Talk:Wayne Grayson

Name
Is his name in any way inspired by Batman? I find it highly doubtful that someone whose given and surnames resemble the surnames of two of the comic's main characters could be coincedential....The S 15:57, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I never thought of that, but it's possible, since "Wayne Grayson" is a pseudonym. --EmperorBrandon 04:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

It is a reference, since that's not his real name. His real name is Vinnie Penna. 68.33.8.142 (talk) 15:28, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Date of Birth
Looking different sources and we have multiple dates for date of birth... On iMDB it's September 22, 1974 and on Voice Chasers it's May 08, 1972. Do we have any reliable source for this information at all? --Nrautava (talk) 03:35, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 17 December 2021

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The result of the move request was: not moved. per WP: COMMONNAME (closed by non-admin page mover) Megan B....   It’s all coming to me till the end of time  06:33, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Wayne Grayson → Vinnie Penna – "Wayne Grayson" isn't really a stage name of his, as much as it is a non-union alias. His profiles online (like his LinkedIn) do not use the Grayson name. Starbeam2 (talk) 19:54, 17 December 2021 (UTC) Starbeam2 (talk) 19:54, 17 December 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Leaning oppose: IMDb, his appearances at Anime conventions, and nearly all of his credits (including his best-known roles of Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Joey Wheeler in Yu-Gi-Oh!) seem to credit him as "Wayne Grayson". That is the stage name under which he has performed in various roles, so that is the name by which he is best known. I don't think it matters here whether that has something to do with unions or not (which is an unsourced explanation in any case). —&#8288;&#8202;&#8288;BarrelProof (talk) 20:53, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The reason why he often goes by Wayne Grayson in public is, I assume, out of habit- since most of his voice roles are in non-union projects. I know they're non-union because of the lack of SAG-AFTRA certification in the credits; and the fact virtually all of them are dubs, which typically did not pay for union expenses. A lot of actors like Amanda Goodman ("Mandy Bonhomme"), Debora Rabbai ("Angora Deb"), Johnny Yong Bosch ("Kevin Hatcher"), and Steve Blum ("David Lucas") took/ take aliases to hide involvement in non-union work. I don't think he intended Wayne Grayson to be how he addresses himself in public, as much as it catching on after he gained fame dubbing anime. Starbeam2 (talk) 22:40, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * This whole union/non-union discussion is some combination of pure speculation, unverified rumor and original research, as well as being completely irrelevant to the selection of the article title. —&#8288;&#8202;&#8288;BarrelProof (talk) 18:55, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose - If that's how he's credited, then it's a stage name by definition. If he is best known for work he has done under that name, then that is his common name. His intentions aren't relevant. --Khajidha (talk) 17:38, 22 December 2021 (UTC)