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

Wayne Péré
Born (1965-03-23) March 23, 1965 (age 59)
Alma materLouisiana State University
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present

Life and career

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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

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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
Soundman Igby Walters
1999 The Limey Pool Hall Creep
Galaxy Quest Lathe
2002 Full Frontal Sex Shop Man #2
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
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
Swishbucklers Producer, additional editor and unit production manager
2011 Seeking Justice Cancer
Creature Bud
2012 Lay the Favorite Scott
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
Semper Fi Tom Nichols
2020 Walkaway Joe Leo
Capone Supervisor Nordhoff
2023 Bottoms Principal Meyers
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"
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
Dead Last Dennis Budny Main cast
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Painter Episode: "The Execution of Catherine Willows"
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"
Ghost Whisperer Dr. Epstein 2 episodes
2007 Standoff Neal Polniaczek Episode: "Backfire"
Ghost Whisperer Dr. Jay Hayes Episode: "The Underneath"
2009 Life Red Pesca Episode: "I Heart Mom"
2010 Nip/Tuck Dan Daly Episode: "Dan Daly"
Mandrake Lin TV movie
2012 Treme Dr. Whaley Episode: "Careless Love"
2013 Banshee Senator Robert Schumacher 2 episodes
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)
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
Men of Valor White Marine 3
2009 The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Binks / Abe / Moesgaard / Mosely / Padilla

References

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  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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