Guests of Honor

Tom Wayland

Tom Wayland graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in acting before moving on to perform in theatrical productions ranging from "Hamlet", to "Jesus Christ Superstar", to "Stomp". After a stint as a rock star roaming the East Coast's rock clubs, Tom ran out of money and had to get a job - so he started work at Central Park Media.

In 4+ years at CPM, Tom produced more than 200 anime programs before moving on to found TripWire Productions. Since then, Tom has acted as voice director on such titles as Alien Nine, The World of Narue, Ichi the Killer, Mew Mew Power, Magical Do Re Mi, Animation Runner Kuromi, Kakurenbo, and so on.

Tom is also a very active voice actor with roles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Jammerhead, GI Joe Sigma Six as Stormshadow, Pokémon as Reggie and numerous adorable little creatures, Yugi-oh GX as Abidos, Chumley, and others, Chaotic as Cerbie, Mipedian, and Drew, multiple roles on the upcoming Three Delivery on Nickelodeon, Knight Hunters as Sena, Kujibiki/Genshiken as Daiki, and Joe vs. Joe as Ryuichi.

Current projects are voicing and directing audiobook projects for Audible.com, voice director and audio post production on Joe vs. Joe from AnimeWho, and voice director of the hit TV series Pokémon.