Wayne Federman is a Los Angeles based comedian, actor, and writer.  Aside from headlining comedy clubs and colleges across the nation he is noted for his numerous comedy appearances on television, his biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich, and his supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Semi Pro, and Step Brothers.

Wayne is also the co-author of the authorized biography of basketball legend Pete Maravich and served as senior consultant on the Emmy award winning CBS documentary (The Life and Times of Pistol Pete).

Federman made his debut on The Tonight Show and has subsequently appeared many times on the program. He also appeared on Late Fridays, Comedy Showcase, and Premium Blend. In 2004, he taped his own 1/2 hour stand-up special for the series, Comedy Central Presents. In 1998, Wayne appeared as Larry Sander's brother, Stan, and was later reunited with Garry Shandling on the X-Files episode Hollywood A.D. Written and directed by David Duchovny, the creative episode followed Wayne Federman, a Hollywood producer/writer and college friend of assistant FBI director, Walter Skinner.

Wayne’s television credits include The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Late Fridays, MTV, Premium Blend, HBO’s Comedy Showcase, NewsRadio, Living Single, The New Adventures of Robin Hood, Parent Trap 3, and  Baywatch.

And if that’s not enough, Wayne also acted in scores of television commercials including national spots for Hertz (“not exactly”), Eagle Talon (w/ Greg Kinear), U.S. Navy, and 7-11.  

As a writer, Wayne is currently working on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.  In addition, he has contributed to articles published in Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and also the official Ronald Reagan presidential biography, “Dutch” (Edmund Morris).  He has written jokes for Politically Incorrect and advertising campaigns for Blue Cross/Blue Shield as well as the Milton Bradley game, Taboo.  He has composed speeches for film producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and browser inventor Marc Andreessen.  Wayne also composes music, scored a public-service commercial, and co-wrote seven songs for the cult movie, Dill Scallion.