Stephen James King | |
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Born | 13 August 1983 |
Education | Juilliard School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1992–present |
Stephen James King (born 13 August 1983) is an Australian TV and stage actor.
A graduate of the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, Sydney.
King leapt into the public eye on serial Home and Away in the regular role as Edward Dunglass in 1999. He then guest starred on the popular Sci-Fi series Farscape in 2004, and then performed on stage with the Sydney Theatre Company and Belvoir Street Theatre as a teenager.
At the age of 20, King was accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. [1] [2] Since graduating in 2008, he has appeared on stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival AKA Shakespeare in the Park with Sam Waterston, Lauren Ambrose and Michael Stuhlbarg, [3] New York Theatre Workshop with Tim Robbins and at the Tony Award winning McCarter Theater, Princeton. [4] In 2008, he guest starred on ABC's Life on Mars with Harvey Keitel. He then returned to the theatre, appearing in plays such as Neil LaBute's Reasons To Be Pretty . [1] In 2014, he co-created with Michael Demosthenous, Little Bondi short film, that was selected for Tropfest an international short film festival. [5]
Year | Title | Role |
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2003 | The Rage in Placid Lake | Angus |
2004 | Courts mais GAY: Tome 7 | Roy (segment "Quels adultes savent") |
What Grown-Ups Know (Short) | Roy | |
2013 | The Little Death | Nelson |
2014 | Little Bondi (Short) [5] | Linda / Wayne / Di / Liam |
A Funny Kind of Love | Guy with Bottle | |
2015 | THE AUCTION (Short) | Marcus King, the auctioneer (also co-writer and co-director of short) [2] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999-2000 | Home and Away | Edward Dunglass | TV series, 27 episodes |
2001 | Changi | Jack | TV mini-series, 1 episode |
2004 | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | Pikal | TV mini-series, 2 episodes |
2008 | Life on Mars | Johnny H. | TV series, 1 episode |
2021 | Space Nova | Hugo Nova | TV series, 26 episodes |
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