Alex Wyse

Wyse grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated from Beachwood High School. He later graduated from Boston University with a degree in theatre.^[2]

On television, Wyse has appeared in multiple roles since 2010 including Elsbeth, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Other Two, Bored to Death, Switched at Birth, The Bold and the Beautiful, Marvel's Iron Fist, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Masters of Sex.^[3]

On Broadway, he made his debut in Lysistrata Jones, which ran at the Walter Kerr Theatre from 2011 to 2012.^[4] He then played schoolboy Georg Zirschnitz in the Deaf West Theatre's production of Spring Awakening,^[5] and in 2018, he joined the musical Waitress, as Ogie.^[6] In 2023, Wyse played Max Weinbaum in the Tony-winning Broadway production of Doug Wright's Good Night, Oscar at the Belasco Theatre opposite Sean Hayes.^[7] He also co-produced the Broadway transfer of Heidi Schreck's play What the Constitution Means to Me, which opened at the Helen Hayes Theater on March 31, 2019.^[8] He received nominations for a Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for acting as part of the producing team.

Off-Broadway, he has been seen in Lysistrata Jones, Triassic Parq, Bare, and Ride the Cyclone.^[9] In 2013–2014, he toured with the national company of Wicked, playing the role of Boq.^[2] In 2015, he appeared opposite Evan Rachel Wood and Rumer Willis in For the Record in Los Angeles.^[10][11]

As a writer and director, he co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed and GLAAD nominated^[12] feature film Summoning Sylvia^[1] released in 2023. He also co-created, wrote, directed, edited, and starred in the digital series Indoor Boys^[13],^[14] which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award^[15] and thirty-three Indie Series Awards, winning twelve, including Best Comedy, Comedy Writing, Comedy Directing, and Best Lead Actor for Wyse, before being acquired by Here TV.^[16] In 2024, he co-directed Cellino v. Barnes,^[17] which played off-Broadway at Asylum NYC from July 2024 through March 2025 .^[18] He wrote and directed the upcoming feature film Actual Nobodies^[19] starring Didi Conn, slated for release in 2026.

Wyse's other work includes co-writing the book, lyrics, and music for A Commercial Jingle For Regina Comet, which played off-Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theater in 2021. And in December of 2023, Wyse starred in the solo musical "Picking Up Speed^[20]" off-Broadway at Royal Family Productions, for which he wrote the book, music, and lyrics.^[21]