Zac Drayson

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Zac Drayson
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Born
Zachary Lowell Drayson

(1983-01-14) 14 January 1983 (age 42)
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
Known for Home and Away as Will Smith
SpouseSabrina Drayson
Children1

Zac Drayson (born 14 January 1983) is an Australian actor.

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Early life

Drayson was born Zachary Lowell Drayson in Sydney, New South Wales. [1]

Career

He is best known for the role of Will Smith, one of Irene Roberts' (Lynne McGranger) many foster children in the soap opera Home and Away . He was a regular from 1998–2002 and made occasional guest appearances from 2003 to 2005. [2]

His character, Will, left Summer Bay after marrying the mother of his child Lily, Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper). Will later returned to the Bay on a number of occasions to see his friends and family. His first being when brother Nick (Chris Egan) ran away as he was in trouble, he later returned after drifting apart from Gypsy. On this occasion Will hoped to win back his ex-girlfriend Dani Sutherland (Tammin Sursok) but she turned him down and told him to repair his rocky marriage. He also returned for his younger sister Hayley Lawson's (Bec Hewitt) wedding to Noah (Beau Brady). Drayson's more recent stints as Will have seen his character adopt Rachel McGregor, and the 4000th episode of the soap.

He also appeared in an episode of All Saints in 2006. He played a young boy stuck on a bus that had crashed with no hope of survival.

Drayson returned to Home and Away from 14 October 2010 to 7 February 2011.

Personal life

Drayson's wife Sabrina gave birth to a son in 2015.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1997GirlJoShort film
2013Let It RainRight Hand ManShort film [3]
2016TenderMattShort film [4]
2018 The Marshes Pig HunterFeature film [5]
2022 Carmen PeteFeature film
2022Learning the Curvature of the EarthDanShort film [6]
2023The RedemptionBandit 1Short film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1998–2002,
2003–05, 2010–11
Home and Away Will Smith Seasons 11–15 (main role)
Seasons 16–18, 23–24 (recurring role)
[7]
[8]
2002 Young Lions Jay StubbingsSeason 1, episode 9 [9]
2002 Always Greener DevoSeason 2, episodes 3 & 10 [10]
2006 All Saints Billy LongleySeason 9, episode 34 [11]
2009 Packed to the Rafters FergusSeason 2, episode 3 [12]
2010 Rescue: Special Ops LeroySeason 2, episode 3 [13]
2014Town CentreStanWebseries [14]
2015 Winter Luke ThompsonSeason 1 (recurring, 4 episodes) [15]
2018Resting Pitch FaceTrevorSeason 1, episodes 2 & 3
2022 The Secrets She Keeps John JonesSeason 2, episodes 1 & 2 [16]
2023 RFDS MobbySeason 2, episode 6 [17]

As crew

YearTitleCreditNotes
2012 Underbelly GripSeason 5, episode 8
2013Let It RainGripShort film
2015 Strangerland Assistant gripFeature film
2015 Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye Assistant gripStreaming special
2016Factory HandsGripShort film
2016 Doctor Doctor GripSeason 1, episodes 7 & 8

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