| Wayne Wilcox | |
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| Born | Wayne Wilcox December 10, 1978 Tennessee |
Wayne Wilcox (born December 10, 1978) is an American 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 ten episodes of Gilmore Girls over the fourth, fifth, and seventh 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 alongside Celia Keenan-Bolger as Clara, 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, a 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.
Before moving to Broadway, film, and television, he was a part of Tim Hanes' Kids Unlimited in Knoxville, TN. He is often said to physically resemble pop/rock singer John Mayer.