Wayne Péré

Wayne Péré
Wayne Péré
Born	March 23, 1965 (age 59); Houma, Louisiana
Alma mater	Louisiana State University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Wayne Péré (born March 23, 1965), sometimes credited as Wayne Pére or Wayne Pere, is an American character actor.

Life and career

Péré was born in Houma, Louisiana, and is the youngest of three brothers. After graduating high school, Péré had an interest in becoming a commercial diver and moved to Houston to learn the craft. He eventually grew bored with the job and quit. He followed his brothers' footsteps and headed to Louisiana State University where he discovered acting "by accident" while looking at courses relating to speech. After graduating, he began to star in various projects such as Galaxy Quest where he met a then unknown Sam Rockwell. He also guest starred in Northern Exposure, Ghost Whisperer and Nip/Tuck^[1] He was part of the main cast of the short lived series Dead Last.^[2]

Péré continued to appear in other shows such as Underground and made other appearances in film such as The Big Short, Trumbo and Free State of Jones.^[3] He joined the cast of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger as Peter Scarborough.^[4] He also appeared in Venom alongside Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed and made appearances in the HBO series Tracey Takes On... and Watchmen, as well as the films Trial by Fire and Capone.^[5]

Filmography

Film roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	An American Summer	Rockman
1991	Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time	Punker #2
1993	Painted Desert	Cosmo
1996	Eye for an Eye	Gene Forest, French Teacher
1998	Out of Sight	Philip
1998	Soundman	Igby Walters
1999	The Limey	Pool Hall Creep
1999	Galaxy Quest	Lathe
2002	Full Frontal	Sex Shop Man #2
2002	Graced	Nicholas	Short film
2003	Rapid Exchange	Daltry	Direct-to-Video
2004	In the Land of Milk and Money	Hank Cameraman
2005	Gratuity	Jack Kendle	Short film
2006	Extreme Walking	Cleveland Tims	Also director
2007	Ocean's Thirteen	Fireworks Guy
2007	Perfect Day	—	Short film; Producer and editor
2008	Pillow Talk	—	Short film; Producer and editor
2009	The Informant!	Sheldon Zenner
	Pretty Twisted	Slash / Clarance	Short film
	Kink	—	Short film; Director and writer
2010	Mirrors 2	Detective Piccirilli	Direct-to-Video
2010	Swishbucklers	—	Producer, additional editor and unit production manager
2011	Seeking Justice	Cancer
2011	Creature	Bud
2012	Lay the Favorite	Scott
2012	Bending the Rules	I.A. Sergeant
2013	The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia	Station Master - 1858
	Empire State	Williams
	12 Years a Slave	Winslow	Uncredited
	Nothing Left to Fear	Mason
	King of Herrings	Leon
2014	Kristy	Professor
	99 Homes	Frank's Lawyer
	The Masters of Suspense (Les Maîtres du suspense)	Dwayne
2015	A Sort of Homecoming	Adam
	Maggie	George Garmen	Uncredited
	Fantastic Four	Science Fair Judge
	American Ultra	Deputy Krantz
	I Saw the Light	Toby Marshall
	Trumbo	Next Door Neighbor
	The Big Short	Martin Blaine
2016	Midnight Special	Prison FBI Agent
	Miracles from Heaven	Ben
	Smothered	Ranger Moochie
	Free State of Jones	Colonel Robert Lowry
2017	The Case for Christ	Wayne Marlow
	The Beguiled	Captain
	Spider-Man: Homecoming	History Teacher
	Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House	John Ehrlichman
	Shock and Awe	Intelligence Source
	Heart, Baby	Abraham
2018	Billionaire Boys Club	Baxter
	Trial by Fire	George Gilbert
	Venom	Dr. Lloyd Emerson
2019	The Perfect Date	Delbert Newhouse
2019	Semper Fi	Tom Nichols
2020	Walkaway Joe	Leo
2020	Capone	Supervisor Nordhoff
2023	Bottoms	Principal Meyers
2023	The Dirty South		Post-production^[6]

