Wade McCollum

“McCollum is a force of nature. He is hilarious, spontaneous, complex, and dangerous.” - Los Angeles Times

“McCollum offers a stunning star turn... seamlessly fusing his well-honed talents into a raging specter...” - Variety

Wade McCollum is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, composer, writer, director, and neuroscientist.

On-screen McCollum has appeared opposite Clive Owen in THE KNICK, Keisha Castle- Hughs in FBI: MOST WANTED, Tea Leoni in MADAME SECRETARY, and Julianna Margulies in NIGHTCAP.

McCollum has played starring roles on Broadway, London’s West End, and in numerous Off-Broadway shows; most notably his Lucille Lortel Award-nominated star turn as the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton in Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, for which he garnered the prestigious Elliot Norton Award for “Best Actor” while the show won the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for “Best Musical 2017.” Ernest Shackleton Loves Me was filmed live in NYC and
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McCollum was born into a nomadic family. Rock & Roll was their sustenance and a sparkly green 1978 dodge van was his home. This dynamic beginning catapulted Wade into a life of creativity, curiosity, and momentum. Be it in theater, on screen, in boardrooms, classrooms, or laboratories, McCollum’s life breath is one wherein art and science intersect.