Christopher Stollery

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Christopher Stollery
Born12 August 1965
Other namesChris Stollery
OccupationActor
Years active1984-

Christopher Stollery (born 12 August 1965) is an Australian television actor. He graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1987. [1] He is known for his role on State Coroner as Sgt. Dermot McLeod. [2] He has had a leading role on The Flying Doctors [1] and a recurring role role on Sea Patrol . [3] He has also had roles on and A Country Practice , [1] All Saints , White Collar Blue and Water Rats . He played the role of Lieutenant Nick Homer in the film A Divided Heart (2005).

Stollery has a lengthy stage career [4] including productions of Hamlet [5] where he played Hamlet, [6] Romeo and Juliet [7] where The Sunday Age's Ken Healy stated "most outstanding are Christopher Stollery as the swaggering Capulet thug, Tybalt". [8] and Macbeth [9] Of which Leonard Radic of The Age states "Christopher Stollery produces plenty of sound and fury, but little else, as Macduff." [10]

Stollery created the short film Dik which won best screenplay at 2011's Flickerfest and the best comedy award at Aspen Shortsfest. [11] [12] He had previously created Prick, another short film that made the Flickerfest finals. [13]

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