birth_place article_title name birth_date
new york city derek milman
 derek milman 21 march 1979
derek milman

derek milman -lrb- born march 21 , 1979 -rrb- is an american actor .
born in new york city , milman began his career as a playwright ; his first play , `` a visionary drowns '' , premiered in new york at the samuel beckett theater , when he was 22 .
milman attended northwestern university , then received his master of fine arts at the yale school of drama .
he has numerous stage credits , including originating the role of bill wade in the 1999 new york premiere of `` never swim alone '' , by daniel macivor , and the role of reed williams in `` cats talk back '' , which was a success at the new york city fringe festival , in 2002 .
milman has also worked at the soho repertory theater , yale repertory theater , and twice with playwright israel horovitz at the gloucester stage company .
in 2003 milman gained wide exposure as `` the new guy '' in the popular wendy 's television commercial .
milman 's recent television credits include roles on `` the sopranos '' , '' '' , and the short-lived `` love monkey '' .
in 2007 , he appeared in the hbo miniseries , `` john adams '' as the ill-fated lieutenant william barron .
in the spring of 2009 , derek was cast in the pilot episode of `` the wonderful maladys '' for hbo , starring sarah michelle gellar .
