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Nathan Page is an Australian actor. He is best known for his commercial
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work and his role as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in ''
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''.


Early life and education

Nathan Page was born in
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to an
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family and moved around Australia frequently as a child. He started cycling in Canberra at the age of 14 and shot up through the racing ranks in New South Wales. He began competing at national level at 15, which led to a scholarship to the
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in Adelaide.


Cycling

A former cyclist, Page attended the
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with
Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady (born 6 August 1973) is a retired Australian road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 1995 and 2013. A former track cyclist, O'Grady and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – M ...
and competed in Europe with
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. He retired from professional cycling at the age of 19 due to various injuries and his inability to remain competitive in Europe without performance-enhancing drugs. He recalled "It was an era that was plagued by drugs, and it was very hard to see your way through to a long career... because I stayed clean, you could beat them some of the time, but not all of the time." Describing his decision to take up acting after ending his cycling career, Page has said "I went into a wilderness for a while and had nothing to fall back on, then I decided to do something that was going to scare me". He began with "a little Tuesday night drama class" and graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts, Adelaide (now the
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) in 1996.


Acting career

In the first years of his acting career, Page primarily worked in theatre productions in Adelaide. In 2002 he appeared in ''Same, Same But Different'', a major work created by Kate Champion and performed by dance theatre company
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. The work was performed at
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,
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,
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, and the
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. Page appeared in the films '' Strange Fits of Passion'' in 1999 and ''
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'' in 2000. In 2003, he had a recurring role in the third season of ''
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'' as Charlie, Richie Blake's boyfriend. In 2009, he was lauded for his performance as Ray 'Chuck' Bennett in '' Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.'' In 2011, Page played Alasdair 'Mac' Macdonald, the husband of
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in '' Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo'', an
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miniseries about Buttrose's life. After the series aired, Macdonald sued the
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for defamation for erroneously depicting him as deserting his family. Scenes of Page's performance in '' Paper Giants'' were played in court as evidence. The
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later issued a formal apology to Macdonald. In 2012, Page co-starred as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in the first season of ''
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'' opposite
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, with whom he had appeared in a stage production of ''
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'' in July 1998. In 2013, he played Henry Stokes in '' Underbelly: Squizzy'' on
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. In 2015, he played Koz Krilich in '' Hiding'' on the
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. In 2016, Page returned to the stage for the first time in ten years. He played Vinnie in ''The Distance'' with the
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and starred as Richard Hannay in '' The 39 Steps'' with the
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in Adelaide. Page was cast as a lead actor in the 2020 film ''
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''. He appeared in the 2020 thriller film ''
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'', alongside
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, which was filmed in
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in March 2019. In 2022, Page appeared in an episode of the thriller television series '' The Tourist'', playing Constable Alex. Page also works as a
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. He has voiced numerous television commercials for such companies as
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,
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, Kubota Tractor Corporation, and Asics, as well as the
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.


Recognition

A photograph of Page, titled ''The Chameleon IV, 2015'' by Sydney-based photographer Sam McAdam-Cooper, was a finalist for the
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in 2016. Finalist photographs were displayed at the
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in
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and were exhibited throughout Australia in 2016 and 2017.


Personal life

Page was living in
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with his wife, New Zealand dancer and choreographer Sarah-Jayne Howard, and their two sons.


Acting credits


Television


Film


Theatre


References


External links

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