Christopher Stollery (born 12 August 1965) is an Australian television actor. He graduated from Australia's
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including C ...
(NIDA) in 1987.
He is known for his role on ''
State Coroner'' as Sgt. Dermot McLeod. He has had a leading role on ''
The Flying Doctors
''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. T ...
''
and a recurring role role on ''
Sea Patrol
''Sea Patrol'' is an Australian television drama that ran from 2007 to 2011, set on board HMAS ''Hammersley'', a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The series focused on the ship and the lives of its crew members.
Despi ...
''. He has also had roles on and ''
A Country Practice
''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...
'',
''
All Saints'', ''
White Collar Blue
''White Collar Blue'' is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.
Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the ...
'' and ''
Water Rats''. He played the role of Lieutenant Nick Homer in the film A Divided Heart (2005).
Stollery has a lengthy stage career including productions of ''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...
'' where he played Hamlet, ''
Romeo and Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...
'' where The Sunday Age's Ken Healy stated "most outstanding are Christopher Stollery as the swaggering Capulet thug, Tybalt". and ''
Macbeth
''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'' Of which Leonard Radic of The Age states "Christopher Stollery produces plenty of sound and fury, but little else, as Macduff."
Stollery created the short film ''Dik'' which won best screenplay at 2011's Flickerfest and the best comedy award at Aspen Shortsfest. He had previously created ''Prick'', another short film that made the Flickerfest finals.
References
External links
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Biographical cuttings on Christopher Stollery, actor, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journalsat the National Library of Australia.
Living people
1965 births
Australian male television actors
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