Leon Burchill is an Australian actor. He played Charlie in ''
Stone Bros.'', Frankie in ''
Redfern Now
''Redfern Now'' is an Australian drama television series featuring the lives of Aboriginal Australian families living in Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern, Sydney, that first aired on ABC1 in 2012. A second season followed in 2013, and the ser ...
'' and Benny in ''
Wyrmwood''. On stage he played
Jim Krakouer in ''Krakouer!'' which toured in 2011.
Burchill studied at
NIDA, graduating in 2005 after being accepted into the school in 2003 on his second attempt. He was the only Aboriginal student there at the time.
Outside of acting Burchill worked at
Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo Sydney is a government-run public zoo located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the Lower North Shore suburb of Mosman, New South Wales, Mosman, on the shores of Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour. It offers great views of Sydney ...
and the
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens as an Aboriginal education officer, teaching visitors about bush tucker and medicine.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
Leon Burchill interviewed by Jackie Huggins and Peter Read in 1999 for the Seven years on - continuing life histories of Aboriginal leaders oral history project*
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Living people
Australian male film actors
Indigenous Australian male actors
Year of birth missing (living people)