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Zac Drayson
Zac Drayson (born 14 January 1983) is an Australian actor. Career He is best known for the role of Will Smith, one of Irene Roberts' (Lynne McGranger) many foster children in the soap opera ''Home and Away''. He was a regular from 1998–2002 and made occasional guest appearances from 2003 to 2005. His character, Will, left Summer Bay after marrying the mother of his child Lily, Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper). Will later returned to the Bay on a number of occasions to see his friends and family. His first being when brother Nick ( Chris Egan) ran away as he was in trouble, he later returned after drifting apart from Gypsy. On this occasion Will hoped to win back his ex-girlfriend Dani Sutherland (Tammin Sursok) but she turned him down and told him to repair his rocky marriage. He also returned for his younger sister Hayley Lawson's (Bec Hewitt) wedding to Noah (Beau Brady Beau Brady (born 11 October 1981) is an Australian actor from Sydney, Australia. Biography Brady at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Smith (Home And Away)
William Smith is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Zac Drayson. He made his first on-screen appearance on 13 February 1998. Will was a regular on the show from 1998 to 2002. He continued to make frequent guest appearances until 2005. In 2010, it was announced that the character and Drayson would be returning to the show. Will returned to the series as a guest with his daughter on 14 October 2010. On 7 February 2011, Will was finally revealed to have been the murderer of Penn Graham after a long running storyline. He left the series on 8 February 2011. Casting Drayson was originally cast in the role of Tom Nash, but at the last minute the show's producers thought he would be more suited to the "rougher" upcoming role of Will. Drayson played Will for four years from 1998. The character left Summer Bay after marrying Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper). Drayson made occasional guest appearances in the show from 2003 to 2005. In September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammin Sursok
Tammin Sursok (born 19 August 1983) is a South African-born Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles on television as Dani Sutherland on ''Home and Away'', Colleen Carlton on ''The Young and the Restless'', and Jenna Marshall on ''Pretty Little Liars''. Early life Sursok was born to musicians Daryl and Julie Sursok in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. When she was six, her family immigrated to Australia. Early on, Sursok was involved with the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre where she pursued her interests in acting, music, and dance. She also studied at the Trinity Speech and Drama College. Sursok was educated at Ravenswood School for Girls, in Gordon, Sydney, studying speech and drama in her final years of school. Career 2000–2004: ''Home and Away'' In 1999, after completing Year 10, Sursok acquired an agent and landed her first audition for a role in the long-running Australian drama series ''Home and Away''. She was cast in the role of Dani Sutherland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Male Television Actors
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1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints (TV Series)
''All Saints'' is an Australian medical drama television series that first screened on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998. Set in the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital, it focused on the staff of Ward 17 until its closure in 2004, which is when the focus changed and began following the staff of the Emergency Department. It was produced by John Holmes alongside Jo Porter, MaryAnne Carroll and Di Drew. The final episode aired on 27 October 2009, completing its record-breaking 12-year run. Plot ''All Saints'' follows the lives of the staff at All Saints Western General Hospital. Until its closure in 2004, the show primarily focused on the staff in Ward 17. Known as the "garbage ward" as it took all the overflow from the other wards, Ward 17 was run by compassionate nun, Sister Terri Sullivan (Georgie Parker). Her staff included her nurses Connor Costello (Jeremy Cumpston), Von Ryan (Judith McGrath), Bronwyn Craig (Libby Tanner), Jared Levine (Ben Tari) and Stephani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Brady
Beau Brady (born 11 October 1981) is an Australian actor from Sydney, Australia. Biography Brady attended high school at Oak Hill College where he took up Drama in year eight. In 1999 he debuted in the acting world by guest starring on the hit show “Breakers”. Soon after finishing high school in 2000 and studying Film and TV at Sydney University he landed the role and became a regular cast member of the hit TV show “Home and Away” spanning him a 4-year career and bringing him 4 Logie nominations for best actor. Moving to Los Angeles and after studying acting at “The Acting Corps” in Los Angeles he returned to Australia in 2007 to appear alongside Stephen Curry in the Tele Movie “The King” (The Graham Kennedy Story). Brady's acting career has spanned across many years with other notable roles in Film and TV including “Voodoo Lagoon”, “The Bill “(U.K.), “Wonderland”, “Secret City”, “Hyde and Seek” and the up-and-coming TV Series “We Were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bec Hewitt
