| "The prospect [of]
working in leather, latex and crocodile has always appealed to me, the
pain and the pleasure"
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W. Pygram, fandom chat, 08/04/00
Wayne Pygram has been an Australian stage and screen actor for twenty years. And although he has appeared in movies and TV shows that made it to the US, most of us are most familiar with his performance as the infamous Scorpius on Farscape. Australian and Canadian fans might know him better as "Spit" in the 1990's show Fire. Given his gig in the Farscape episode "Won't Get Fooled Again" of Season Two, it didn't surprise me to discover that he is a drummer in his other life, though it did surprise me to find out that he has been a professional drummer for over twenty years. He recently collaborated with Anthony Simcoe's band Number 96 and released a demo CD. Copies of this CD have been available for purchase at several recent scifi conventions. Some lucky Aussie fans might also remember that Mr. Pygram played in a band called Total Fire Band comprised of some cast members of Fire. Pygram was born in Cootamundra and raised in Wagga Wagga, Australia. There as a teen, he joined a dance band as the drummer. He attended Riverina College where he trained first as an art major and then as a primary school teacher. He played with various bands on weekends and holidays and then later, at the encouragement of a director there, joined the Riverina Trucking Company, a theatre troupe in the central area of NSW. Once he tried acting, he knew that he had found his true calling. And a bit of advice, if you
ever get the chance to meet Mr. Pygram, it is pronounced Pie-gram, not
Pea-gram... thought you might want to know.
BIRTHDAY: October 13, 1959
Mr. Pygram was very gracious in giving an interview
for this site. Mr. Pygram's autographs may be purchased at Pulp Expo and Creation Entertainment as well as eBay.com. |