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Dustin Clare | |
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| Born | 2 January 1982 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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 .
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]
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
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