Lochie Daddo

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Lochie Daddo

Born	Christopher Lachlan Daddo March 14, 1970 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Christopher Lachlan "Lochie" Daddo (b. March 14, 1970, in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian actor and television presenter. His elder brothers are actors Andrew and Cameron Daddo.

Upon finishing school in Melbourne in 1987, Lochie Daddo began a horticulture course and worked as a landscape gardener for six months. Lochie's passion for exploration and adventure led him on numerous ventures through the Whitsundays and across Europe.

Upon returning to Australia in 1990, he took up an offer from a modelling agency and soon after began his television career. He first appeared as host of travel show Getaway during the mid-1990s for six years.

From 1992-93, he portrayed the role of Stephen Gottlieb in Neighbours. In 2005, he appeared on the series Blue Water High. He also starred several years in the Australian soap opera, Home and Away.

Throughout his career, he has worked as an actor, reporter and presenter for all the major Australian networks, on everything from entertainment news to current affairs including Let’s Do It, E! News, Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show and Animal Hospital.

He has also hosted corporate and training videos for numerous major Australian corporations including Qantas, the NRMA, the Commonwealth Bank and Telstra as well as a spokesperson for the 40 Hour Famine.

In May 2007 Lochie Daddo appeared as one of the celebrity performers on the celebrity reality singing TV show It Takes Two. He was the first to be eliminated from the show on May 15, 2007.

Lochie supports "Bear Cottage", which is the first children's hospice in New South Wales. It is a place where children with terminal illnesses and their families can stay from time to time and receive rest and medical care in a home-like environment.

He is married to Karina Brown; they have a daughter, Daisy Isabella Daddo (b. July 1, 2005).