Noah Marullo (born 23 June 1999) is an American-born British

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

from

Flax Bourton Flax Bourton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The parish, with a population of 715, is situated within the unitary authority of North Somerset, on the edge of Nailsea Moor on the A370 road south west of Bristol city centre. ...

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. Marullo is best known for his role in

CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...

's ''

Tracy Beaker Returns ''Tracy Beaker Returns'' is a British television programme. Based upon the novels by Jacqueline Wilson, it is the sequel series to '' The Story of Tracy Beaker''. The series stars Dani Harmer reprising her role as protagonist Tracy Beaker. T ...

'' and its spin-off series, ''

The Dumping Ground ''The Dumping Ground'' (also informally referred to as ''The DG'') is a British children's television drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people who live in a children's home with their care workers in care. The s ...

'' as Gus Carmichael, a character with

Asperger syndrome Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a former neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of beha ...

, but has also appeared in

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's '' Free Agents'' and the film ''

Last Chance Harvey ''Last Chance Harvey'' is a 2008 American romantic drama film written and directed by Joel Hopkins. The screenplay focuses on two lonely people who tentatively forge a relationship during two days. Dustin Hoffman plays the title character, Harvey ...

''.

Career

Marullo was born in the United States into an

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family. He emigrated to the

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with his family in 2005, settling in

. In 2008, Marullo auditioned for the role in romantic comedy ''

''. Marullo spent five days filming in London. ''Last Chance Harvey'', which also starred

Dustin Hoffman Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is ...

and Emma Thompson, was released in 2009. Aged nine, Marullo had his first television acting experience, appearing as Billy, the son of Stephen Mangan, in the

comedy series '' Free Agents''. In 2009, he was given the role of Gus Carmichael in the CBBC show ''

'', a sequel to ''

The Story of Tracy Beaker ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' is a British children's book first published in 1991, written by Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. Background The book is told from the point of view of Tracy Beaker, a troubled ten-year-old gir ...

''. He spent the Summer 2009 filming for the show in Newcastle, which was shown weekly at the beginning of 2010. He said "I had a fantastic summer filming Tracy Beaker and have made lots of new friends on set". His character, Gus, has

autism spectrum disorder The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...

, which Marullo said was "what is so great about Tracy Beaker: it helps children understand that everyone is different". He played the role of Gus Carmichael for the full three seasons of ''

'' and he reprised the role in ''

'' for the opening episodes. The character left the programme after being fostered.

References

*http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2013/02/the-dumping-ground-elly-brewe/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20130513083142/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Young-actor-returns-screens-hit-children-s-TV-drama/story-12315127-detail/story.html#axzz2nZILTV2M *https://archive.today/20131215184311/http://evening-post.vlex.co.uk/source/evening-post-bristol-uk-4344/issue/2007/11/10/001 *https://web.archive.org/web/20121223051427/http://familyrelationships.org.uk/childrens-tv-pages/tracy-beaker-returns-bbc-cbbc

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marullo, Noah English male child actors Male actors from Somerset Living people 1999 births English male television actors 21st-century English male actors People from North Somerset (district) American emigrants to England