A native of Hartford, CT, Wayne Pretlow has worked with some of Broadway's most respected directors, Jerry Zaks and the late Hal Prince. He has a host of Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, and international theater credits, which include the 1999 Tony Nominated The Civil War, which he was an original cast member, and the 2017 World premiere of Roman Holiday, which premiered in San Francisco and the European tour of Ain't Misbehavin. in 2024 he was featured in the World Premiere of The Preacher's Wife written by Tituss Burgess & Azie Dungey. ​ ​In New York, he has performed in many City Centers Encores! Concerts and received critics mention by Broadway World, Playbill, and The New York Times for his performance in Encores! Off-Center production of Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope directed and choreographed by Savion Glover. He is the winner of Boston's 2013 * I.R.N.E. Award and nominated for a *Helen Hayes Award in 2000 for Best-Supporting actor in a musical for his role of Nicely Nicely in productions of Guys & Dolls, a character he has portrayed nine times. His Television appearances include guest and co-starring roles, which include the Law and Oder SVU, Monsterland on HULU, Love Life on HBO, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, Person of Interest and Madam Secretary on CBS., Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Luke Cage, and House of Cards on Netflix, and in films: Like Sunday Like Rain, written and directed by Frank Whaley, Cannes Festival winner Next Stop Wonderland directed by Brain Anderson, The Accident, and Yardbird Houston in the short film In Retrospect, written directed by Logan Coles to name but a few. ​​ Along with the Broadway cast of the Civil War, he appeared on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. As well as sketch comedy and talk shows: The David Letterman Show, The Chris Rock Show, and The Dave Chappelle Show and has done over 100 regional and national commercials; Saturn, Wendy's, Canon Copiers, Staples, AOL, and he was the voice of the Sprinkle Spangle Genie, a General Mills Cereal, in the 1990s.