Television roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Alien Nation	Thor	Episode: "Fifteen with Wanda"
	Chicken Soup	Student	Episode: "Pilot"
	Chicken Soup	John Banks	Episode: "Double Date"
1990	Doctor Doctor	Waiter	Episode: "Doctors and Other Strangers"
	Normal Life	Deiter	Episode: "Transition"
	The Flash	Rick	Episode: "Pilot"
	WIOU	Dispatcher	Episode: "The Inquisition"
	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	Tristan	Episode: "Mother Love"
1991	The New Adam-12	Rendquist	Episode: "Bad Blood"
1993	Moon Over Miami	Eduardo Cortez	Episode: "Quiero Vivir"
1994	Phenom	Photographer	Episode: "Angela's Fifteen Minutes"
	Winnetka Road		Episode: "The White Zone"
	Friends	Max	Episode: "The One with the Monkey"
1994-1995	Northern Exposure	Prof. Bob Pickering	2 episodes
1995	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Rolf	Episode: "Top Copy"
	ER	Eric Favre	Episode: "Sleepless in Chicago"
	The Watcher	Franco	Episode: "Passion Plays"
	Courthouse	Alec Robinson	Episode: "Mitigating Circumstances"
	Murder, She Wrote	Jimmy Neiman	Episode: "Nailed"
	Fallen Angels	Ziag	Episode: "The Professional Man"
1995-1997	Walker, Texas Ranger	Victor LaRue	3 episodes
1996	Dark Angel		TV movie
	Diagnosis: Murder	Ray Dinino	Episode: "Murder Can Be Contagious"
	The Burning Zone		Episode: "Lethal Injection"
	Alien Nation: The Enemy Within	Terry Firma	TV movie
1997	Orleans	Stevovich	Episode: "Why Did the Crawfish Cross the Road?"
	The Gregory Hines Show	Noel Mazzu	Episode: "Pilot"
	Pensacola: Wings of Gold		Episode: "Birds of Prey"
	Tracey Takes On...	Geraldo	Episode: "Sex"
	Total Security	Stanley Cahill	Episode: "Citizen Canine"
	Walker, Texas Ranger	Cuadroza	2 episodes
	Star Trek: Voyager	Guill	Episode: "Random Thoughts"
1998	Profiler	Jimmy Coniglio	Episode: "Every Five Minutes"
	3rd Rock from the Sun	Jonesy	Episode: "The Physics of Being Dick"
	That '70s Show	Randy	Episode: "That's 70's Pilot"
	V.I.P.	Arnie Feign	Episode: "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead"
	Brimstone	Rabbi Samuel Weisburg	Episode: "Ashes"
	Spy Game	Bob	Episode: "Necessity Is the Mother of Infection"
1999	Oh Baby	Digger	Episode: "Dreams"
	Martial Law	Eddie	Episode: "Breakout"
	Tracey Takes On...	Maniac	Episode: "Road Rage"
	Pirates of Silicon Valley	Captain Crunch	TV movie
	Grown Ups	Jean	Episode: "Truth Be Told"
	Dawson's Creek	Boat Guy	Episode: "Escape from Witch Island"
1999-2001	Any Day Now	Christopher Palmer	2 episodes
2000	Running Mates	Aide Larry	TV movie
2001	NYPD Blue	Rob Liquori	2 episodes
2001	Dead Last	Dennis Budny	Main cast
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Painter	Episode: "The Execution of Catherine Willows"
2002	The Practice	Mitchell Orbis	2 episodes
2003	The Division		Episode: "Baby It's Cold Outside"
2004	Las Vegas	Larry Phelan	Episode: "Catch of the Day"
2005	Eyes	Travis Dean	Episode: "Whereabouts"
	Blind Justice	Todd Moncrief	Episode: "In Your Face"
	Numbers	Herbert Quilty	Episode: "Convergence"
2006	NCIS	Stanley Springer	Episode: "Escaped"
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Dr. Epstein	2 episodes
2007	Standoff	Neal Polniaczek	Episode: "Backfire"
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Dr. Jay Hayes	Episode: "The Underneath"
2009	Life	Red Pesca	Episode: "I Heart Mom"
2010	Nip/Tuck	Dan Daly	Episode: "Dan Daly"
2010	Mandrake	Lin	TV movie
2012	Treme	Dr. Whaley	Episode: "Careless Love"
2013	Banshee	Senator Robert Schumacher	2 episodes
2013	Bonnie & Clyde	Doyle Johnson	Miniseries
2014	American Horror Story: Coven	Mr. Kingery	Episode: "The Seven Wonders"
	Drop Dead Diva	Parole Commissioner	2 episodes
	Satisfaction	Lionel Elkort	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Zoo	Lawrence Fremer	Episode: "First Blood"
	South of Hell	Tory Culland	3 episodes
	The Magicians	Professor Van Der Weghe	Episode: "Unauthorized Magic"
2016	Game of Silence	Frank Cox	Episode: "Pilot"
	Underground	Reverend Willowset	4 episodes
	Roots	Benjamin Murray	Miniseries
	Halt and Catch Fire	Aaron	3 episodes
2017	Queen Sugar	Timothy North	Episode: "Freedom's Plow"
2018	Marvel's Cloak & Dagger	Peter Scarborough	Recurring (Season 1)
2018	American Horror Story: Apocalypse	Mr. Kingery	Episode: "Boy Wonder"
2019	ZeroZeroZero	Mark Shills	Episode: "The Shipment"
	Watchmen	The Suspect	Episode: "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
	The Birch	Don Bouchard	4 episodes
2020	Westworld	Therapist	Episode: "Parce Domine"
2020-2021	Your Honor	Johnny Zander	Miniseries

