Dustin Clare

Dustin Clare
Born (1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 42)
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Partner
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(m. 2002)​
Children1

Dustin Clare is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned, and as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.

Personal life

Clare is from Australia. Born in Grafton, he grew up in both Ballina, NSW and Maclean, NSW.[1] Clare studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, he graduated in 2004.[2]

He served as a 2012 ambassador for the Warrambeen Film Festival.[3] He is also an ambassador for the White Ribbon Foundation.[4]

Career

From 2006–2007, he starred as Riley Ward in 48 episodes of the series McLeod's Daughters.[5][6] In 2009, he played Sydney hit-man and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities[7] and also as Sean in the Showtime Network (Australia) series Satisfaction.[8]

His global fame occurred when he starred as Gannicus, the champion gladiator of the House of Batiatus, in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.[9] This is the prequel to the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the second season chronologically of release. He returned to his role as Gannicus in the two sequel seasons to Spartacus: Blood and Sand entitled Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned.[10]

He received a Logie Award for McLeods Daughters,[11] and an Equity Ensemble award for ANZAC Girls.[12]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Eye of the Storm Col
2013 Goddess Rory
2014 Sunday Charlie
2018 Pacific Rim Uprising Joseph Burke
2022 Seriously Red George Michael
2024 With or Without You Cowboy
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Headland Gareth Williams Episodes: #1.2, #1.3
All Saints Rick Fallon Episode: "New Beginnings"
2006–2007 McLeod's Daughters Riley Ward Main role (seasons 6–7)
Won, Silver Logie award for Most Popular New Male Talent (2007)
2007 Air Australia Sir Charles Kingsford Smith TV miniseries
2008–2010 Satisfaction Sean Main role (seasons 2–3)
Nominated, Silver Logie award for Best Actor[citation needed]
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Christopher Dale Flannery Recurring role (season 2), 8 episodes
2011 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Gannicus Main role
2012 Spartacus: Vengeance
2013 Spartacus: War of the Damned
2014 ANZAC Girls Lieutenant Harry Moffitt Main role
2015 Strike Back: Legacy Faber Recurring role (season 5)
2016 Wolf Creek Sullivan Hill Main role (season 1)
2018 Tidelands Pat McTeer Recurring role
2019 Rosehaven Farmer Dan 3 episodes (season 3)
Reef Break Richard Stuyler 5 Episodes
Doctor Doctor Jarrod [13] [14] 10 episodes
Glitch [15] Mark Clayton-Stone 6 episodes
2020 Eden [16] Huckleberry 7 episodes
2023 Almost Paradise Erik 1 episode
2022-23 Surviving Summer [17] Thommo Gibson 14 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Q&A with Dustin Clare". NineMSN. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Dustin Clare Makes His Mark" (PDF). WAAPA Alumni Newsletter. WAAPA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Dustin Clare Warrambeen Film Festival Ambassador". Warrambeen Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Dustin Clare". White Ribbon New Zealand. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Riley Ward (Dustin Clare)". NineMSN. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Episode List - McLeod's Daughters". IMDB. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Channel Nine - Underbelly". Channel Nine Australia. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. ^ "The Cast of Satisfaction - Sean". Showtime Networks AU. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  9. ^ Reynolds, Mike (19 July 2010). "Australian Actor Dustin Clare To Play Lead Role In Starz's 'Spartacus' Prequel". Multichannel. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ^ "'Wolf Creek' star Dustin Clare joins newly re-titled 'Pacific Rim: Uprising'". IF Magazine. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Dustin Clare gets Satisfaction". TV Tonight. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Equity Ensemble Awards winners". IF Magazine. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Australian Television: Doctor Doctor/The Heart Guy: Cast: Series 4".
  14. ^ "New cast join Doctor Doctor | TV Tonight". 29 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Cameras roll on final season for Glitch | TV Tonight". 17 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Airdate: Eden | TV Tonight". 13 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Surf, camera, action on local drama Surviving Summer | TV Tonight". 13 September 2023.

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