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Waylon Payne
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Born
April 5
,
1972
·
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Birth name
Waylon Malloy Payne
Height
6′ (1.83 m)
Mini Bio
Waylon Payne was born on April 5, 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for
Walk the Line (2005)
,
Turnabout (2016)
and
Crazy (2008)
.
Family
Parents
Sammi Smith
Jody Payne
Trivia
His mother is singer 'Sammi Smith' of "Help Me Make it Through the Night" fame. His father,
Jody Payne
, is
Willie Nelson
's longtime guitarist.
He is named after his godfather
Waylon Jennings
.
His character in
Walk the Line (2005)
(
Jerry Lee Lewis
), and his character in
Crazy (2008)
(
Hank Garland
) actually recorded together in the 1950s.
Portrays
Jerry Lee Lewis
in
Walk the Line (2005)
, which is about the life and times of
Johnny Cash
. Cash's bassist
Marshall Grant
was the one who discovered his mother 'Sammi Smith', and Cash's friend and collaborator
Waylon Jennings
is his Godfather.
Son of Grammy winning female vocalist
Sammi Smith
, a Grammy-winning female vocalist and
Jody Payne
, longtime guitarist with
Willie Nelson
.
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