Dustin Clare

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Dustin Clare
File:Dustin Clare.jpg
Born (1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 44)
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
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(m. 2002)​
Children1

Dustin Clare (born 2 January 1982) is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned, and as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.

Personal life

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Clare is from Australia. Born in Grafton, he grew up in both Ballina, NSW and Maclean, NSW.[1] Clare studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, he graduated in 2004.[2]

He served as a 2012 ambassador for the Warrambeen Film Festival.[3] He is also an ambassador for the White Ribbon Foundation.[4]

Career

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From 2006 to 2007, Clare starred as Riley Ward in 48 episodes of the series McLeod's Daughters.[5][6] In 2009, he played Sydney hit-man and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities[7] and also as Sean in the Showtime Network (Australia) series Satisfaction.[8]

His global fame occurred when he starred as Gannicus, the champion gladiator of the House of Batiatus, in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.[9] This is the prequel to the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the second season chronologically of release. He returned to his role as Gannicus in the two sequel seasons to Spartacus: Blood and Sand entitled Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned.[10]

He received a 2007 Logie Award for McLeod's Daughters,[11] and a 2015 Equity Ensemble Award for ANZAC Girls.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Eye of the Storm Col
2013 Goddess Rory
2014 Sunday Charlie
2018 Pacific Rim Uprising Joseph Burke
2022 Seriously Red George Michael
2024 With or Without You Cowboy

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 HeadLand Gareth Williams Season 1, episodes 2–3
All Saints Rick Fallon Episode: "New Beginnings"
2006–2007 McLeod's Daughters Riley Ward Main role, seasons 6–7
Won 2007 Silver Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent
2007 Air Australia Sir Charles Kingsford Smith TV miniseries
2008–2010 Satisfaction Sean Main role, seasons 2–3
Nominated, 2009 Silver Logie Award for Best Actor[13]
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Christopher Dale Flannery Recurring role, season 2, 8 episodes
2011 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Gannicus Main role
2012 Spartacus: Vengeance
2013 Spartacus: War of the Damned
2014 ANZAC Girls Lieutenant Harry Moffitt Main role
Won 2015 Equity Ensemble Award[14]
2015 Strike Back: Legacy Faber Recurring role, season 5
2016 Wolf Creek Sullivan Hill Main role, season 1
2018 Tidelands Pat McTeer Recurring role
2019 Rosehaven Farmer Dan Season 3, 3 episodes
Reef Break Richard Stuyler 5 episodes
Doctor Doctor Jarrod[15][16] Season 4, 10 episodes
Glitch[17] Mark Clayton-Stone Season 3, 6 episodes
2020 Eden[18] Huckleberry 7 episodes
2023 Almost Paradise Erik 1 episode
2022–2023 Surviving Summer[19] Thommo Gibson 14 episodes
2024 Good cop, bad cop Silvio Oliveria 1 episode

Awards

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Year Work Award Category Result
2007 McLeod's Daughters Logie Awards Silver Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent Won
2008–2010 Satisfaction Logie Awards Silver Logie Award for Best Actor Nominated
2015 ANZAC Girls Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries / Telemovie Won

References

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