Wayne Pygram

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Pygram at an Australia Day ceremony in Wagga Wagga (2011)
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Wayne Pigram, known professionally as Wayne Pygram, is an Australian actor and musician. He is known for his role as Scorpius in the science fiction series Farscape (2000-2004). He briefly appeared in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, portraying Grand Moff Tarkin in 2005. He also appeared in the television series Lost in 2006.

He has played the drums in numerous bands, including Signal Room, and has taught percussion, including at the Riverina Conservatorium of Music.

Early life and education

Wayne Pigram was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, and raised in Wagga Wagga.[1] As a teen, he was a drummer in a dance group in Wagga Wagga.[1]

He initially studied art at Riverina College of Advanced Education, but later changed majors to primary school education. While in college, Pygram became a member of a theatre troupe known as the Riverina Trucking Company.[1]

He left Wagga Wagga in the early 1980s.[2]

Career

Acting

Before acting in films and television, Pygram was a regular on the Australian theatre circuit, and has continued to appear on stage until at least 2005. Productions he has appeared in include The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1985) and All's Well That Ends Well with Nimrod Theatre Company, as well as The Rocky Horror Show, Sweet Bird of Youth, King Lear, and The Threepenny Opera.[3] He also performed in several productions by The Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, the Nimrod, and Griffin Theatre Company.[2]

He appeared in the films Farewell to the King (1989) and Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), and Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997).[2]

In 1995 he played the role as firefighter Quentin "Spit" Jacobsen in the TV series Fire, and was one of the few to return for its second series in 1996.[4] In 1998, he guest-starred as Sam Kristovsky in episode 24 of Wildside.[5]

In 2001 he played Ian Woodford[citation needed] in the long-running Australian soap Home and Away[6] from 2001,

He played Scorpius in the science fiction series Farscape (2000–2003) and the miniseries that followed, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004). He returned to Home and Away after Farscape.[6]

In 2005, Pygram made a brief cameo appearance in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as a young Grand Moff Tarkin, the character which Peter Cushing had played 28 years earlier in A New Hope.[7][8] For this role, he wore extensive facial prosthetics to make him look more like Peter Cushing, the original actor in this role in the first three movies.[6]

In 2006, he appeared in an episode of Lost[6][9][2] called "S.O.S."[10] as a faith healer named Isaac of Uluru.[11] He has also had guest roles on the series My Place, A Country Practice, All Saints, Water Rats, Stingers, Murder Call, Medivac,[2] Time Trax, and The Lost World (1999–2001).[12] In 2010 he was in Underbelly: The Golden Mile.[2]

In 2018 he played Ryland Webster, Prime Minister of Australia, in the final season of Rake.[13][14]

After moving back to Wagga Wagga, he became a member of the Lichen Collective,[13] a collective of actors, creators, and designers. They produced a theatrical piece called Rush, which was written and performed by Pygram, Samantha Dowdeswell, and Dominique Sweeney,[15] at the Riverina Playhouse in 2020.[16]

In 2022, he was a voice actor in the video game High on Life.[6]

Music

Pygram has played the drums in numerous bands, including with Farscape co-star Anthony Simcoe in Signal Room.[17] He has also collaborated with musicians such as Lloyd Swanton (The Necks), Klaus Bussman, and Michael King. He has worked with producer Tim Winton of Powderfinger, and as a member of the bands Ha Ha Ha and Edot. He toured southeast Asia with the dance collective Kix Interactive, and did drumming work for Kodak, Visa Corporation, Foster's, and Heineken.[2]

As of 2018 he has been teaching Percussion at the Riverina Conservatorium of Music in Wagga Wagga.[18][13]

Personal life

Pygram lived and worked in Los Angeles for three years from around 2003 to 2006/7.[2]

He has a son.[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nash, Kree (20 January 2011). "Riverina residents prepare for Australia Day". The Daily Advertiser. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.riverinaconservatorium/staff/wp.html "Wayne Pigram – Drums & Percussion". Riverina Conservatorium of Music. Charles Sturt University. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wayne Pygram". AusStage. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Australian Television: Fire: episode guide: series 2". Australian Television Information Archive. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Australian Television: Wildside: guest stars". Australian Television Information Archive. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bibby, Daniel (10 December 2023). "Farscape Cast". ScreenRant. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Breznican, Anthony. "Star Wars: Grand Moff Tarkin resurrected in new Rogue One teaser". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gartenberg, Chaim (27 December 2016). "Rogue One animators on that character: 'Realism had to trump likeness'". theverge.com. Vox Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Episode 2x19 publicity still of Wayne Pygram & L. Scott Caldwell". MovieStillsDB.com. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Doux, Billie. "Lost: S.O.S." Doux Reviews. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Where Is The Cast of Farscape Now?". Crustula. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Actor profiles". BBC. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lichen Creators". Lichen Collective. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Australian Television: Rake: cast". Australian Television Information Archive. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rush". Lichen Collective. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sweeney, Dominique; Dowdeswell, Sam; Mueller, Maxine; Pigram, Wayne (5 November 2020). "Rush". Charles Sturt University Research Output. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Home". Signal Room. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Annual Report 2017/2018: Presented to the Annual General Meeting Tuesday 25th September 2018" (PDF). Riverina Conservatorium of Music. 2018. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 7 September 2024. Currently the RCM has only one percussion teacher, Wayne Pigram, who covers the extensive school lessons and after school teaching.


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