Charles Cottier (born 27 October 1992) is an

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actor, perhaps best known for portraying Dexter Walker on the Australian soap opera ''

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''.

Early life

Cottier was born in

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, Australia, completed primary school at Kenmore South State School and secondary school at Brisbane Boys' College. He always wanted to be an actor and loved performing in home videos from a young age. He grew up in a close knit family of three boys (one older and one younger brother). Cottier started taking acting classes at the age of twelve at The Australian Acting Academy and graduated from secondary school in 2009, where he was drama captain. Cottier enjoys playing music, something that runs in his family; his dad plays guitar, brothers play saxophone and piano. Cottier himself has played drums since aged nine and was part of

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bands in

, including We Were Arks, NALI and a three piece band called Mods and Cons.

Career

Cottier auditioned for the role of Dexter Walker in ''Home and Away'' on the Gold Coast, and got a call back to come to

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the next day. Then the following day he found out he got the role. Cottier is the second person to play Dexter as the role was previously played by

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. In 2011, Cottier was nominated for a

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for Most Popular New Male Talent. Cottier left ''Home and Away'' in 2013. He joined the cast of ''

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'' in February 2014. In 2015, he appeared in the third series of ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' with former ''Home and Away'' star,

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, who played Hayley Smith in 2005. In 2016, Cottier featured in the Channel Seven series '' Wanted'' with

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and former ''

co-star''

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. Cottier and Peacocke were reunited in the feature film
Cooped Up
', in which Cottier plays the lead, Jake. In 2024, Cottier filmed the role of Luke in the fantasy horror film ''Dusk''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cottier, Charles 1992 births Living people Australian male television actors Australian male child actors Male actors from Brisbane People educated at Brisbane Boys' College 21st-century Australian male actors