Person
Wayne Burns
Production · Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography
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.
Known for
What We Do in the Shadows
Vampire at Urgent Care
Remedy
Bobby Petrozzi
Olympus
Prince Lykos
Longing
Mikey
Sharp Corner
Tim
Eel
Jason
All the Wrong Reasons
Laughing Clerk
Body So Fluorescent
Producer
Blackbird
Danny
Greenhorn
Producer
Filmography
- 2025BUNKER TIME!Producer
- 2025EelJason
- 2025Sharp CornerTim
- 2025The PlayersDanny
- 2025fastLOVE
- 2025GreenhornProducer
- 2024LongingMikey
- 2023SoapProducer
- 2020Body So FluorescentProducer
- 2020LiarMark
- 2019What We Do in the ShadowsVampire at Urgent Care
- 2019A Dinner PartySimon
- 2017White NightRyan
- 2017The Gift GiverSam
- 2015OlympusPrince Lykos
- 2014RemedyBobby Petrozzi
- 2013All the Wrong ReasonsLaughing Clerk
- 2012BlackbirdDanny
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