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Kinda looks like Guy Fieri...

Wayne C. Lewis (born January 15, 1969) is an American radio DJ, voice actor/writer/director and former adult entertainment producer under the name Wankus. Lewis had a dozen successful broadcast radio years which included hosting his own shows in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Santa Barbara, and one nationally syndicated. Post Robots in Disguise, he also hosted a variety of PPV and webcasts, and had a long run in adult entertainment. The end result is Robots in Disguise stands out like a Titan's sore thumb in his IMDB profile.

Prowl was his first and only voice acting role outside of ads. He had no idea of what to do in his first time and made sure to arrive early to see the other actors at work. While he enjoyed the role a lot, he didn't know much about the franchise and has admitted "one of the producers looked at the video as I was recording a line and asked, "that's your brother on screen right?" I had no idea!"[1]

Lewis has since left the adult entertainment industry (which he's stated in interviews was making him depressed and self-destructive[2]), graduated ministry school and now sings on a Christian Praise and Worship Team at In His Presence Church in Woodland Hills, California.

Roles

Robots in Disguise

Convention appearances

Notes

  • The name "Wankus" came from a radio co-host's verbal fumble when she tried to call him a "wanker" and mixed in some "doofus" by mistake.[4]
  • He told Transfandom that his favourite episode was "Sideburn's Obsession", due to Prowl's terrible disguises.
  • Lewis and his RID actor chums went to BotCon 2002. Which sounds good except the Friday screening of Armada's first episode is when they all learned they weren't coming back for the new show.
  • He released an original comedy album, "Alrighty Then", but only a few copies exist.

References

  1. ↑ Transfandom interview (Wayback Machine)
  2. ↑ Shelley Lubben: "Interview with ex porn star Wayne"
  3. ↑ Transfandom interview (Wayback Machine): "I've also been a soldier and a guy driving a truck and I’m sure other roles to come. I think I'm supposed to get paid extra for that but I ain't gonna say nuttin'...don't want to lose the gig!"
  4. ↑ Transfandom interview (Wayback Machine) "It's just hard at times when calling corporate offices because the receptionist frequently thinks I'm making a prank call!"

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