Waylon Payne

Waylon Payne was also featured in the role as Tony Nash in the 2014 film The Identical.

Payne is signed with Carnival Music and since returning to Nashville has had two cuts with Miranda Lambert and has been back writing with Lee Ann Womack which resulted in multiple writing credits on her new album. Womack has previously received a Grammy nomination for Payne's "Solitary Thinkin"in 2010 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Since 2010 Paylon has received album credits for Cory Marrow 's "Brand New Me," Charlie Robison 's "Live at Billy Bob's Texas" and "Deep in the Heart: Big Songs for Little Texans Everywhere," Lee Ann Womack 's "Hollywood" and "The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone," Ashley Monroe 's "Sparrow," Wade Bowen 's "Solid Ground," and Aaron Lewis's "State I'm In."

Payne was featured in the role of fellow country music artist Jerry Lee Lewis in the hit 20th Century Fox movie Walk the Line (2005), which stars Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, and did all his own singing. Payne's feature on the soundtrack album allowed him to share the Grammy Award won. Payne then starred as Hank Garland in an independent feature about the legendary guitarist's life titled Crazy (2007).

While in L.A., Payne wrote and recorded some songs with the help of his group of musical friends, which included producer Keith Gattis. With the record completed, but no deal to market it, Payne was playing New York with Willie Nelson and Pat Green when Green suggested he play the album for his label, Republic/Universal. Payne was signed with the label and his début album, "The Drifter," was released June 22, 2004.

Waylon Malloy Payne (born April 5, 1972) is an American country singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is the son of the country singer Sammi Smith.