Hunter Page-Lochard

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Hunter Page-Lochard
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Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor

Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard is an Australian stage and screen actor of both Aboriginal Australian and African-American descent. He is known for his roles in the films The Sapphires (2012), Around the Block (2013) and the 2016 TV series Cleverman .

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Early life and education

Page-Lochard is the son of choreographer Stephen Page, who is from Brisbane, and Cynthia Lochard, from Manhattan, New York City. [1] Page-Lochard was born in Sydney. His mother, who is of African-American descent, was a dancer for the New York City Ballet [2] and is now a teacher for the Pilates Method. His father, who is descended from the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali of the Yugambeh people from southeast Queensland, was a dancer turned choreographer and became the artistic director for Bangarra Dance Theatre. [3] [4] Page-Lochard credits his father, along with 11 uncles and aunts, with giving him much of his education, including at Bangarra. [5]

He attended St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney. [5]

In 2012, Page-Lochard graduated from Australian Film, Television and Radio School [6] with a Graduate Certificate in Story Development and Screenwriting Fundamentals, [7] and completed an Actors Residency course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.[ citation needed ]

Career

Stage

Page-Lochard first appeared on stage at six months old, held by his dad when he was dancing. [8] He later appeared in Skin (2000); Boomerang (2005); Bloodland (2012, for the Sydney Theatre Company and Adelaide Festival by Bangarra Dance Theatre); and Blak (2013).[ citation needed ]

He featured in Wesley Enoch's, Black Diggers (2014) a Queensland Theatre Company production. He then played the lead in Brothers Wreck (2014) by Jada Alberts at Sydney's Belvoir directed by Leah Purcell. [9] He played a role in ATYP's Sugarland (2014). He won the Sydney Theatre Awards' Best Newcomer Award for Black Diggers, Brothers Wreck and Sugarland. [10] He was nominated for a Helpmann Award in 2015 for Brothers Wreck.[ citation needed ] In 2015, he starred as Orestes in Belvoir's Elektra/Orestes. [11] [12]

Film and TV

As a child, Page-Lochard appeared in short films, including Adrian Russell Wills' Arcadia (2002) [13] and Wayne Blair's The Djarn Djarns (2005), which won the Crystal Bear Award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. [14] [15]

He appeared in guest roles on Water Rats (2001), East West 101 (2007), directed by Peter Andrikidis and ABC2's Soul Mates (2014).[ citation needed ]

He made his feature film debut in Rachel Perkins' award-winning film, Bran Nue Dae (2010). [16] He appeared in Wayne Blair's The Sapphires , which screened in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. [17] He also featured as the lead in Sarah Spillane's feature film, Around the Block (2013) alongside Christina Ricci. [18]

In 2015, he attended the Toronto International Film Festival for his father's feature film debut Spear (2015), in which he played the lead role as Djali. [19]

Page-Lochard appears as the lead in Wayne Blair and Leah Purcell's Cleverman on ABC Television in 2016. [19] [20] [21]

He directed and co-wrote (with Eryk Lenartowicz) his first short film Djali in 2017. It was selected for screening at the Sydney Film Festival and CinefestOZ in 2018. [22] [23]

In 2020, he appeared in and co-directed the children's TV series Thalu , commissioned by National Indigenous Television and ABC Me. [24] [25]

In 2023, Page-Lochard appeared in ABC drama The Newsreader , [26] for which he won an AACTA Award for best supporting actor. [5]

He plays a drug dealer in the police drama Critical Incident , released on 12 August 2024 on Stan. [5]

Advertising

Page-Lochard stars in a 2022 Hyundai television ad, called "Have you tried it?", [27] which was filmed in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. [28]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Water Rats Max Bullen2 episodes
2003Black TalkN/A
2007 East West 101 Kari KingEpisode: "Death at the Station"
2012WoolloTradesmenTelevision film
2014 Soul Mates TyrionEpisode: "Father Time"
2015Shit CreekBaby-Face BerkleyTV series
2016–2017 Cleverman Koen West12 episodes
Wentworth Shane Butler6 episodes
2018–21 Harrow Callan Prowd28 episodes
2018 Tidelands Jared4 episodes
2019 Les Norton Billy Dunne10 episodes
2020ThaluThe Trapper1 episode
2021 Fires Mott6 episodes
Eden Fred3 episodes
2022 Barons Reg Thompson8 episodes
Play School Self1 episode
2023 The Newsreader Lynus PrestonEpisode 10: "The Hungry Truth"
2024 Critical Incident Ty EganTV series 6 episodes

Film appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024Kid SnowLizard
2024LunacyThe Mongoose
2023How Can I Help YouBossShort
2021Lustration VRShort
2021StreamlineJosh Hill
2021CookedDaz/Dougie/Water Police
2015 Spear Djali
2014The Palace That I Live InJackShort film
2013 Around the Block Liam Wood
2012 The Sapphires Stevie Kayne
2009 Bran Nue Dae Peter
2005 The Djarn Djarns Frankie Dollar

Theatre

YearTitleRoleCompany
1993The Cake ManBaby Bangarra Dance Theatre
2000SkinDancer
2005BoomerangDancer
2012BloodlandRunu Sydney Theatre Company
2013BlakDancerBangarra Dance Theatre
2014Black DiggersBertie/Ensemble Queensland Theatre Company
Brothers WreckRuben Belvoir St Theatre
SugarlandJimmy ATYP
2015Elektra/OrestesOrestesBelvoir St Theatre

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  28. ↑ Hyundai - Behind the scenes - Have you tried it? on YouTube 17 October 2022
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