Dan Spielman (born 1979) is an Australian actor. His career spans film, television and theatre. Spielman grew up with his younger sister in

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, Melbourne. Without formal acting training, Spielman has worked in theatre, television and film since graduating from high school in 1996 at

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, St Kilda,

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.Dan Spielman profile
a 2007 story at

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TV channel.

Career

His television roles include ''

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'' and ''

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''. More recently he portrayed Ned Banks, the parental journalist brother of '' The Code''s hacker Jesse Banks played by

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. He has won and been nominated for many awards, including the

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(AFI, now

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). He was in the 2016 Australian mini-series, '' Deep Water'' set in

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Personal life

In 2005, Spielman became one of the youngest members of the

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's ensemble,

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. He married Australian actress

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in 2012 in New York City. In July 2017, Stone announced that her marriage had ended over a year before.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

*2004: won

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Best Supporting Actor – Male for: '' Tom White'' *1999: won

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award Best Actor – Male for ''The Date''

References

1979 births Living people Male actors from Melbourne Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors People educated at St Michael's Grammar School 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors People from Beaumaris, Victoria {{Australia-actor-stub