- Height1.70 m
- Hailing from Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, Wayne is most recognized for his role as Lykos, the Prince of Athens, in the Syfy Original Series, Olympus (2015) created by critically acclaimed director Nick Willing, and as Terrance in Jeremy Webb's Bone Deep (2014) for which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Short Film at the ACTRA Maritimes Awards.
A graduate of National Theatre School of Canada, Wayne has been featured on Canadian favorites: Mr. D (2012), Les enquêtes de Murdoch (2008), Baroness Von Sketch Show (2016), and Remedy (2014). He can also been seen in stand out supporting roles in the multi-award-winning films, Blackbird (2012), opposite Connor Jessup and Alex Ozerov-Meyer, and All the Wrong Reasons (2013) with the late Cory Monteith.
Wayne produced and starred in Denis Theriault's The Gift Giver (2017), which had its World Premiere at the InsideOut LGBT Film Festival, and wrote, directed and starred in the award-winning CBC short film Liar (2020) alongside Allister MacDonald.
Wayne splits his time between New York and Toronto.- IMDb mini biography by: Wayne Burns
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Attended Neptune Theatre's Pre-Professional Training Program in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Wayne is the recipient for the 2011 Theatre Nova Scotia Award which was presented by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia at the Dal Arts Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Wayne is the recipient of the 2012 Theatre Nova Scotia Award. It was awarded to him by John Grant, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, at the Governors House in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Chosen as a 2017 Breakthrough Artist by NOW Magazine.
- Graduate of Cobequid Educational Centre, Truro, Nova Scotia.
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