Benedict Wall (born 17 June) is a New Zealand film, theatre and television actor. From 2011, Wall played Owen Sutherland in the New Zealand soap opera ''

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''. He has also appeared in '' Outrageous Fortune'', '' Underbelly: Badness'', ''Breaker Morant: The Retrial'' and ''Pirates of the Airwaves''. Wall co-wrote and directed the short film ''Best Mates''. In 2016, he took over the role of Duncan Stewart in the Australian soap opera ''

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''. He also appeared in the

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miniseries '' Brock''.

Early and personal life

Wall was born in Auckland and grew up in Wellington. Wall spent three years completing a bachelor's degree in journalism. Six months after graduating, he decided to pursue a career in acting and won a scholarship to the

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in New York City. Wall has been in a relationship with actress Jessica Grace Smith since 2010. The couple live in Sydney. Wall and Smith got engaged in November 2019, and they married in New Zealand on 8 February 2020. In July 2021, they announced they were expecting their first child.

Career

Wall played Ben on '' Outrageous Fortune'' in 2007. He also had roles in ''

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'', ''Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape'' and ''

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''. In 2011, Wall received an audition for the medical soap opera ''

'' and he was cast in the recurring role of ED consultant Owen Sutherland. The following year, he starred in the short film ''Ten Thousand Days'', alongside

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. He also made a guest appearance in '' Underbelly: Badness''. Wall portrayed

Breaker Morant Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant (born Edwin Henry Murrant, 9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902) was an English horseman, bush balladist, military officer, and war criminal who was convicted and executed for murdering nine prisoners-of-war ...

in ''Breaker Morant: The Retrial'', a television documentary filmed in

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. He starred as pirate radio host Rick Grant in the 2014 docudrama ''Pirates of the Airwaves'', which tells the story of the founding of

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. The following year, he appeared in James Raue's low budget feature film ''Psychoanalysis''. He was also cast in the Australian feature film ''The Pretend One'', alongside

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and David Field. The film was shot in Queensland and released in 2016. Wall and fellow actor

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co-wrote the black comedy film ''Best Mates''. Wall also directed and acted in the short, alongside Hara and Jessica Grace Smith. ''Best Mates'' received a nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the

Santa Barbara International Film Festival The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is an eleven-day film festival held in Santa Barbara, California in February annually, since 1986. The festival screens over 200 feature films and shorts from different countries and regions. ...

. In 2016, Wall took over the role of Duncan Stewart in ''

''. The character had not been part of the show for ten years. Wall had auditioned for ''Home and Away'' several times before he was cast as Duncan. He received a recall for the part of Martin Ashford, and he also auditioned for the role of

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. In the same year, Wall appeared in the miniseries '' Brock'' as Tony Roberts. Wall plays the role of Jones in 2020 television drama '' Operation Buffalo'', a friend of Major Leo Carmichael played by

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Filmography

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