Kyle Pryor (born 10 January 1984) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as

Nate Cooper Nate Cooper is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by Kyle Pryor. The character made his first screen appearance on 26 September 2013. Pryor originally auditioned for another character before he was off ...

in the Australian soap ''

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'' and

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in the

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British soap opera, ''

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''. Before these appearances, he was a stunt man on several films including '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans''. He also acted on several New Zealand based television dramas, including ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Pryor began training in the Korean Martial Art of

Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

at age 14. He competed in various National competitions, winning the British and English Championships in his weight and grade category. In 2003, he was awarded a 'Distinction' Black Belt. He studied Martial Arts for many years as well as gymnastics. Between 2003 and 2006, he went to

University of Worcester , motto_lang = la , mottoeng = ''Aspire to Inspire'' , established = 1946 – Worcester Emergency Teacher Training College 1948 – Worcester Teacher Training College 1976 – Worcester College of Higher Education 1997 – ...

to complete a Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts in Media and Culture and Sports Science. Before pursuing acting, he was employed at a prison and at a scuba-diving centre. In late 2011, Pryor got full New Zealand Citizenship.

Career

Pryor emigrated to New Zealand in 2006 and he became a stuntman due to his fitness training and Martial arts skills on ''Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' in 2009 and ''

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'' in 2010. He then studied with acting teacher, Mr Michael Saccente, (who has also taught

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, and

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). Pryor won the National Award for Most Extraordinary Performance for his portrayal of Alex Puddle in ''CUZ'' at New Zealand's 48 Hour Furious Film Making Competition Grand Final in 2009. He got his first major acting role as Marcus in the series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' in 2010. In 2011, he appeared in

. He later starred in ''

'', a local New Zealand production, and in the ABC series ''

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'', part of which was filmed in

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. In 2012, the actor moved to Australia he audition for the role of Kyle Braxton. He was considering returning to the UK, when he auditioned for the role of

Andy Barrett Andy Barrett is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Tai Hara. The character made his first screen appearance on 28 August 2013. Hara relocated to Sydney to take on the role. Kyle Pryor who plays fell ...

in ''Home and Away'' in September 2013. He was unsuccessful, but was later cast as doctor

. Pryor made his final appearance as Nate on 5 June 2017. On 7 August 2018, it was announced that Pryor had joined the cast of British soap opera ''

''. He left the show when his character

was killed off in August 2019. Pryor made a guest appearance in fellow British soap opera ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

'' as Darren in December 2022.

Personal life

Pryor was previously engaged to creative director Julia-Rose O'Connor. He has been in a relationship with his former ''Hollyoaks'' co-star

Anna Passey Anna Passey (born 28 August 1984) is an English actress, known for portraying Sienna Blake in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. For her role as Sienna Blake, she won the award for Villain of the Year at the 2014 British Soap Awards. Car ...

since 2019.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pryor, Kyle 1984 births Living people People from Surrey English male film actors English male television actors Naturalised citizens of New Zealand