Wayne Patterson
soap opera character
Wayne Patterson is a fictional character from the Australian police drama Blue Heelers, played by Grant Bowler. He made his first appearance in the pilot episode "A Women's Place", broadcast on 18 January 1994. He departed in the third season episode "An Act Of Random Violence" on 2 April 1996.
Development
Wayne is one of the show's seven original main characters, who made his debut during the first episode. Blue Heelers marks Bowler's first television role. He graduated from NIDA in 1991 and appeared in various Shakespeare productions before he was cast as Wayne. He stated "Acting is as challenging as I hoped and I decided on a move into television to learn a new part of the business. I guess you could say I'm ambitious, but not in a materialistic sense. More about the work I do."
At the beginning of the series, Wayne is married to Roz Patterson (Ann Burbrook). They have a "steamy, tempestuous" marriage, which sees them fighting a lot, but they always make up.
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