Wayne Carpendale

Wayne Howard Carpendale (born 3 March 1977 in Frechen) is a German actor and entertainment host. He is the son of pop singer Howard Carpendale. Wayne Carpendale studied at the Stowe boarding school in Buckingham, England, from 1992 to 1995, and graduated with an English university entrance qualification. There he first came into contact with acting when he took part in the school musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. After graduating from high school, Carpendale initially studied business administration at the University of Applied Sciences for Management (WHU) in Vallendar. He also completed his intermediate diploma at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. He dropped out of his studies after completing his intermediate diploma to pursue acting. In 1999, Carpendale took acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York.

After a three-year relationship with Yvonne Catterfeld from 2004 to 2007, Carpendale has been in a relationship with presenter Annemarie Carpendale since November 2007 and has been married since September 28, 2013. The two have a son named Mads together.