Wayne Newton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-04-03 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Wayne Newton

Biography

Wayne Newton is a singer and stage performer from the 1960s to the present. He is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German as well as Native American (specifically Powhatan and Cherokee) ancestry. In the 1960s, he was a very popular singer with a very clean cut youthful appearance, with hits like "Danke Schon". However, because he had a high pitched voice, many joked (wrongly) that he was effeminate or even gay, and Johnny Carson made Newton the butt of his jokes, but when Newton threatened Carson, he stopped telling the jokes. In the 1970s, he reinvented himself with a completely different image, and became more successful than ever! He...

Acting

1989

Licence to Kill

as Professor Joe Butcher

2006

Smokin' Aces

as Himself

1993

1990

1991

The Dark Backward

as Jackie Chrome

1995

Night of the Running Man

as August Gurino

2011

40 West

as Sankey

1969

80 Steps to Jonah

as Mark Jonah Winters

1997

Vegas Vacation

as Himself

2004

Who's Your Daddy?

as Peter Mack

1976

Joys

as Self

2016

2011

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

as Jimmy 10-Strings (voice)

2019

Valiant

as Himself

2001

Ocean's Eleven

as Wayne Newton

2020

Puppy Love

as Marshall

2020

1997

Elvis Meets Nixon

as Wayne Newton

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