Tom Green (Australian actor)

Thomas Green
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007-present

Thomas Green is an Australian actor who is best known for his role as Sammy in the ABC series Dance Academy.[1]

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Biography

Beginning his professional career in 2007, his first role was in the Network Ten telemovie Emerald Falls alongside actors Vince Colosimo, Georgie Parker and Catherine McClements.[2] He also made his stage debut in 2007 playing Phillip in Lockie Leonard with the Merrigong Theatre Company.

In 2008, he starred in two Australian short films, Vafadar[3] and The Ground Beneath. For The Ground Beneath, he received a nomination at the 2008 AFI Awards[4] and won the Best Actor award in 2009 at the St Kilda Film Festival.[5]

In 2009 he starred in Voyeurnet,[6] in a 19-episode role as Dexter Walker in Home and Away,[7] and in the feature film Beneath Hill 60.[8] Green began filming on the television series Dance Academy on 13 July 2009.[9][10] In 2009, Green also acted in a theatre production of The Nargun and the Stars for the Perth International Arts Festival and the Sydney Festival.

In 2010, Green played the role of Zac in the feature film Thirst, which is currently in post-production.[11][12]

Filmography

Year Title Type Episodes Role
2008 Emerald Falls[2] TV film Zac Ferguson
2008 The Ground Beneath[4] Short film Kaden
2008 Vafadar[3] Short film Vafa
2009 Voyeurnet[6] Short film Trent
2009 Home and Away[7] TV series 19 Dexter Walker
2009 Beneath Hill 60[8] Feature film Hutchings
2010 Dance Academy[1] TV series 26 Samuel Lieberman
2010 Thirst[11] Feature film Zac

Theatre

Year Production Location Role Notes
2007 Lockie Leonard Merrigong Theatre Company, Wollongong Phillip
2009 The Nargun and the Stars Perth International Arts Festival, Sydney Festival Simon Adaptation of Patricia Wrightson's novel The Nargun and the Stars

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Award For role in Result
2008 AFI Awards AFI Young Actor Award The Ground Beneath Nominated[4]
2009 St. Kilda Film Festival Best Actor The Ground Beneath Won[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dance Academy on ABC3". Australian Broadcasting Corporation via Throng. 2010. http://www.throng.com.au/dance-academy. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Tree's company". Time-Ot-Sydney.com.au. 2008. http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/timein/trees-company.aspx. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Vafadar". Vafadar.com. 2009. http://vafadar.com/Home.html. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c "AFI Awards 2008". Australiantelevision.net. 2008. http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/afi2008.html. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "Tom Green Awards". IMDB.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2964015/awards. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  6. ^ a b "Voyeurnet". St Kilda Film Festival Online. 2009. http://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/details/35. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 
  7. ^ a b "Home and Away welcomes Walker family". What's-on-tv.co.uk. 29 July 2009. http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/home-and-away/news/home-and-away-welcomes-walker-family/6523&ct=ga&cd=MwM263tJbes&usg=AFQjCNFhb0UmBMIXgDTDNaOrvBwtKladdA. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  8. ^ a b "Beneath Hill 60 : Interview". Australian Broadcasting Company. 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2852864.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  9. ^ "Dance Academy Kicks Off Today" (Press release). Australian Broadcasting Company. 13 July 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s2625286.htm. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 
  10. ^ "Dance Academy: World Premiere: starts 5:20pm Monday May 31, ABC1". ABC3 TV Blogs. 21 May 2010. http://blogs.abc.net.au/abc_tv/abc3_kids_channel/. Retrieved 31 May 2010. 
  11. ^ a b "Thirst". Imagine Films (International) Pty Ltd. 2010. http://www.thirstthefilm.com/index.php. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  12. ^ "Thirst". IMDB.com. 2010. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726796/. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 

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