Dan Spielman (born 1979) is an Australian actor. His career spans film, television and theatre.
Early life
Spielman grew up with his younger sister in
Beaumaris
Beaumaris (; ) is a town and community (Wales), community on the Anglesey, Isle of Anglesey in Wales, of which it is the former county town. It is located at the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey fro ...
, Melbourne. Without formal acting training, Spielman has worked in theatre, television and film since graduating from high school in 1996 at
St Michael's Grammar School
St Michael's Grammar School is an Australian independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school located in the Melbourne suburb of , Victoria.
St Michael's was founded in 1895 by the Community of the Sisters of the Church an ...
,
St Kilda,
Victoria
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* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
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.
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a 2007 story at ABC2
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TV channel.
Career
In 2005, Spielman became one of the youngest members of the
Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in the Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Theatre ...
's ensemble,
The Actors' Company.
[
His television roles include '']Offspring
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'' and ''The Secret Life of Us
''The Secret Life of Us'' is an Australian television drama series set in the beachside neighbourhood of St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily a drama with some comedic moments. The series was produced by South ...
''. More recently he portrayed Ned Banks, the parental journalist brother of '' The Code''s hacker Jesse Banks played by Ashley Zukerman
Ashley Zukerman is an American-born Australian actor. In Australia, he became known for playing Senior Constable Michael Sandrelli in the drama series ''Rush'' (2008), and Jesse Banks in the political thriller '' The Code'', for which he rece ...
.
He has won and been nominated for many awards, including the Australian Film Institute Awards
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(AFI, now AACTA Awards
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). He was in the 2016 Australian mini-series, '' Deep Water'' set in Bondi, Sydney
Bondi () is a suburb of eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council.
Geography
Bondi is a mostly medium and high-d ...
.
In 2018, Spielman appeared in Channel 7 drama series '' Secret Bridesmaids' Business'', in 2023 he appeared in Channel 10 crime series '' North Shore'' and Stan series '' Bad Behaviour,'' Spielman, in 2024 was named for the second series of ''Black Snow (TV series)
''Black Snow'' is an Australian crime drama television series available on Stan. The series is set in and filmed throughout different locations in Queensland, Australia. Each season follows a different cold case being investigated by Detective ...
''. On 14 January, Spielman was named in the cast for Paramount+ series ''Playing Gracie Darling.''
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Dan Spielman at IMDb
1979 births
Living people
Male actors from Melbourne
Australian male film actors
Australian male stage actors
Australian male television actors
People educated at St Michael's Grammar School
20th-century Australian male actors
21st-century Australian male actors
People from Beaumaris, Victoria
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