Wayne Wilcox

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Wayne Wilcox

Birth name	Wayne Wilcox
Born	June 27, 1981 (age 25)
Notable roles	Marty on Gilmore Girls

Wayne Wilcox is an actor/singer who appeared in the film version of the musical RENT as Gordon, a member of Angel and Tom's AIDS support group.

He played recurring character Marty on seven episodes of Gilmore Girls over the fourth and fifth seasons after being discovered by Gilmore Girls co-creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino while working as a waiter at Mercer Kitchen in SoHo.^[1]

Wilcox has also appeared in the Goodman Theater production of Elizabeth Spencer's novella The Light in the Piazza as Fabrizio and in the off-Broadway production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical in 2005 as Leo/Duke. He is currently performing in the Roundabout Theatre Companies off-Broadway adaption of Suddenly Last Summer, an Tennessee Williams play that opened, as George Holly; Carla Gugino and Blythe Danner are also acting in the project.

Wayne is a graduate of Boston University. He has a small role in the movie "Interview" with Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller, which had its U.S. premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Wayne has also been cast in "Coram Boy", a Broadway version of the successful 2006 National Theater of London production. It is tentatively scheduled to start previews in April 2007 and premiere on May 1, 2007.