Dustin Clare
{{short description|Australian actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|1|2|df=y}}
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|occupation = Actor
|yearsactive = 2003–present
|spouse = {{marriage|Camille Keenan|2002|}}
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Dustin Clare 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
Clare is from Australia. Born in Grafton, he grew up in both Ballina, NSW and Maclean, NSW.{{cite web|title=Q&A with Dustin Clare|url=http://mcleodsdaughters.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=145916|publisher=NineMSN|access-date=9 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319171011/http://mcleodsdaughters.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=145916|archive-date=19 March 2012|df=dmy-all}} Clare studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, he graduated in 2004.{{cite web|title=Dustin Clare Makes His Mark|url=http://www.waapa.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/291393/InsideWAAPA-29.pdf|work=WAAPA Alumni Newsletter|publisher=WAAPA|access-date=9 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318071620/http://www.waapa.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/291393/InsideWAAPA-29.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}
He served as a 2012 ambassador for the Warrambeen Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Dustin Clare Warrambeen Film Festival Ambassador| date=9 February 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSsi5cgt1b0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/kSsi5cgt1b0 |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|publisher=Warrambeen Film Festival|access-date=9 June 2012}}{{cbignore}} He is also an ambassador for the White Ribbon Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://whiteribbon.org.nz/tag/dustin-clare/|title=Dustin Clare|website=White Ribbon New Zealand|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-12}}
Career
From 2006 to 2007, Clare starred as Riley Ward in 48 episodes of the series McLeod's Daughters.{{cite web|title=Riley Ward (Dustin Clare)|url=http://mcleodsdaughters.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=151445|publisher=NineMSN|access-date=9 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814175145/http://mcleodsdaughters.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=151445|archive-date=14 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Episode List - McLeod's Daughters|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292414/epcast|publisher=IMDB|access-date=9 June 2012}} In 2009, he played Sydney hit-man and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities{{cite web|title=Channel Nine - Underbelly|url=http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/sectionsmall.aspx?sectionid=9769§ionname=showunderbellyataleoftwocities&subsectionid=150868&subsection=thecast2|publisher=Channel Nine Australia|access-date=9 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516091202/http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/sectionsmall.aspx?sectionid=9769§ionname=showunderbellyataleoftwocities&subsectionid=150868&subsection=thecast2|archive-date=16 May 2012|url-status=dead}} and also as Sean in the Showtime Network (Australia) series Satisfaction.{{cite web|title=The Cast of Satisfaction - Sean|url=http://showtime.com.au/showcase/show/13048/cast/sean|publisher=Showtime Networks AU|access-date=9 June 2012}}
His global fame occurred when he starred as Gannicus, the champion gladiator of the House of Batiatus, in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.{{Cite web|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/australian-actor-dustin-clare-play-lead-role-starzs-spartacus-prequel-328544|title=Australian Actor Dustin Clare To Play Lead Role In Starz's 'Spartacus' Prequel|last=Reynolds|first=Mike|website=Multichannel|date=19 July 2010 |language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-12}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.if.com.au/wolf-creek-star-dustin-clare-joins-newly-re-titled-pacific-rim-uprising/|title='Wolf Creek' star Dustin Clare joins newly re-titled 'Pacific Rim: Uprising'|date=2017-03-06|website=IF Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-12}}
He received a 2007 Logie Award for McLeod's Daughters,{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/dustin-clare-gets-satisfaction.html|title=Dustin Clare gets Satisfaction|date=2008-07-01|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-12}} and a 2015 Equity Ensemble Award for ANZAC Girls.{{Cite web|url=https://www.if.com.au/equity-ensemble-awards-winners/|title=Equity Ensemble Awards winners|date=2015-04-23|website=IF Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-12}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2011
| Col | |
| 2013
| Goddess | Rory | |
| 2014
| Sunday | Charlie | |
| 2018
| Joseph Burke | |
| 2022
| George Michael | |
| 2024
| With or Without You | Cowboy | |
=Television=
Awards
| class=wikitable
! 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 | {{nom}} |
| 2015 | ANZAC Girls | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries / Telemovie | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1967109}}
{{EquityAward TVMiniSeriesTeleMovieCast}}
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Category:21st-century Australian male actors
Category:Australian male film actors
Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian people of New Zealand descent
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