Bob Morley

Bob Morley
Morley at the Florida SuperCon, June 2015
Born	Robert Alfred Morley (1984-12-20) 20 December 1984[1] Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Other names	Bobby Morley Bob Morley
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Notable work	Home and Away The 100

Robert Alfred "Bob" Morley (born 20 December 1984) is an Australian actor. After appearing in various theatre productions and short films, Morley was cast as Drew Curtis in Home and Away in 2006. For the role, he received a nomination for the Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award. Morley appeared on It Takes Two in 2007 and following his departure from Home and Away, he joined the cast of The Strip. In 2011, Morley was cast as Aidan Foster in Neighbours and he starred in the feature film Blinder in 2013. As of 2014, Morley stars as Bellamy Blake on The 100.

Early life

Morley is the son of a Filipino mother and an Australian-Irish father, who died when he was young.^[2] Morley has two sisters and one brother, and he is the youngest child.^[1] Morley grew up on a farm in Kyneton, a small country town in Victoria.^[2] He studied drama at school all the way through to Year 11, until he was asked not to continue.^[3] Morley told The Age that he was a naughty student and did not take things seriously.^[3] After he completed year 12, Morley moved to Melbourne and began an engineering degree.^[2] A year later, Morley decided to enroll in Creative Arts at the La Trobe University and he got himself an agent.^[1][2]

Career

Morley began his career by acting in various university theatre productions, short films and plays including Falling to Perfect and Tale From Vienna Woods.^[1][3] Morley appeared in the 2005 low-budget horror film Dead Harvest directed by Damian Scott^[1] and as an extra in the soap opera Neighbours. That same year he got a part in Angels with Dirty Faces and his performance brought him to the attention of the Home and Away casting directors.^[3] Morley joined the cast of Home and Away as Drew Curtis in 2006.^[3] For his role as Drew, Morley was nominated for the Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award.^[4]

Morley appeared in the second series of the Australian celebrity singing competition series It Takes Two from May 2007. On 12 June 2007, he was voted off after six weeks on the show – even though he received his highest score that night. In 2008, Morley departed Home and Away and he was cast as Tony Moretti in the Nine Network's 2008 action drama series The Strip.^[5] The series was cancelled due to low ratings and did not return for a second series. He went on to appear in the 2008 Nine Network's Scorched.^[2] Morley was nominated for Cleo magazine's "Bachelor of the Year" award.

In 2009, he starred as Lorca in the play Palindrome for a Dead Poet. The following year, Morley featured in season four of Sea Patrol in the 5th episode titled "Paradise Lost".^[6] In 2011, he starred in the Australian thriller Road Train directed by Dean Francis.^[7] The picture was released in North America as Road Kill. In June 2011, it was announced that Morley had joined the cast of Neighbours as Aidan Foster, a love interest for Chris Pappas (James Mason).^[8] Morley and Mason's characters formed the show's first gay couple.^[8] Morley took a ten-week break from the soap to appear in Blinder, a feature film about Australian rules football.^[9] He returned to the set of Neighbours in early June 2012.^[9]

On 21 February 2013, Philiana Ng and Lesley Goldberg from The Hollywood Reporter reported that Morley had been cast as Bellamy in The CW's The 100.^[10] Morley began filming a role for the drama "The White City" in June 2013.^[11]

Personal life

Morley dated his former Home and Away co-star Jessica Tovey until March 2008.^[12]

Filmography

Awards and Nominations

References

Notes

External links

• Bob Morley at the Internet Movie Database