Wayne Burns

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Birthplace: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Male
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Wayne Burns is a Canadian-American actor and producer. Hailing from Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, he may be most recognized for his series regular role as Lykos, the Prince of Athens, in the Syfy Original Series, Olympus (2015), created by BAFTA © Nominee Nick Willing.

A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Wayne has starred opposite Golden Globe © Winner Richard Gere in Longing (2024), Emmy Nominee © Ben Foster in Sharp Corner (2024) and the late Cory Monteith in All the Wrong Reasons (2013). He can also be seen in audience favourites: Mr. D (2012), Murdoch Mysteries (2008), Baroness Von Sketch Show (2016), and What We Do in the Shadows (2019).

Wayne has starred in and produced several short films, most notably the award-winning CBC-funded short film LIAR (2020) alongside Allister MacDonald, fastLOVE (2025) and EEL (2025), which had their world premieres at Roze Filmdagen and the Atlantic International Film Festival, respectively.

Wayne was selected for the 2026 Producer's Lab at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, Canada.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2025-09-12	Eel	Jason
	2025-05-09	Sharp Corner	Tim
	2025-04-12	The Players	Danny
	2025-03-22	fastLOVE
	2024-06-07	Longing	Mikey
	2020-08-22	Liar	Mark
	2019-02-28	A Dinner Party	Simon
	2017-09-29	White Night	Ryan
	2017-06-04	The Gift Giver	Sam
	2013-11-01	All the Wrong Reasons	Laughing Clerk
	2012-09-09	Blackbird	Danny