A native of the Pacific Northwest, Wayne Bastrup has spent the past seven years appearing in an extensive variety of film and television productions. He has played a wide range of roles including: the romantic lead, disenchanted office worker, teacher, father, clueless barista, drug user, cowboy, dual personality psycho, and the leader of a medieval army. His ability to successfully portray comedic and dramatic characters has enabled him to take on virtually any project.

Wayne’s first major role was as Kurt Cobain in a college theater adaptation of "Kurt and Courtney: The Life of Kurt Cobain”. Since then, his focus has been television and film, appearing in a host of regional and national television advertising campaigns and a diverse array of festival recognized independent films. His full resume includes over twenty feature films and thirty film shorts and vignettes as well as a creative contributor to several feature documentary films, most notably "Building One Home", narrated by Robert Redford.

Wayne is also an accomplished drummer, writer and mountain biker. He has been playing drums for over ten years and regularly gigs throughout the region. His writing has occurred in several Architectural publications including “Building One Home – Strawbale Construction” as well as newsletters in both the fields of entertainment and architecture. He has also been a contributor to weekly music publications and has written feature length screenplays, one of which was a finalist in the International Screenwriting Awards. He currently races mountain bikes semi-professionally for Team BlackDiamond Racing.

He is educated in both drama and Architecture, receiving two degrees in the latter from the University of Washington.

What people are saying:

"Wayne and Rory were awesome and sexy, though. Their performances are so solid and funny and smart and exactly what I wanted for the characters. They braved the cold water patiently and put in wonderful performances. They have amazing heat together. They're both joys to film."
-Neil Sarver, Director of "Lakeside"

"There’s an unhurried mossy regionalism at work here, and the likeable...cast, Burnadette Cuvalo, Nathan Williams, Calvin Reeder and Wayne Bastrup never brackets these yearning characters in snark or 'tude."
-Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly
(Review of the film "June and July")

"Here, all the performances come across as perfectly natural and realistic; it's the sort of acting that looks the easiest but that is actually the hardest to do."
-Steve Miller
(Review of the film "Ordinary Angels" @ rottentomatoes.com)
 

Wayne Bastrup

Actor 

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