, 1987)
- Episode 1x05: War of the Words (Oct 29, 1987)
- Episode 1x06: Rudy and the Snow Queen (Nov 5, 1987)
- Episode 1x07: Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You (Nov 19, 1987)
- Episode 1x08: If Chosen, I May Not Run (Dec 3, 1987)
- Episode 1x09: Romancing Mr. Stone (Dec 10, 1987)
- Episode 1x10: The Gift of the Magi (Dec 17, 1987)
- Episode 1x11: Does He or Doesn't He? (Jan 7, 1988)
- Episode 1x12: Advise and Descent (Jan 14, 1988)
- Episode 1x13: The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic (Jan 21, 1988)
- Episode 1x14: Wild Child (Feb 4, 1988)
- Episode 1x15: Dr. Cupid (Feb 11, 1988)
- Episode 1x16: The Show Must Go On (Feb 18, 1988)
- Episode 1x17: Mr. Hillman (Feb 25, 1988)
- Episode 1x18: Speech Therapy (Mar 10, 1988)
- Episode 1x19: Clair's Last Stand (Mar 24, 1988)
- Episode 1x20: If Only for One Night (Apr 28, 1988)
- Episode 1x21: Come Back, Little Eggby (May 5, 1988)
- Episode 2x01: Dr. War Is Hell (Oct 6, 1988)
- Episode 2x02: Two Gentlemen of Hillman (Oct 13, 1988)
- Episode 2x03: Some Enchanted Late Afternoon (Oct 27, 1988)
- Episode 2x04: Dream Lover (Nov 3, 1988)
- Episode 2x05: Three Girls Three (Nov 10, 1988)
- Episode 2x06: If You Like Pilgrim Coladas (Nov 17, 1988)
- Episode 2x07: A Stepping Stone (Dec 1, 1988)
- Episode 2x08: Life with Father (Dec 8, 1988)
- Episode 2x09: All's Fair (Dec 15, 1988)
- Episode 2x10: Radio Free Hillman (Jan 5, 1989)
- Episode 2x11: It Happened One Night (Jan 12, 1989)
- Episode 2x12: I've Got the Muse in Me (Jan 26, 1989)
- Episode 2x13: Risky Business (Feb 2, 1989)
- Episode 2x14: Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Feb 9, 1989)
- Episode 2x15: For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage (Feb 23, 1989)
- Episode 2x16: It's Greek to Me (Mar 2, 1989)
- Episode 2x17: The Thing About Women (Mar 9, 1989)
- Episode 2x18: High Anxiety (Mar 16, 1989)
- Episode 2x20: No Means No (Mar 30, 1989)
- Episode 2x21: Citizen Wayne (Apr 27, 1989)
- Episode 2x22: There's No Place Like Home (May 4, 1989)
- Episode 3x01: Strangers on a Plane (Sep 21, 1989)
- Episode 3x02: The Heat is On (Oct 12, 1989)
- Episode 3x03: The Hat Makes the Man (Oct 19, 1989)
- Episode 3x04: To Have and Have Not (Oct 26, 1989)
- Episode 3x05: Forever Hold Your Peace (Nov 2, 1989)
- Episode 3x06: Delusions of Daddyhood (Nov 9, 1989)
- Episode 3x07: Wedding Bells from Hell (Nov 16, 1989)
- Episode 3x08: Great Expectations (Nov 30, 1989)
- Episode 3x09: Answered Prayers (Dec 7, 1989)
- Episode 3x10: For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls (Dec 21, 1989)
- Episode 3x11: Under One Roof (Jan 4, 1990)
- Episode 3x12: Here's to Old Friends (Jan 11, 1990)
- Episode 3x13: The Power of the Pen (Jan 18, 1990)
- Episode 3x14: Pride and Prejudice (Jan 25, 1990)
- Episode 3x15: Success, Lies and Videotape (Feb 8, 1990)
- Episode 3x16: A World Alike (Feb 15, 1990)
- Episode 3x17: That's the Trouble with You All (Feb 22, 1990)
- Episode 3x18: A Camp Fire Story (Mar 1, 1990)
- Episode 3x19: Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet (Mar 8, 1990)
- Episode 3x20: 21 Candles (Mar 15, 1990)
- Episode 3x21: Sweet Charity (Mar 29, 1990)
- Episode 3x22: Soldier Boy (Apr 5, 1990)
- Episode 3x23: Getaway: Part 1 (Apr 19, 1990)
- Episode 3x24: Getaway: Part 2 (Apr 26, 1990)
- Episode 3x25: Perhaps Love (May 5, 1990)
- Episode 4x01: Everything Must Change (Sep 20, 1990)
- Episode 4x02: How Bittersweet It Is (Sep 27, 1990)
- Episode 4x03: Blues for Nobody's Child (Oct 4, 1990)
- Episode 4x04: Whitley's Last Supper (Oct 11, 1990)
