Tim Pocock | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Education | Redfield College, Dural |
Alma mater | National Institute of Dramatic Art [1] |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Tim Pocock is an Australian actor and pianist best known for his role as a teenage Scott Summers in X-Men Origins: Wolverine , [2] as well as Ethan Karamakov in the ABC television series Dance Academy [3] and NBC's Camp , as Robbie Matthews.
Pocock attended Redfield College in Dural in Sydney, Australia. [4] [5] He began his interest in film in 2003, when in Year Twelve he submitted a short film for his Extension II English major work. Pocock started a career in acting despite not having studied drama. [1]
He appeared on the Australian Soap Opera Home and Away in 2011, where he played Angus McCathie.
Pocock came out as gay during an interview on television series Four Corners , which was investigating harmful classroom practices in Australian Opus Dei schools, such as Redfield College. [4]
His uncle is former New South Wales Minister for Finance Damien Tudehope. [4]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Scott Summers / Cyclops | |
2013 | Forbidden Ground | Private Angus O'Leary | |
2014 | Lemon Tree Passage | Toby Stone | |
2016 | Red Billabong | Tristan Marshall | |
2023 | Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism | Daniel | [6] [7] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Cops LAC | Lance | Episode "The Learning Curve" |
2010–2012 | Dance Academy | Ethan Karamakov | |
2011 | Home and Away | Angus McCathie | 3 episodes |
2013 | Camp | Robbie Matthews | |
2017 | The Lost Nirvana | William Blane | 4 episodes |
2017 | Runaways | Young Victor Stein | Episode: "Refraction" |
2018 | The First Month Is Free | Steve | Television film |
2022 | We Were Tomorrow | William | Post-production; 4 episodes |
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