Whatever you do, don’t label entertainer Wayne Brady a “nice guy” or, worse, wedge him into “nice guy-only” roles onstage or on-screen.

Though there are far worse things to be called, Brady, a successful actor, singer, comedian, game show host and former talk show host, bristles at the notion of being pigeonholed one way or another by those who don’t know him well — and he is often labeled “the nice guy.”

“I don’t consider myself a nicer guy than anyone else,” said Brady during a phone call from Los Angeles on July 18. “I was raised in a household (in which manners were important). I respect you; I expect you to respect me.”

Brady called after finishing three back-to-back tapings of the TV game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” which he has hosted since 2009, and while on his way to attend his daughter Maile’s seventh-grade graduation. He was doing advance press for his improv show in Honolulu tonight at the Hawaii Theatre.

Brady calls his show a “live improv musical concert — with help from the audience.”

Joining him onstage in Hawaii from “Let’s Make a Deal” will be musician Cat Gray and announcer Jonathan Mangum.

“It’s completely made up from the time the show begins,” said Brady.

The show is a special treat for island fans, set up for Oahu while Brady has a short break from his TV responsibilities. While he’s here, he plans to spend a few days in the islands with family and friends.

“I don’t tour a lot. I’m always busy taping the show,” he explained. “I love Hawaii, in particular Kaneohe. It feels good to do a show in Honolulu after all these years. I’m going to take some time to rent a beach house and catch up with nieces and nephews and friends.”

After that, Brady heads to Canada to shoot three episodes of a new “end-of-days zombie show” called “Aftermath” for Syfy (formerly the Sci-Fi Channel).

Brady has ties to Hawaii. He used to live part time on Oahu in the mid-’90s and met his ex-wife Mandie Taketa here. The two remain business partners and run a production company called Frankie & Johnny; they’ve sold a sitcom about their lives recently to the CW network.

“We have a friendship and an amazing daughter we co-parent and raise together,” said Brady of his ex-wife, who is originally from Kaneohe. “When you care for someone, it doesn’t change. We present a united front of parenting. We work better together than most people we know.”

He got his start on a “couple of episodes” on the British version of “Whose Line Is it Anyway?” in 1997, before the show was picked up in America a year later with Drew Carey as the host. Brady had been working in show business for about 10 years before he was asked to try out, but he acknowledged that the show was his big breakthrough.

He worked on the improv show from 1998 to 2006 and has again since 2013, zipping through improvised songs and games with fellow comedians in lightning-fast rounds.

Some consider the fast-thinking Brady a scene-stealer for the songs he’s improvised on the show; he won an Emmy for his work in 2003.

Since then he’s either been nominated or won awards in all facets of his career as an actor, singer, game show host and (now former) talk show host.

“I do a little bit of everything,” he said.

He has played against his smiling, likable persona in the past, not as a way to exert control over his image, but because as an actor he feels that all roles should be considered equally.

Previous TV acting roles have included appearances on “How I Met Your Mother” and “Everybody Hates Chris.”

He currently has a recurring role on “The Real Husbands of Hollywood,” a spoof of reality shows that comedian Kevin Hart created and which airs airs on BET.

Stage work, such as his cross-dressing turn as Lola in “Kinky Boots” and as Fred, the romantic lead, in “Kiss Me, Kate,” is also on Brady’s resume. He has worked in theater since he was 16.

Brady said one of his favorite roles has been Lola, which he played on Broadway in a run that concluded earlier this year.

“I was completely transformed” as the character, he said.

As for those who are surprised when Brady plays against type, as when he tweaked his clean-cut image in a guest appearance on Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s Show,” he said, “I have heard that so many times, and it’s just ignorance. It’s stupid to me — silly that there are ‘types’ in showbiz.

“I got into acting as a kid. You’re supposed to be a chameleon as an actor. You don’t have types unless there are physical types.

“It would be different if I was 6-5 and talked like this,” Brady said, dropping his voice a few octaves. “But I’m not. I love playing anything I can play — a drag queen, a soldier, me.”