Video game roles
Year	Title	Role
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay	Binks / Abe / Moesgaard / Mosely / Padilla
2004	Men of Valor	White Marine 3
2009	The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena	Binks / Abe / Moesgaard / Mosely / Padilla

References

^ Lott Jr., James (February 24, 2016). "Wayne Pere (Underground) Interview | AfterBuzz TV's Spotlight On". After Buzz TV. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
^ Gresham, Matt (August 14, 2001). "Local actor stars in WB pilot tonight". Houma Today. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
^ Adams, John K. (April 18, 2016). "Actor Wayne Péré takes off his mask". Life Storyography. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
^ Prince-Bythewood, Gina (director); Joe Pokaski (writer) (June 7, 2018). "First Light". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 1. Episode 1. Freeform.
^ Papadatos, Markos (October 28, 2018). "Wayne Pere talks 'Venom' and technology, shares advice for actors". Digital Journal. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ Complex, Valerie (2023-06-29). "Cineverse Acquires Bayou Western The Dirty South Starring Dermot Mulroney, Willa Holland And Shane West". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-06-29.

External links

Wayne Péré at IMDb

[1] Lott Jr., James (February 24, 2016). "Wayne Pere (Underground) Interview | AfterBuzz TV's Spotlight On". After Buzz TV. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[2] Gresham, Matt (August 14, 2001). "Local actor stars in WB pilot tonight". Houma Today. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[3] Adams, John K. (April 18, 2016). "Actor Wayne Péré takes off his mask". Life Storyography. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[4] Prince-Bythewood, Gina (director); Joe Pokaski (writer) (June 7, 2018). "First Light". Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. Season 1. Episode 1. Freeform.

[5] Papadatos, Markos (October 28, 2018). "Wayne Pere talks 'Venom' and technology, shares advice for actors". Digital Journal. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[6] Complex, Valerie (2023-06-29). "Cineverse Acquires Bayou Western The Dirty South Starring Dermot Mulroney, Willa Holland And Shane West". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-06-29.

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