Background:

Wayne Grace is an American veteran actor. Active in showbiz since the early 1970s, he has amassed almost a hundred credits under his belt, including “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” (1984), “Twins” (1988), “Heroes Stand Alone” (1989), “Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II” (1989), “Dances with Wolves” (1990), “Far and Away” (1992), “Fire in the Sky” (1993), “Lord of Illusions” (1995), “Under Heaven” (1998), “Mulholland Dr.” (2001), “Midnight Clear” (2006), “Coyote County Loser”  (2009), among other movies. He has guest starred in “Star Trek: Enterprise,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as well as in other television series like “Medium,” “Frasier,” “The X-Files,” “Seinfeld,” “Dragnet” and “Falcon Crest,” to name a few. He has also done several voice over works.     


Childhood and Family:

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Mulholland Dr.

Career:

Wayne Grace made his first film appearance in “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” a 1971 drama directed by Robert Altman and starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Rene Auberjonois. He appeared as a bartender. It was followed by a small role as Inspector Tom Brennan SFPD in Stuart Rosenberg's “The Laughing Policeman” (1973), starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern and Louis Gossett Jr., and an uncredited part as Palancio's driver in “Magnum Force” (1973), an action/crime film starring Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook and Mitch Ryan.     

Grace branched out to television in 1973 when he landed a guest spot in ABC's “The Streets of San Francisco.” He then had a two episode arc as Ross Terrell in “Harry O” (1974) and one episode stint in such TV series as “The Rockford Files” (1975, as Deek), “Kojak” (1975, as Grisco Cummings), “The Rookies” (1975, as Morrison), “The Invisible Man” (1975, as Baldy), “Police Story” (1976, as  Sid Matthews), “The New Adventures of Wonder Woman” (1976), “Delvecchio” (1976), “Wild and Wooly” (1978), “Baretta” (1978, as Sy Miller), “Little House on the Prairie” (1980), “Walking Tall” (1981), “Fantasy Island” (1981), “Falcon Crest” (1981), “Simon & Simon” (1981), “Father Murphy” (1982), “Hill Street Blues” (1983), “The Dukes of Hazzard” (1984, as Burke), “The Greatest American Hero” (1986), “Too Close for Comfort” (1986, as Fred Larson), “Hunter” (1986, as Dan Winslow), “Starman” (1987), “Mathnet” (1987), “Square One TV” (1987), “Dallas” (1987), “Night Court” (1987), “Webster” (1988, as Al 'The Shark' Sullivan) and “Dragnet” (1989, as John Higgins). He made his television movie debut acting in “Six Against the Rock” (NBC, 1987), as Officer Bristow.      

Grace also worked in various films throughout the 1980s. In 1984, he offered a notable turn as Officer Jamison in the slasher movie “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” (1984), the fourth film in the  “Friday the 13th” series. In the next years, he was featured as a drug dealer in the Academy Award winning movie “Mask” (1985), helmed by Peter Bogdanovich, portrayed Roy (played by Rick Overton)'s father in “Odd Jobs” (1986), a comedy film starring Paul Reiser and Robert Townsend, and appeared as a bus driver in “In the Mood” (1987), a comedy/romance film directed by Phil Alden Robinson and starring Patrick Dempsey and Beverly D'Angelo. Besides, he had small roles in the film adaptation of Stephen King's book, “The Running Man” (1987), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ivan Reitman's comedy “Twins” (1988), also starring  Schwarzenegger, and “Homer and Eddie” (1989), which starred Whoopi Goldberg and Jim Belushi and was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. In the Charles B. Griffith directed fantasy film “Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II” (1989), he played the supporting role of Vanir. He also co-starred with Chad Everett and Bradford Dillman in the action/adventure “Heroes Stand Alone” (1989), directed by Mark Griffiths.

In the early to mid 1990s, Grace appeared in several films like the slasher movie sequel “Slumber Party Massacre III,” produced by Roger Corman, “Dances with Wolves,” an epic western movie directed, produced by and starring Kevin Costner, William Sachs' “Judgement,” the Ron Howard hit drama “Far and Away,” starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Robert Lieberman's science fiction/horror “Fire in the Sky,” Peter Bogdanovich's “The Thing Called Love,” Adam Rifkin's “The Chase,” starring Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson and Henry Rollins, Bob Clark's “It Runs in the Family” and Clive Barker's “Lord of Illusions.” The actor kept his presence on the small screen by making guest appearances in a number of TV series such as “Matlock” (as Dwight Hutchinson), “Fallen Angels,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (as Governor Torak), “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (1993), “Tales from the Crypt” (1994), “Time Trax,” “Seinfeld,” “Madman of the People,” and “The X-Files” (1995, as Sheriff Hamilton). He played the supporting role of Bill Scorby in the made for TV film horror/thriller “Buried Alive” (1990), starring Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and William Atherton.

In 1995, Grace portrayed Mac on the Broadway play “On the Waterfront,” directed by Adrian Hall. It premiered at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on May 1, 1995 and was closed on May 7, 1995 after 8 performances.  

The second half of the 1990s saw Grace appear in the films “Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden” (TV), “Volcano,” “My Engagement Party” (starred Jennifer Grant, Peter Krause and Joshua Malina) and “Alien Avengers II” (TV) as well as in episodes of “High Tide,” “Players” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (as Legate). He portrayed Major Gafney the Western television series “The Lazarus Man” (1996), starring Robert Urich as the title role. He provided the voice of God in the drama film “Under Heaven” (1998), helmed by Meg Richman. His voice could also be heard in the “Star Trek: Starfleet Command” video game. Grace also appeared in television ads for McDonald, Pepsi and IBM (all 1998).

Grace did various voicer overs for video games during the early 2000s, including “Star Trek: Klingon Academy” (as Poktari), “Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus,” “Civilizations: Call to Power 2,” “Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate II - Shadows of Amn,” “Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance,” “Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance II,” “EverQuest II,” “Maximo: Ghost to Glory,” “Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike” and “Maximo vs. Army of Zin.” Meanwhile, he continued to make screen appearances in “Mulholland Dr.” (2001), a drama film directed and written by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring and Justin Theroux, the made for TV film “Path to War” (2002), Chris Iovenko's “Easy Six” (2003), starring Julian Sands, Alex Sol and Ruth Williamson, and Russell Holt's“The Work and the Glory” (2004), starring Sam Hennings, Eric Johnson and Alexander Carroll.

Next up for Grace, he guest starred in “Star Trek: Enterprise” (2005, as Fleet Admiral Krell), “Medium” (2006, as Christopher Russo) and “Funny or Die Presents...” (2010), and appeared in the TV miniseries “Drive” (2007), as Jimmy. On the movie front, he had roles in “Midnight Clear” (2006), a drama starring Stephen Baldwin, K Callan and Kirk B.R. Woller, Jason Naumann's “Coyote County Loser” (2009), where he co-starred as Fred Hopps, and Phil Traill's “All About Steve” (2009). Grace's voices could be heard in the video games “Star Wars: Empire at War” (2006), “Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight” (2010) and “Star Wars: The Old Republic.”

    
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