Nathan Page

Nathan Page was born in Perth, Western Australia to an Air Force family and moved around Australia frequently as a child.{{Cite web|url=http://www.4bc.com.au/radio/nathan-page-from-squizzy-20130905-2t8eg#.VC0YtGd0zIV%5B%5D|title=Nathan Page from Squizzy|date=5 September 2013|website=4BC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111904/http://www.4bc.com.au/radio/nathan-page-from-squizzy-20130905-2t8eg|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2019}} He started cycling in Canberra at the age of 14 and shot up through the racing ranks in New South Wales. He began competing at national level at 15, which led to a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in Adelaide.{{cite web| url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/nathan-page-trained-in-adelaide-as-a-professional-cyclist-and-then-an-actor-before--miss-fisher--lead |title= Nathan Page trained in Adelaide as both a professional cyclist and then an actor, leading to his Miss Fisher TV role |publisher= adelaideaz.com}}

A former cyclist, Page attended the Australian Institute of Sport{{cite news |last=Sams |first=Christine |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/miss-fishers-murder-mysteries-partners-in-crime-20130830-2svdf.html |title=Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: partners in crime |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 September 2013 |access-date=5 August 2014 }} with Stuart O'Grady and competed in Europe with Lance Armstrong.{{cite news |last=Sams |first=Christine |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/actor-recycles-history-of-staying-clean-20130905-2t89k.html |title=Actor recycles history of staying clean |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 September 2013 |access-date=5 August 2014 }} He retired from professional cycling at the age of 19 due to various injuries and his inability to remain competitive in Europe without performance-enhancing drugs.{{cite news |url=https://www.facebook.com/207756299350356/photos/pb.207756299350356.-2207520000.1432599311./701097000016281/?type=1&theater | title=Nathan Page Cyclist | work= TV Week | date=23 May 2015 |access-date=25 May 2015 }} He recalled "It was an era that was plagued by drugs, and it was very hard to see your way through to a long career... because I stayed clean, you could beat them some of the time, but not all of the time."

Describing his decision to take up acting after ending his cycling career, Page has said "I went into a wilderness for a while and had nothing to fall back on, then I decided to do something that was going to scare me". He began with "a little Tuesday night drama class"{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/underbelly-role-nearly-crashed/story-e6frf7jo-1111118931317|title=Nathan Page almost missed role|date=23 February 2009|work=Herald Sun|access-date=5 August 2014}} and graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts, Adelaide (now the Adelaide College of the Arts) in 1996.{{Cite web|url=http://www.showcast.com.au/showcast/View/ViewActorProfile?actorId=9281&d=yps0HbA0vfLVMFktQSkFug|title=Nathan Page|date=2012|website=Showcast|access-date=2019-03-29}}

In the first years of his acting career, Page primarily worked in theatre productions in Adelaide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/237092|title=Nathan Page|website=The Australian Live Performance Database|publisher=AusStage|access-date=2019-03-29}} In 2002 he appeared in Same, Same But Different, a major work created by Kate Champion and performed by dance theatre company Force Majeure. The work was performed at Sydney Festival, Brisbane Festival, Sydney Opera House, and the Melbourne Festival.{{cite web| url=http://forcemajeure.com.au/our-work/performance-history/same-same-but-different/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410182432/http://forcemajeure.com.au/our-work/performance-history/same-same-but-different/| website=Force Majeure| title= Same, same But Different| archive-date=10 April 2013}}

Page appeared in the films Strange Fits of Passion in 1999 and Sample People in 2000. In 2003, he had a recurring role in the third season of The Secret Life of Us as Charlie, Richie Blake's boyfriend. In 2009, he was lauded for his performance as Ray 'Chuck' Bennett in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/archive/entertainment/underbelly-stars-out-of-work/news-story/fdeb9a5ded7627bd36d570291f99c8d3|title=Underbelly star Nathan Page out of work|date=8 May 2009|website=The Courier Mail|language=en|access-date=29 March 2019}}

