Daniel Amalm (born 16 February 1979) is an Australian actor and musician, best known for his role in serial ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...

'' as foster kid Jack Wilson.

Early life

Amalm was born in

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on 16 February 1979, his mother is Maltese and his father is Swedish. Amalm's father introduced him to guitar from an early age. Amalm's first performances were as a busker in

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with his brother where they were spotted by

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...

's tour manager and invited to Benson's sound check. The Amalm brothers jammed with George Benson and after the jam Benson donated his own money towards a new guitar that the brothers had been saving for. With that guitar Daniel Amalm won a scholarship to study guitar at the

Queensland Conservatorium of Music Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (formerly the Queensland Conservatorium of Music) is a selective, audition based music school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and is part of Griffith University. History The Conservatori ...

. and was trained in classical guitar under

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. Amalm performed as one of the guitarists in "An Angel Moves Too Fast To See" written by Rhys Chatham for 100 electric guitars for the Brisbane Biennial on 4–5 June 1993. Amalm was runner up in the 9th Australian Classical Spanish Guitar Competition.http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=117827259 My Space

Career

Daniel's first television role of Jack Wilson in television soap opera ''

'' in 1994 and he was nominated for the

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''Most Popular New Talent'' in 1995. In 1996, Amalm left ''Home and Away'' and recorded a single, "

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", which was a top 40 hit on the

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and No.5 on the Dance Charts; followed by "Honey Dip Girl", which was voted No. 1 on

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's Video Hits for 5 consecutive weeks. In 2000, he returned to ''Home and Away'' for a guest appearance and also appeared in TVserialk's ''All Saints'' and ''

Tripping Over ''Tripping Over'' is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK ''Tripping Over'' is repeated on Five Life. ...

''. Daniel has worked as a music teacher in classical, flamenco and rock guitar. He has performed the live circuit with various Latin/rock covers and originals bands and wrote with alternative/metal band OP25. Daniel's brother Jacob plays drums in OP25. The band contributed to the original motion picture soundtrack of ''Two Fists One Heart'' with a song calle
'Like No Other'
Daniel appeared in the

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drama series ''

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'' in 2008 as Melbourne underworld figure,

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. He also starred in the Australian film '' Two Fists, One Heart'' which was released 19 March 2009 and ''

Cedar Boys ''Cedar Boys'' is a 2009 Australian film about the life of three young adults in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Written, directed and co-produced by Serhat Caradee and produced by Matthew Dabner, Ranko Markovic, and Jeff Purser, ''C ...

'' released July 2009. In 2009, Amalm began a regular role in drama series '' Rescue: Special Ops'' as Jordan Zwitkowski on the

and co-hosted FOX8's adaptation of the boxing reality series '' The Contender''. Daniel released an ambient classical guitar album in 2019 titled "Guitared" and a

flamenco Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...

album in 2020 titled "Kaldera".

Filmography

Television

Film

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

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Daniel Amalm on Spotify
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amalm, Daniel 1979 births Australian male television actors Australian male child actors Living people Australian people of Maltese descent Australian people of Swedish descent Australian dance musicians Male actors from Brisbane People educated at MacGregor State High School Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University alumni