Oliver Ackland

Oliver Ackland
File:OliverAcklandSept10TIFF.jpg Ackland at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Oliver Ackland (1979-11-09) 9 November 1979 Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Television actor
Years active	1988–present
Website	Oliver Ackland at IMDB

Oliver Ackland (born 9 November 1979) is an Australian actor.

Biography

In 2012, Ackland was seen in the comedy horror film, 100 Bloody Acres, directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes, Richard Gray’s feature Blinder and the ABC telemovie, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

Most recently, he appeared as ‘Toby Raven’ in the highly acclaimed mini-series realisation of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet, directed by Matthew Saville, and as ‘Rhys’ in The Slap, adapted from the multi award winning novel by Christos Tsiolkas. Ackland’s other television credits include All Saints, Always Greener, Young Lions and Outriders. He also appeared in the telemovie Emerald Falls and co-starred in the miniseries Jessica, both directed by Peter Andrikidis.

Ackland starred in Ben Lucas’ Wasted on the Young, which premiered at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival and screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. His other feature film credits include Roger Scholes’ Cable and John Hillcoat’s highly acclaimed feature The Proposition.

Ackland has also appeared in numerous short films including Damian Walshe-Howling’s The Bloody Sweet Hit and Eve directed by Hannah Hilliard.

In 2009 he was awarded the inaugural Heath Ledger Scholarship by Australians in Film.

Filmography

Film

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Proposition	Patrick Hopkins
2006	Eve	Jack	Short film
2007	The Bloody Sweet Hit	Dylan	Short film
2009	Emergence	Adam	Short film
2010	Wasted on the Young	Darren
2011	50-50	Charlie	Short film
2011	Tinman	Jim	Short film
2012	100 Bloody Acres	James
2013	Blinder	Tom Dunn
2014	Engram		Short Film

Television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Outriders	Vince Frasca	26 episodes
2002	Young Lions	Liam Quinlan	Episode: "Serial Killer: Part 1"
2003	Always Greener	Matt Payne	Episode: "Great and Not So Great Expectations"
2003	Home and Away	Stephen Ross	Episode: "1.3479"
2003	Pirate Islands	Mars	26 episodes
2003	Out There	Peter Logan	Episode: "Peggy" Episode: "Some Wombats Have All the Luck"
2004	Jessica	Jack Thomas	TV movie
2005	Cable	Pauli	TV movie
2008	Emerald Falls	Steve Landers	TV movie
2011	Cloudstreet	Toby Raven	TV miniseries
2011	The Slap	Rhys	Episode: "Hector" Episode: "Anouk"
2012	The Mystery of a Hansom Cab	Brian Fitzgerald	TV movie
2014	Party Tricks	Tom Worland	6 Episodes
2015	Satisfaction	Julian	1 Episode
2015	The Originals	Tristan de Martel	Guest star

Music videos

Television

Year	Artist	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Mysteries	Newly Thrown	Dan Burnstall

External links

• Oliver Ackland at the Internet Movie Database