- Episode 4x05: The Goodwill Games (Oct 18, 1990)
- Episode 4x06: Tales from the Exam Zone (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 4x07: Good Help is Hard to Fire (Nov 8, 1990)
- Episode 4x08: Love Thy Neighbor (Nov 15, 1990)
- Episode 4x09: Time Keeps on Slippin' (Nov 29, 1990)
- Episode 4x10: The Apple Doesn't Fall (Dec 6, 1990)
- Episode 4x11: I'm Dreaming of a Wayne Christmas (Dec 13, 1990)
- Episode 4x12: War and Peace (Jan 10, 1991)
- Episode 4x13: Ex-Communication (Jan 31, 1991)
- Episode 4x14: Risk Around the Dollar (Feb 7, 1991)
- Episode 4x15: Love, Hillman-Style (Feb 14, 1991)
- Episode 4x16: A Word in Edgewise (Feb 21, 1991)
- Episode 4x17: Ms. Understanding (Feb 28, 1991)
- Episode 4x18: The Cash Isn't Always Greener (Mar 7, 1991)
- Episode 4x19: How Great Thou Art (Mar 14, 1991)
- Episode 4x20: It's Showtime at Hillman (Mar 21, 1991)
- Episode 4x21: Sister to Sister, Sister (Mar 28, 1991)
- Episode 4x22: Monet is the Root of All Evil (Apr 4, 1991)
- Episode 4x23: If I Should Die Before I Wake (Apr 11, 1991)
- Episode 4x24: Never Can Say Goodbye (Apr 25, 1991)
- Episode 4x25: To Be Continued (May 2, 1991)
- Episode 5x01: We've Only Just Begun (Sep 19, 1991)
- Episode 5x02: The Dwayne Mutiny (Sep 26, 1991)
- Episode 5x03: Home is Where the Fire Is (Oct 3, 1991)
- Episode 5x04: Almost Working Girl (Oct 10, 1991)
- Episode 5x05: In the Eye of the Storm (Oct 17, 1991)
- Episode 5x06: Rule Number One (Oct 24, 1991)
- Episode 5x07: Baby, I'm a Star (Oct 31, 1991)
- Episode 5x08: Liza Who-Little (Nov 7, 1991)
- Episode 5x09: To Tell the Truth (Nov 14, 1991)
- Episode 5x10: Do You Take This Woman? (Nov 21, 1991)
- Episode 5x11: Mammy Dearest (Dec 5, 1991)
- Episode 5x12: Twelve Steps of Christmas (Dec 19, 1991)
- Episode 5x13: Just Another Four-Letter Word (Jan 2, 1992)
- Episode 5x14: Cats in the Cradle (Jan 16, 1992)
- Episode 5x15: Prisoner of Love (Jan 23, 1992)
- Episode 5x17: May the Best Man Win (Feb 13, 1992)
- Episode 5x18: Kiss You Back (Feb 20, 1992)
- Episode 5x19: Conflict of Interest (Feb 27, 1992)
- Episode 5x22: Love Taps (Apr 23, 1992)
- Episode 5x23: Special Delivery (May 7, 1992)
- Episode 5x24: Save the Best for Last: Part 1 (May 14, 1992)
- Episode 5x25: Save the Best for Last: Part 2 (May 14, 1992)
- Episode 6x01: Honeymoon in L.A.: Part 1 (Sep 24, 1992)
- Episode 6x02: Honeymoon in L.A.: Part 2 (Oct 1, 1992)
- Episode 6x03: Interior Desecration (Oct 8, 1992)
- Episode 6x04: Somebody Say Ho! (Oct 15, 1992)
- Episode 6x05: Really Gross Anatomy (Oct 22, 1992)
- Episode 6x06: Don't Count Your Chickens Before They're Axed (Oct 29, 1992)
- Episode 6x07: The Little Mister (Oct 29, 1992)
- Episode 6x08: Baby, It's Cold Outside (Nov 5, 1992)
- Episode 6x09: Faith, Hope and Charity: Part 1 (Nov 12, 1992)
- Episode 6x10: Faith, Hope and Charity: Part 2 (Nov 12, 1992)
- Episode 6x11: Original Teacher (Nov 19, 1992)
- Episode 6x12: Occupational Hazards (Dec 3, 1992)
- Episode 6x13: White Christmas (Dec 17, 1992)
- Episode 6x14: To Whit, with Love (Jan 7, 1993)
- Episode 6x15: Happy Birthday to Moi (Jan 14, 1993)
- Episode 6x16: Mind Your Own Business (Jan 21, 1993)
- Episode 6x17: When One Door Closes...: Part 1 (May 8, 1993)
- Episode 6x18: When One Door Closes...: Part 2 (May 8, 1993)
- Episode 6x19: Lean on Me (May 27, 1993)
- Episode 6x20: Dancing Machines (Jun 3, 1993)
- Episode 6x21: Cabin in the Sky (Jun 10, 1993)
- Episode 6x22: Great X-Pectations (Jul 9, 1993)
- Episode 6x23: Homie, Don't Ya Know Me? ()
- Episode 6x24: A Rock, a River, a Lena ()