- Born
- Birth nameTravis Aaron Wade
- Nicknames
- D.C.
- Lucky
- Height1.75 m
- Travis Aaron Wade was born September 27, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Daphne Royle Maddison is from Manchester, England; and his father, Dennis Wade, is from Rosemead, CA. His family later moved to Glendora, California, where Travis attended Charter Oak High School in Covina. Travis excelled in all sports, and eventually became captain of the football team during his senior year in high school.
After his high school graduation, Travis had an eye-opening experience during a trip to Tijuana, Mexico, and decided that he wanted to do his part to help; so, upon returning, Travis joined the United States Marine Corps. He was honorably discharged in 1997.
Upon returning home, his mother suggested that he take some acting classes. So, after attending a few classes and seeing how therapeutic acting was, Travis decided to go back to school. He attended Citrus College and majored in criminal law and theater.
In 2005, Travis was cast in War Of The Worlds, directed by legendary Steven Spielberg.
Travis landed a lead role in 2005, in The Fix. He played the son of an ex-boxer (Robert Patrick) who relentlessly drives his son to become the champion he never was. The Fix was directed by Adam Kane and went on to win Best Drama at the L.A. Shorts Festival in 2006. While filming the final boxing scene in the film, The Fix, a former World Champion kick-boxer broke Travis's nose and dislocated his finger.
In 2007, Travis was cast as John Hickman in the cult classic, Pig Hunt. This led to roles in The Closer (2009), Criminal Minds (2009), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011), Alcatraz (2012), Rizzoli & Isles (2012), NCIS: Los Angeles (2012), and Supernatural (2014).
Travis had parts in two films opposite John Travolta; The Forger (2014), also starring Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan, and Abigail Spencer; and in Criminal Activities (2015) directed by Jackie Earle Haley.
The future shows Travis's career continuing to rise with his role of Lieutenant Allison in the upcoming film The Last Full Measure, starring William Hurt, Ed Harris, Sebastian Stan, and Samuel L. Jackson.
His love for animals led Travis and his business partners to start Arm The Animals in 2010. Arm The Animals is a charitable T-Shirt company that donates a percentage of sales to help animals in need. In 2014, Travis co-produced Extinction Soup, a documentary raising awareness to the shrinking shark population.
In 2010, Travis saved 72-year-old Roslyn Bush from an overturned vehicle engulfed in flames. He was honored by the City of Los Angeles with a Local Hero Medal.
In 2018, Travis partnered with Swyck Labs with his revolutionary invention of the timed wick. These candles will be saving lives world wide by 2019.
Travis has also been teaching the arts and working with children and young adults in Vietnam since 2008. A few of his students have gone on to compete in Miss Universe and Miss World, in which Travis has personally coached these young ladies to a achieve much success in pageants and life.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- In April of 2010 Wade was on his way to an audition when he discovered Roslyn Busch, 72, overturned en-flamed car during the morning commute on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the hills of Studio City. Travis jumped inside the burning vehicle and pulled Rosz free to safety. Travis sustained severe burns and cuts from the glass but Roslyn was saved and miraculously uninjured. In 2011 Travis was honored by the City of Los Angeles with a "Local Hero" Certificate of Appreciation by City Council Members Paul Krekorian, Gil Garcetti Jr. & Former LA Chief of Police Chief Willie Parks.
- Filming the CBS show, Vegas (2012), Dennis Quaid landed on Travis's hand during a fight scene and broke his hand.
- His mother Daphne went into labor while watching Les Dents de la mer (1975) at a movie theatre in Los Angeles. It took Travis 30 years to meet the man who was responsible for that shock on the set of La Guerre des mondes (2005), Steven Spielberg.
- Family from his mother's side is from Manchester, England. Family from his father's side is from Chicago, Illinois.
- His great-grandfather had to change his name from Wade Williams to William Wade when he moved from the meat district in Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California, because of an altercation he started with the infamous Frank Nitti which led to a hit being put out on him.
- Perseverance is failing 100 times and succeeding the 101st.
- I was dropped by both my manager and agent in the same month. Some of the most influential people in my life said, "Maybe you should look into something other than acting." I always thought, is that the same advice you would give a lawyer who was let go by a firm, or a doctor who was fired from a hospital? - About how people do not treat acting as a profession.
- On the one role that got away: Peter Sarsgaard landed the lead role of Troy in Jarhead: La Fin de l'innocence (2005). I went through several auditions, read with the cast at the table read and rehearsed with Jake, Jaime & Sam. It was a life changing experience.
- Being directed by Steven Spielberg was a god wink. On the set of La Guerre des mondes (2005), The director took, Columbus Short, Kent Faulcon, and myself aside and asked us to call him "Dad" instead of "Mr. Spielberg". Even his director's chair said DAD. My mother, Daphne, went into labor while watching Les Dents de la mer (1975) in 1975 at a movie theater in Los Angeles. It took me 30 years to meet the man who would ask me to call him dad and responsible for shocking me into this world. - On meeting and working with Steven Spielberg
- I gave Steven Spielberg The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) I earned while serving in the Marine Corp as a gift of thanks. I joined the Marines because I wanted to give my life for this country if need be. I am inspired by people who give back. I can not think of anyone who has given more with their life and profession than Mr. Spielberg and for that I felt he deserved a medal. What more could I give? - On being asked "What is the most precious gift Travis has ever given to a member of a cast or crew?"
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