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Stephen Lovatt | |
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| Born | 27 May 1964 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Known for | Neighbours as Max Hoyland |
Stephen Lovatt (born 27 May 1964) is a New Zealand actor, best known internationally for his portrayal of character Max Hoyland on the Australian soap Neighbours .
Since training as an actor at Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School, graduating in 1986, Lovatt has acted on stage, television and feature films. Aside from his award-winning theatre work, his New Zealand roles include 30 episodes of soap Shortland Street , Eve's father in Being Eve , an episode of Mataku and local television success Go Girls . He has also acted in many fantasy shows that were filmed in New Zealand; he co-starred as one of the adventurers in Jules Verne adaptation Mysterious Island , and had guest parts in Legend of the Seeker , the short-lived Cleopatra 2525 , Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and spin-off shows Young Hercules , playing the God Morpheus and Xena: Warrior Princess where he played Phalangus and also the God of the Underworld, Hades in the 5th season. Lovatt was most recently seen in the acclaimed New Zealand-set drama series Top Of The Lake, where he had a recurring role as a police officer.
In the late 1990s Lovatt began making inroads into Australian television. After acting in award-winning small-town tale Something in the Air , he won the part of father and bar-owner Max Hoyland on long-running Australian soap Neighbours . Lovatt acted on the show for five years. [1]
Lovatt was award-nominated in New Zealand for his starring role in 2002 feature This is Not a Love Story; he played a soap star who gets caught between two women. His other acting roles include Savage Honeymoon , the car-yard owner in 2008 Anthony McCarten feature Show of Hands , and 2012 conspiracy thriller The Cure.
Lovatt is one of the ensemble cast of New Zealand-shot series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena , [2] a prequel to the 2010 series Spartacus: Blood and Sand . Lovatt plays Tullius, a wealthy member of the Roman elite involved in varied nefarious activities, including slave trading. Lovatt has been quoted as saying he relishes the chance to show a dark side rarely seen in his earlier screen characters. [3] The Spartacus cast includes Lucy Lawless, who Lovatt worked with on Xena: Warrior Princess .
In the 2003 New Zealand Film and TV Awards, Lovatt was nominated for Best Performance in a Digital Feature, for This is Not a Love Story. In 2006 he was awarded the title "Australia's Brainiest Neighbour" on a celebrity edition of the game show Australia's Brainiest.
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