Matt Wayne (magician)

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Matt Wayne
Born
Matthew Wayne Tomasko

(1986-03-17) March 17, 1986 (age 38)
York, Pennsylvania
OccupationMagician

Matthew Wayne Tomasko (born March 17, 1986), better known as Matt Wayne, is an American

Russian Jewish on his mother's side.[citation needed] His mother, Robbie Ann, was a Calvin Klein and Gucci model living in Baltimore, Maryland and his father John R. Tomasko is a photographer. When he was five years old, he received a magic set from his grandfather. In 2005, Wayne moved to Fukuoka, Japan and lived solely by performing magic tricks. In 2006, Wayne moved back to the United States and moved to Manhattan
, New York.

Producer

Since September 2008, Wayne has been the sole producer behind Emmy-award winner Ted Greenberg[3] from Late Night with David Letterman, and the Off Broadway comedy, The Complete Performer.[4] A parodiable comedy on magic that ends with Greenberg driving audience members home in a yellow taxicab. The show continues to run at the SoHo Playhouse Theatre in New York City.

Film and television

In March 2009, Wayne made his first national television appearance on Wingman,

Tinka Milinovic's new reality series, The Tinka Show. Wayne will also be seen in the upcoming reality series Doggie Moms[7]
set to air in early 2011 on NYC life channel starring girlfriend Karen Biehl.

Charity

In 2010, Wayne lent his likeness to an HIV awareness campaign featuring 250 plus celebrities and social figures. The campaign is called BE-THE-LINK.

Prince Lorenzo Borghese and Richard Pryor Jr. Wayne is also heavily involved in supporting animal rights and has donated a lot of time helping North Shore Animal League,[10]
Broadway Barks and Stray from the Heart.

Endorsements

In June 2009, Matt signed to be the official spokesperson behind the TouchTricks[11] application series, the world's first virtual magic kit for the iPhone and iPod Touch.[12] On September 13, 2010, Matt helped YouTube launch their new Live Stream feature alongside media partner Howcast. He was voted the #1 show to watch during the launch by Gizmodo.com.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ "The Celebrity Magician, Matt Wayne".
  2. ^ Matt on Internet Movie Database https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3363454/
  3. ^ "Ted Greenberg". IMDb.
  4. ^ "NYC Comedy Show".
  5. ^ "Matt". IMDb.
  6. ^ "Easy Magic Tricks for Beginners and Kids".
  7. ^ "Celebrities Join the Fight to End Eating Disorders". 8 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Be the Link".
  9. ^ "Laff-a-Digitation Show". Bideawee. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  10. ^ "Item Listing". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  11. ^ "Home". TouchTricks.com.
  12. ^ "Magician Matt Wayne Guests in THE COMPLETE PERFORMER WITH TED GREENBERG".
  13. ^ "The Five YouTube Live Shows Worth Watching". 13 September 2010.
  14. ^ "YouTube Live Streaming Expansion is Exciting Though Today's Quality Was Spotty - VideoNuze".
  15. ^ "YouTube Live Partners Get New Way to Connect with Audiences". 13 September 2010.
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