Rebecca June Hewitt ( Cartwright; born 23 July 1983) is an Australian actress and singer. From 1998 to 2005, Hewitt played Hayley Smith Lawson on the soap opera ''Home and Away''. As Bec Cartwright, Hewitt released an eponymous pop music album in 2002. In 2005, she married professional tennis player Lleyton Hewitt. Career Cartwright began her acting career at age 5 for television commercials. In 1992, she made her mainstream television debut on an episode of ''Police Rescue''. She has also guest starred in '' Water Rats'' and '' Roar''. She won her breakout role and best-known role to date in 1998, portraying Hayley Smith Lawson on ''Home and Away''. Cartwright became a series fan favourite and earned herself numerous Logie Award nominations until 2005. In the same year, Cartwright earned a Most Popular Actress win. She coincidentally fell pregnant within months of her 'Home and Away' character, and then left the series to become a full-time mother. For a short period of tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Smith (Home And Away)
Hayley Rose Smith (also Lawson) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. She was portrayed from September 1998 to September 2005 by actress Rebecca Cartwright and from September to November 2005 by Ella Scott Lynch, after Cartwright left the show for personal reasons. Casting In May 2005, Cartwright announced she would be leaving ''Home and Away'' for personal reasons. The announcement came one week after she confirmed she was pregnant with her first child. Cartwright said the decision had been hard, but she found that she could not continue in the role. She explained, "I will always remember my days on ''Home and Away'' as the best of my life. But at such an important time of my life, I need more time and flexibility away from the day to day demands of the production schedule." Cartwright filmed her final scenes in June, and remained on air until September 2005. It was also announced that the role of Hayley was set to be recast. The Seven Netw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani Sutherland
Danielle "Dani" Sutherland is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Tammin Sursok. The actress successfully auditioned for the role of Dani in 1999 and she called the experience incredible. Sursok considered herself lucky to get the part, as the audition was the first one she had had since acquiring an agent. She made her first screen appearance as Dani during the episode broadcast on 19 June 2000. After four years in the role, Sursok made the decision to leave ''Home and Away'' in 2004 to pursue a music career and other acting opportunities and as a result Dani departed the series on 12 November 2004. She later explained that she had also become frustrated with the serial's producers. Sursok was glad that her character was written out of the show without anything bad happening to her. Dani was introduced to ''Home and Away'' along with her family, who came to Summer Bay to take over the running of the local caravan park. Dani was initia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Roberts (Home And Away)
Irene Roberts is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away''. She was originally played by actress Jacqy Phillips from her introduction in Episode 887 shown on 29 October 1991, until 13 May 1992 (Episode 1003). Following Phillips' departure, the part was recast to Lynne McGranger, who debuted in Episode 1147, broadcast on 12 January 1993. Irene was initially a recurring character, but on 7 October 1993 McGranger was promoted to the regular cast. McGranger is one of the longest-serving cast members on the show. Casting Actress Jacqy Phillips was cast the role in 1991. Phillips was predominately a stage actress but enjoyed working on the show. She told Garry Shelley from ''TV Week'' that "I never dreamed I would ever work in a soap and I'm not being snobbish about it ..but now I'm thrilled; I love it." Phillips added that she had an "open-ended" contract with the show. The actress left the role in 1992. Irene was later recast to Lynne McGr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Egan (actor)
Christopher Andrew Egan (born 29 June 1984) is an Australian actor. He played Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' from 2000 to 2003, and David Shepherd on the NBC television drama ''Kings''. He also portrayed Alex Lannon in the Apocalyptic TV series, ''Dominion''. Life and career Egan was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He has appeared in several commercials and did some modelling, but his ability and ambition for acting came out when he performed in the Glen Street productions of ''Les Misérables'' and ''West Side Story''. He also appeared in the TV soap ''Home and Away''. He has also been trained in gymnastics at the KICK Performance Group in Sydney. As well as competing in several eisteddfods at an early age, Egan has been able to use his gymnastics skills extensively in the thriller film '' Crush''. He moved to Los Angeles in 2003. In 2006, he appeared in the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's novel ''Eragon''. In 2007, he played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Cooper
Kimberley Cooper (born 24 April 1980) is an Australian television actress known for her character of Gypsy Nash on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. Early life Kimberley Cooper was born on 24 April 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Career Cooper starred in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', from 1998 until 2002, then a small stint in 2011. She played the character of Gypsy Nash in the show. Cooper won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent on Australian television in 1999 and the Best Aussie Actress for The ''Inside Soap'' Awards, UK, 2000. In 2002, she was a contestant on Australia's ''Celebrity Big Brother ''Big Brother VIP'', is an adaptation of the '' Big Brother'' reality television series. It is the celebrity version of its parent franchise ''Big Brother'', the celebrity version airs in several countries, however, the housemates or houseguest ...''. Kimberley left ''Home and Away'' before her contract expired. In 2006 she resurfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
