Trivia

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.

Was awarded Expert Rifleman consecutive years while serving in the United States Marine Corp.

In 2010 with his business partner Matt Heinemeyer & Danian Rios, Travis started a charity call Arm the Animals (ATA) www.armtheanimals.com which donates a % of profits to Animal Shelters in order to help find homes for pets instead of being killed.

Has been teaching children at an art school in HCMC, Vietnam 6 weeks out of the year since 2007. Travis is also the current personal coach and teacher for pageant girls in Miss Vietnam, Miss World & Miss Universe.

Read for a lead role on "Dawson's Creek" but lost out to Michael Pitt.

In 2011, Travis and his business partners formed Oceans which is a group of professional entrepreneurs that have come together to facilitate very unique investments spanning from the entertainment world, to startup companies.

While filming the final boxing scene in the film, The Fix (2005), a former World Champion kick-boxer broke Travis's nose and dislocated his finger. He had to be on set 2 days later to act in his next film Jekyll which he has stated was a complete blur. Since filming wrapped Travis has had 4 operations due to that performance which took him out of acting entirely in 2006.

He was once a contestant on "Singled Out". Travis was picked by the girl after answering all the correct questions and won the date but the gal was engaged so he gave the trip to Catalina to her and her fiancé' who was in the crowd.

Read at the table read for the role of Troy in Sam Mendes's military drama Jarhead: La Fin de l'innocence (2005) but lost out when 'Peter Sarsgard' took the offer.

Travis is also Inventor who spent a year away from acting to form the company Sin Cera. The revolutionary invention in the candle industry will be made known to the public in 2018 and will save thousands of lives.

Bartended at the infamous La Poubelle in Hollywood, California

Founded "MBR Productions" in 2003.

Was engaged to model/actress Jasmine Dustin from (May 2005-May 2008).

Credits his career to Adam Kane, Lisa Beach, April Webster & Carol Kritzer.

Nominated for Best Lead Actor by the International Fimmaker Festival of World Cinema Milan 2016 for his work in The Condor.

Travis is not only godfather to his sister, Tracie Merry's first born, Garrett Mitchell Whiteleather, but is also godfather to Grayson Martin, who is the great-grandchild of the late great Dean Martin. Dean's grandson Alex Martin & Travis have been acquaintances for nearly two decades, and Travis introduced Alex to his gorgeous wife, Megan Kimmel, back in 2012.

Read for a lead role in Ridley Scott's La Chute du faucon noir (2001) but lost out to Brian Van Holt.

Lived with model Kaitlyn Howe (Kennedy) from October 2011 to April 2014.

Travis is an ambassador for the Oakley Brand.