Andrew Lees | |
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Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 10 June 1985
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2008–present |
Andrew Lees (born 10 June 1985) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Lucien Castle in the CW series The Originals and Damon in Unfriended: Dark Web (2018).
Lees was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He studied at NIDA since 2005 and graduated in 2007. [1] [2]
Shortly after graduating NIDA, Lees began appearing in television in 2008. His first role was several guest appearances on popular soap opera Home and Away , in which he played Nathan Cunningham, a university student and residential advisor. [3] He has also made guest appearances on television series City Homicide , [3] H2O: Just Add Water , [4] and The Pacific . [3] In 2009, Lees joined new Nine Network series Rescue: Special Ops , his first leading role, playing Chase Gallagher. His role in the show has earned him notability as an actor.
Lees also appeared in the theatre production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2009. [5]
In 2011 Lees featured in a trio of short adverts for the Australian travel company STA Travel Australia STA Travel , titled "Move", [6] "Eat" [7] and "Learn". [8]
In 2014, Lees played drag queen "Peggy", a supporting character in the telemovie Carlotta broadcast in Australia on ABC TV.
Recently, he starred as Lucien Castle in the CW supernatural drama series The Originals. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Flame of the West | Davo | Short film |
2010 | The Talk | Man | Short film |
2013 | Australian Pilot Season | Aussie Actor | Short film |
2014 | Carlotta | Peggy | TV film |
2017 | Brown Girls | Brian | TV film |
Newness | Nathaniel | ||
2018 | Unfriended: Dark Web | Damon Horton | Feature film |
2018 | Mortal Engines | Herbert Melliphant | Feature film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Home and Away | Nathan Cunningham | Season 21 (recurring, 4 episodes) |
2009 | City Homicide | Jake Lockwood | Season 2, episode 21 (guest) |
2009–2011 | Rescue: Special Ops | Chase Gallagher | Seasons 1–3 (main, 48 episodes) |
2010 | H2O: Just Add Water | Ryan | Season 3 (recurring, 5 episodes) |
The Pacific | Robert Oswalt | TV miniseries (main, 3 episodes) | |
2013 | Dance Academy | Wes Cooper | Season 3 (recurring, 6 episodes) |
2015 | Your Family or Mine | Blake Weston | Season 1 (main, 9 episodes) |
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door | Greg Conell | TV miniseries (main, 2 episodes) | |
2015–2016 | The Originals | Lucien Castle | Season 3 (recurring, 14 episodes) |
2017 | Throwing Shadr | Jayten | Season 1, episode 8 (guest) |
2018 | Legends of Tomorrow | Ernest Hemingway | Season 4, episode 6 (guest) |
2020 | All the Way to the Top | Rob | Season 1, episode 5 (guest) |
2021 | Sidetracked | Guido | Season 1 (recurring, 2 episodes) |
2022 | Roswell, New Mexico | Clyde | Season 4 (recurring, 11 eisodes) |
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