In 2011, Page played Alasdair 'Mac' Macdonald, the husband of Ita Buttrose in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, an ABC miniseries about Buttrose's life. After the series aired, Macdonald sued the ABC for defamation for erroneously depicting him as deserting his family. Scenes of Page's performance in Paper Giants were played in court as evidence. The ABC later issued a formal apology to Macdonald.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-apology-to-buttroses-exhusband-read-in-court-20120430-1xtu0.html|title=ABC apology to Buttrose's ex-husband read in court|last=Hall|first=Louise|date=2012-04-30|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-03-29}}

In 2012, Page co-starred as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in the first season of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries opposite Essie Davis, with whom he had appeared in a stage production of MacBeth in July 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/60430|title=Macbeth|website=The Australian Live Performance Database|publisher=AusStage|access-date=2019-03-29}} In 2013, he played Henry Stokes in Underbelly: Squizzy on Nine Network. In 2015, he played Koz Krilich in Hiding on the ABC.

In 2016, Page returned to the stage for the first time in ten years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-weekend/nathan-page-stars-in-state-theatres-new-production-of-west-end-hit-the-39-steps/news-story/6fab76824a50066be6ba24be580b2d9d|title=Nathan Page: Stepping up for 39 Steps|date=2016-08-12|newspaper=The Advertiser|language=en|access-date=2019-03-29|last1=Nunn|first1=Louise}} He played Vinnie in The Distance with the Melbourne Theatre Company and starred as Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps with the State Theatre Company of South Australia in Adelaide.{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/theatre-review-the-distance-melbourne-theatre-company/news-story/24a0ff5b9601cbeb8e922e5a01448096|title=Theatre review: The Distance, Melbourne Theatre Company|last=Herbert|first=Kate|date=2016-03-11|website=Herald Sun|access-date=2019-03-29}}

Page was cast as a lead actor in the 2020 film Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears.{{cn|date=November 2024}} He appeared in the 2020 thriller film Escape from Pretoria, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, which was filmed in Adelaide in March 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.if.com.au/daniel-radcliffe-starrer-escape-from-pretoria-kicks-off-in-south-australia/|website=if.com.au|title=Daniel Radcliffe-starrer 'Escape From Pretoria' kicks off in South Australia|date=13 March 2019|access-date=13 March 2019}} In 2022, Page appeared in an episode of the thriller television series The Tourist, playing Constable Alex.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11847842/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |title=The Tourist (TV Series 2022–2024) - IMDb |access-date=2024-09-11 |via=www.imdb.com}}{{better source|date=November 2024}}

Page also works as a voice actor. He has voiced numerous television commercials for such companies as Schweppes, BMW, Kubota Tractor Corporation, and Asics, as well as the Royal Australian Navy.{{Cite web|url=https://scoutmanagement.com.au/voice/nathan-page/|title=Nathan Page|website=Scout Voice Management|access-date=2019-03-29}}

A photograph of Page, titled The Chameleon IV, 2015 by Sydney-based photographer Sam McAdam-Cooper, was a finalist for the National Photographic Portrait Prize in 2016. Finalist photographs were displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra and were exhibited throughout Australia in 2016 and 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibitions/|title=Current and previous exhibitions, National Portrait Gallery|website= National Portrait Gallery of Australia|access-date=2019-03-29}}

{{as of|2012}} Page was living in Adelaide with his wife, New Zealand dancer and choreographer Sarah-Jayne Howard,{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/archive/specials/no-pauses-for-pregnant-dancer-sarah-jayne-howard/news-story/5d713bf1da18b54efbcc28e27077fa7a|title=No pauses for this pregnant woman|date=2012-01-04|website=Daily Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2019-03-29|last1=Writer|first1=Vanessa Keys Arts}} and their two sons.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/|title=Auckland Arts Festival: Moving Wright along|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=2011-03-03|access-date=2019-03-29|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}

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