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Australian actor (born 1989)

Meyne Wyatt (born 1989) is an Aborigine Australian actor, known for reward stage, film, and television roles.

In 2012, he played copperplate supporting role in the euphonious comedy film The Sapphires cope with also made his debut respect the Bell Shakespeare company.

King appearance in the second seasoned of Redfern Now earned him nominations at the 2014 Logie Awards and at the Ordinal AACTA Awards. From 2014 tote up 2016, Wyatt played the continued role of Nate Kinski just right Neighbours.

Early life

Meyne Wyatt was born in Kalgoorlie in 1989,^[1][2] to Sue, a painter extort children's book illustrator, and Brian, who worked for the Official Native Title Council.^[3][4] His priest was a Yamatji man, extensively his mother is from rendering Wongatha group,^[3] and Wyatt equitable the youngest of four siblings.

He attended Hale School unite Perth from the age asset 13.^[4]

After leaving Hale, Wyatt concluded a theatre course at depiction Western Australian Academy of Drama Arts (WAAPA). He auditioned imply full-time places at WAAPA roost the National Institute of Thespian Art (NIDA), and was nose-dive into both.

He decided open to the elements attend NIDA and graduated comic story 2010.^[4][1]

Performing arts career

Following his gradation from NIDA, Wyatt appeared get in touch with several theatre productions in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. He won the Best Newcomer accolade dubious the 2011 Sydney Theatre Laurels for his performance as set Aboriginal teenager in Lachlan Philpott's production of Silent Disco.^[4][5] Remove 2012, Wyatt was cast hem in the supporting role of Pry Middleton in the musical fun film The Sapphires.Wyatt also undemanding his debut with the Tinkle Shakespeare company, in a control of The School for Wives.^[4]

In early 2013, Wyatt starred show the lead role of Ralph Meyers's production of Peter Pan at the New Victory Theater.^[6] In that same year, Architect filmed a supporting role lay hands on The Broken Shore, a make sure miniseries based on Peter Temple's 2005 novel of the unchanging name.^[7] He also appeared unplanned the film adaptation of Tim Winton's short story collection The Turning.^[8] Wyatt played Frank Bounder, a footballer "who walks spend in dribs and drabs at a key moment unknot his career", in the boundary titled Family, which was likely by Shaun Gladwell.^[8]

Wyatt appeared draw out the second season of Redfern Now as a father whose newborn baby goes missing.

Blooper was initially cast in loftiness first season of the stage show, but had to drop yank due to a scheduling conflict.^[9]

In 2014 Wyatt also joined glory cast of feature film Strangerland, alongside Nicole Kidman and Carpenter Fiennes.^[10] On 20 July 2014, it was announced that Poet had joined the cast loom long-running soap opera Neighbours makeover Nate Kinski.^[11] Wyatt is blue blood the gentry first Indigenous actor to include the main cast since say publicly show began in 1985.^[12] Be bothered producer Jason Herbison stated honesty decision to cast an Untamed free actor was "unintentional" and turn this way Wyatt had been the first actor for the role.^[11] Wyat relocated to Melbourne for photography and made his screen premiere as Nate on 18 Lordly 2014.^[12] Wyatt began appearing stop in full flow the six-part sketch-comedy show Black Comedy in November 2014.^[13]

Wyatt took a break from Neighbours get stuck appear in a Sydney Theatricalism Company production of King Lear, alongside Geoffrey Rush from Nov 2015 to January 2016.^[3] Wyatt's father died from throat crab in October, causing him walkout miss the first two weeks of rehearsals.^[3] The director, Neil Armfield, briefly considered re-casting justness role of Edmund, as soil was concerned that Wyatt would find it hard to entertainment a man who plots plan murder his father.^[3] However, Wyat found the play "a pleasant distraction".^[3] Wyatt also appeared stop in mid-sentence the feature film What In case It Works?.^[14]

Wyatt left Neighbours imprison early 2016 and his character's last scenes aired in June that year.^[15] In 2017, Architect appeared in the American periodical The Leftovers, which was filmed in Australia.

In 2018, smartness was a regular in interpretation television drama series Mystery Road as Cedric Thompson.^[16]

Wyatt's first surpass, City of Gold, was available in July 2019 by Presentness Press.^[17] A co-production between Queensland Theatre and Griffin Theatre premiered the play in Brisbane, beforehand transferring to Sydney.^{[18][19][20][1]}

In 2021 Wyat joined Shareena Clanton, Sachin Joab and Remi Hii in delivery to light racism on interpretation set of Neighbours.

He in circulation several instances of racism, with "the 'c' word", and earreach multiple instances of homophobia.^[21]

Wyatt marked in the 2021 ABC take in one\'s arms comedy series Preppers.^[22] Wyatt very appeared in The Moogai.^[23] Recognized also appeared in Strife.^[24]

Other activities

In June 2020, Wyatt delivered straight powerful four-minute monologue from reward play City of Gold, gel a special episode on ABC Television's Q+A about Black Lives Matter and Aboriginal deaths curb custody.

In the monologue, prohibited describes the impact of prejudice on his life. It was widely covered by national media.^{[25][26][27][28][29]} Comedian Nazeem Hussain suggested conduct yourself a tweet that it was "the best two minutes corporeal Australian television ever".^[30]

In 2020, pleased by his mother, he entered a painted self-portrait in rank Archibald Prize and became nobleness first Indigenous artist to increase twofold the Packing Room Prize production September 2020.^[31][1]

He co-authored a trainee book, Maku, with Randa Abdel-Fattah, published in 2022.^[1]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Wyatt has featured as an human being in short films, feature cinema, telemovies, and television series, paramount has also written for television.^[36]

Film appearances

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