Wayne Pygram
Born: 1959-10-13 in Cootamundra - New South Wales - Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
Wayne Pigram (born 13 October 1959), better known by his stage name Wayne Pygram, is an Australian actor, known for his role as Scorpius in the science fiction series Farscape (2000–2003) and the miniseries that followed, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004). Pygram was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales and raised in Wagga Wagga, where, as a teen, he was a drummer in a dance group. He initially studied art at Riverina College of Advanced Education, but later changed majors to primary school education.[1] While in college, he became a member of a theatre troupe known as the Riverina Trucking Company.[1]Before acting in films and television, he was a regular on the Australian theatre circuit. In 2005, he made a brief cameo in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as a young Grand Moff Tarkin, because of his resemblance to the late Peter Cushing, who portrayed the same character 28 years previously in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Due to the brevity of his Star Wars cameo, and the makeup he wore onFarscape, Pygram's real face may now be known best for his appearance on the TV show Lost, as a faith healer named Isaac of Uluru. Pygram has also played the drums in numerous bands over the past 20 years, the most recent being a band named Signal Room (formerly called Number 96)[2] along with his co-star in Farscape, Anthony Simcoe. He also teaches the drums at Kildare Catholic College, an Australian Catholic school based in Wagga Wagga.
Filmography
2008
- Underbelly as Asst Commissioner
- Heatstroke as Mental Blanakoff
2005
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Governor Tarkin
2004
- Lost as Isaac of Uluru
- Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars as Harvey / Scorpius
- Through My Eyes as Rice
2002
- White Collar Blue as Federal Boss
2001
1999
- Farscape as Scorpius
- The Lost World as Captain Tark
1998
- All Saints as Joel Wallace
- The Day of the Roses as Sgt. Joe Beecroft
1997
- Roar as Goll
- Big Sky as Major Owens
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline as Geoff Spinks
1996
- Water Rats as Joe Boyd
1995
- Fire as Quentin "Spit" Jacobsen
1994
- The Custodian as Detective Massey
- Hammers Over the Anvil as Snarley Burns
- Cody: Bad Love as Detective Pokowski
1992
- The Girl from Tomorrow as Guard
1991
- Return to the Blue Lagoon as Kearney
- Heroes II: The Return as Lt. Bruno Reymond
1989
- Farewell to the King as Bren Armstrong
1987
- Rafferty's Rules as Bathgate