US Marine-turned-thespian Travis Aaron Wade was born in Los Angeles, California. His family moved moved to Glendora, CA in the late seventies where Travis was raised and eventually attended Charter Oak High School in Covina. There Travis excelled in sports, including HS Football where he was Captain of the Varsity Football team his senior year.
After graduation Travis immediately left to serve his country in the Corp as an 0311 grunt, spending four years training with Golf Co. 2/23 4th Marine Division. It was there he became an Expert at shooting the M16, an M249 Saw Gunner, and took Sniper Courses with STA Special Ops on Hawaii's South Shore. After receiving an Honorable Discharge in 1998 Wade attended Citrus College in Glendora, CA, majoring in criminal law and theater, and discovered his need to explore human emotions which were stripped away from him in the military.
Travis landed his first lead role in the The Fix (2005), which went on to win LA Film Festivals Best Drama, and led to Travis working with Oscar winning directors Steven Spielberg, and Sam Mendes
The cult thriller Pig Hunt (2008), gave Travis action star status and opened up the door to work on award winning television shows such as The Closer: L.A.: Enquêtes prioritaires (2005), Cold Case: Affaires classées (2003), Esprits criminels (2005), Les experts (2000) to name a few
Starring in two films alongside John Travolta, Criminal Activities (2015) & The Forger (2014), Travis's star is on the rise; and with his role as Cole on the CW's hit series, Supernatural (2005), the sky is the limit.
Travis is managed by Loch Powell at Leverage Management and Monica Barkett at Global Artists Agency
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Travis's philanthropic work around the world has led to teaching the children of Vietnam over the past 5 years. He is the personal coach/instructor for the Vietnamese contestants in both the 2008 Miss Universe and the 2010 Miss Vietnam & 2011 Miss Universe.
Arm the Animals (www.armtheanimals.com) is a charitable T-Shirt company that donates percentages of sales to help animals in need, which was created by Travis & his business partners in 2011, along with a patented invention "in the candle world that will reshape the entire candle industry and save lives," through his company Sin Cera.
Travis was honored by the City of Los Angeles with a "Local Hero" Certificate of Appreciation by City Council Members Paul Krekorian, Gil Garcetti Jr. and Former LA Chief of Police Chief Willie Parks after jumping inside an overturned vehicle which was engulfed in flames, and saved the life of 72 year old, Roslyn Busch, in March of 2010.
