Wilcox played recurring character
Marty on ten episodes of
Gilmore Girls over the fourth, fifth, and seventh seasons after being discovered by
Gilmore Girls co-creators
Amy Sherman-Palladino and
Dan Palladino while working as a waiter at Mercer Kitchen in
SoHo, Manhattan. Wilcox has also appeared in the Goodman Theater
production of
Elizabeth Spencer's novella
The Light in the Piazza as Fabrizio alongside Celia Keenan-Bolger as Clara, and in the off-Broadway production of
The Great American Trailer Park Musical in 2005 as Leo/Duke. In 2006, he was performing in the
Roundabout Theatre Companies off-Broadway adaption of
Suddenly Last Summer, a Tennessee Williams play, as
George Holly;
Carla Gugino and
Blythe Danner also acted in the project. He has a small role in the movie
Interview with
Steve Buscemi and
Sienna Miller, Wayne also played Adult Alexander Ashbrook in
Coram Boy, a Broadway version of the successful 2006 National Theater of London production, which opened May 2007. In 2011, Wilcox appeared in
The Normal Heart. Wilcox portrayed
Sydney Chaplin in
Chaplin in 2012. From April to June 2015, he acted in the premier of Paul Gordon's
Sense and Sensibility at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, originating the role of Edward Ferrars. In 2018, Wilcox played the character of Ray in a web series,
Only Children, for which he was nominated for Best Lead Actor – Drama at the 2019
Indie Series Awards. == Filmography ==