Wayne was born Matthew Wayne Tomasko in York, Pennsylvania, and is of Slovak descent on his father"s side, and Russian Jewish on his mother"s side. His mother, Robbie Ann, was a Calvin Klein and Gucci model living in Baltimore, Maryland, and his father John R. Tomasko is a photographer.
He is best known for his work and skill as a performer of close-up magic. In 2005, Wayne moved to Fukuoka, Japan, and lived solely by performing magic tricks. In 2006, Wayne moved back to the United States and moved to Manhattan, New New York
In March 2009, Wayne made his first national television appearance on Wingman, which was broadcast on the Fine Living Network.
Wayne also releases educational products for beginners and magicians. His first release entitled, "Got a Light?" has received numerous accolades from magicians including David Roth, Simon Lovell and Eric Decamps.
In January 2010, Wayne filmed a segment for Tinka Milinovic"s new reality series, The Tinka Show. Wayne will also be seen in the upcoming reality series Doggie Moms set to air in early 2011 on New York City life channel starring girlfriend Karen Biehl.
In 2010, Wayne lent his likeness to an Human Immunodeficiency Virus awareness campaign featuring 250 plus celebrities and social figures.
The campaign is called Bachelor of Engineering-THE-LINK. On September 16, 2010, Wayne launched his charitable show entitled Laff-A-Digitation, a comedy and magic benefit that brought together top comedy talent to raise money for animal rescue. Wayne teamed up with Bideawee, one of the oldest and most respected animal welfare and pet adoption agencies. In attendance were notables including designer John Bartlett, Prince Lorenzo Borghese and Richard Pryor Junior.
Wayne is also heavily involved in supporting animal rights and has donated a lot of time helping North Shore Animal League, Broadway Barks and Stray from the Heart.
In June 2009, Matt signed to be the official spokesperson behind the TouchTricks application series, the world"s first virtual magic kit for the iPhone and iPod Touch. He was voted the #1 show to watch during the launch by Gizmodo.com.
