Tai Hara

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Tai Hara
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Hara at The Jungle Book premiere at Event Cinema in Sydney, March 2016
Born (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 34)
Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor
Presenter
Filmmaker
Years active2010present
Notable work Home and Away (201316)
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Spouse
(m. 2017)
Children1

Tai Hara (born 29 March 1990) [1] is an Australian actor, presenter and filmmaker.

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Early life and career

Hara was born in Sydney. He attended The Southport School on the Gold Coast, Queensland. [1] [2] before attending Queensland University of Technology where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) in 2010. Following his graduation, Hara presented the television show Cash Call, which he hosted for two seasons.

Hara made his screen debut in 2011, appearing in a small role in a short-lived American science fiction drama Terra Nova . Hara is best known for his role on the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away , as Andy Barrett, from 2013 (the series' twenty-sixth season) until 2016. [2] Hara has since appeared in Australian crime drama Hyde and Seek and the popular US series Madam Secretary and Preacher .

In 2014, Hara competed in the 14th series of Dancing with the Stars . [3]

He created a web-series in 2020 called Colour Blind, a mockumentary about casting agents. [4] [5]

Hara in 2022 appeared in the first season of Colin from Accounts and in 2024 Hara was announced to return. [6] Hara was also named as part of the support cast for ABC drama mystery series Return to Paradise. [7]

Personal life

Hara became engaged to Hi-5 cast member, Fely Irvine, in 2015, [8] and the couple married in Bali in 2017. [9] Their daughter was born in late 2020. [9]

Filmography

Television appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Terra Nova Compound Guard No. 12 episodes
2011–12Cash CallHimself110 episodes
2013 Hi-5: Some Kind Of WonderfulHimselfDocumentary
2013–16 Home and Away Andy Barrett Series regular (268 episodes)
2016 Hyde and Seek Detective Kevin SogaSeries regular
2017SEAL TeamAnderson1 episode
2019 Madam Secretary David AkuaGuest
2019PreacherTV Anchor2 episodes
2020Bondi SlayerTom1 episode
2022 Underbelly: Vanishing Act [10] Vincent Lee2 episodes
2022- Colin From Accounts James4 episodes
2024AustinBarman4 episodes
Return to Paradise Glenn StrongTV series: 6 episodes

Film appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Colour BlindTai
2018Final Resting PoseHenry
2018A Low HumBilly
2012Mourning AfterTaiShort film
2012Reef 'n' BeefBassFeature film

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  4. "COLOUR BLIND - A WEB SERIES BY TAI HARA". FilmInk. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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