Tanc Sade

{{short description|Australian actor, writer and director (born 1980)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Tanc Sade

| image = Tanc Sade.jpg

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| caption = Tanc Sade in October 2014

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|7|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

| nationality = Australian

| occupation = Actor, director

| spouse =

| years_active = 2002–present

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Tanc Sade (born 28 July 1980) is an Australian actor, writer and director. Sade worked in several theatre productions in Australia before landing a recurring role on Gilmore Girls in 2005.

Early life

Sade was born in Sydney, Australia. He worked in theatre before moving to the United States.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Career

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Sade rose to international attention playing the quirky role of "Finn" in the cult series Gilmore Girls. Producer Amy Sherman-Palladino created the role after he auditioned for the role of love interest Logan Huntzberger. He starred in the series Roadies, the one-hour drama written and directed by Cameron Crowe and produced by J. J. Abrams for Showtime, which lasted for one season.

Sade played Alec Holester in Matador. The action series, from executive producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman which debuted in July 2014 on Robert Rodriguez's new cable network and is composed of 13-hour-long episodes. He recently starred in Childhood's End based on the Arthur C. Clarke novel of the same name.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Sade starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the movie Stolen and has appeared on Sons of Anarchy, The Mentalist, The Resident, Body of Proof, 90210, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY. He wrote and directed Flowers and Weeds starring Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe winner, Terence Stamp, and music from Academy Award winner Glen Hansard.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Athletic career

In 2012, Sade broke the Australian National Dynamic Freediving record by swimming {{convert|218|m}} on a single breath of air.{{cite web|title=Australian Freediving Association: Hall of Fame|url=http://australianfreediving.org/competition/hall-of-fame/#DYN|accessdate=24 September 2014}} He was later crowned Australian National champion of the same year.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

In 2013, Sade broke the Australian National Dynamic No-fins record with a swim of {{convert|177|m}}.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

|Code 2

|George

|Short film

2007

|Sex and Death 101

|Beta

|

2007

|After Sex

|Freddy

|

2008

|Flowers and Weeds

|Joshua

|Short film

2012

|Not That Funny

|Tyler

|

2012

|Stolen

|Pete

|

2013

|January Man

|January Man

|Short film

2014

|Hollows Grove

|George

|

2016

|Queen of Hearts

|West

|Short film, completed

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

|Young Lions

|Steve

|"The City and the Taxi Driver"

2002

|Don't Blame Me

|Nigel

|"Liar Liar"

2003

|White Collar Blue

|Karl Baumann

|"1.18"

2004–2006

|Gilmore Girls

|Finn

|Recurring role

2007

|CSI: Miami

|Jason Billings

|"Kill Switch"

2007

|CSI: NY

|Zamir Duka

|"The Deep"

2008

|90210

|Tom Moreno

|"Model Behavior"

2008

|{{sortname|The|Strip|The Strip (Australian TV series)}}

|Terry McCready

|"Stolen Yacht"

2010

|{{sortname|The|Mentalist}}

|Ed Harrington

|"Red All Over"

2012

|Body of Proof

|Teddy Gorman

|"Occupational Hazards"

2014

|Sons of Anarchy

|Gib White

|"Toil and Till"

2014

|Matador

|Alec Holester

|13 episodes, main role

2015

|Childhood's End

|Jerry Hallcross

|"The Children"

2016

|Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

|Finn

|"Fall"

2016

|Roadies

|Christopher House

|8 episodes

2016

|Lethal Weapon

|Julian

|"The Ties That Bind"

2018

|Deception

|Lance Bauer

|Recurring

2018

|The Resident

|Josh Robinson

|"About Time"

2023

|''1923

|Father Cillian

|3 episodes

References

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