Gyton Grantley
| Gyton Grantley | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
July 1980 (age 33) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Gyton Grantley (born July 1980) is a Logie Award and AFI Award-winning Australian actor, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show Underbelly, for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most Popular Actor for the 2009 TV Week Logie Awards and the 2008 AFI award (winning for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series). He also has many other television and film credits. On stage, he played the title role in Brendan Cowell's Ruben Guthrie at La Boite Theatre, directed by David Berthold, in October 2011.
Personal life
Grantley was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, where he graduated in 1997.[1] During his school years, he was a rugby union player and a rower. He was also heavily involved in drama and theatre-sports, and won the Headmaster's Prize for Drama in his senior year.[2] He later attended the Queensland University of Technology.
Gyton Grantley is actively involved with the Australian organisation, Reach Out!
Controversy arose in early 2007 over Grantley's fundraising efforts to pay for a personal trip into space. His website claimed to donate a cut to the Starlight Foundation charity, of which the charity itself had no knowledge.
In 2009 Gyton won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor.
Career
Television
Grantley began his television acting career in 2003, starring in Fat Cow Motel. Over the next two years, he had small guest roles in Marking Time, Small Claims and The Cooks. In the summer of 2005 / 2006, he had a role in the short lived series headLand. In 2006, he had a small role in Foxtel's Supernova and in 2007, had a 10 episode guest role in Home and Away.
In 2008, Grantly shot to fame in the high rating drama, Underbelly, where he played antagonist Carl Williams. This role lead him to win the 'Most Outstanding Actor' award at the Logies.
In 2009, he starred in 30 Seconds and season two of East West 101.
As of 2012 he stars in House Husbands as Kane.[3]
He was announced in late 2013 that he would be reprising his role of Carl Williams in the sequel/spin-off series Fat Tony & Co. which will not be placed under the Underbelly franchise (due to financing reasons) and will focus on the rise and fall of Tony Mokbel, who also featured in the original series, played by Robert Mammone.
- Out of the Blue as Alex (2008)
- Underbelly as Carl Williams (2008)
- Home and Away as James Dalton (2007)
- Supernova as Jeff (2006)
- headLand (2005) as Dane Pickerstaff
- The Cooks as joe
- Small Claims (2004–2006) as Det Snr Const Brett Michaels
- Marking Time (2003) as Shane Sheather
- Fat Cow Motel as Gary Walpole (2003)
- House husbands as Kane (2012)
- Fat Tony & Co. as Carl Williams (2014)
Movie career
He recently appeared in two short film entries for the 2009 Tropfest Short Film Festival, including Being Carl Williams where Grantley, playing himself, is abducted by two criminals who mistake him for Carl Williams after his role in Underbelly.
Films
- All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007) as Jake
- A Man's Gotta Do (2004) as Dominic
- Under the Radar (2004) as Trent
- Danny Deckchair (2003) as Stuey
- Swimming Upstream (2003)
- Blurred (2002) as Gavin
- Being Carl Williams (2009) as himself
- Balibo as Gary Cunningham (2009)
- Beneath Hill 60 as Norman Morris (2010 Anzac Day release)
- The Reef[4] as Matt
References
- ↑ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
- ↑ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
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- ↑ First photos from THE REEF