16 Facts About Dean O'Gorman

Dean Lance O'Gorman was born on 1 December 1976 and is a New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer.

Dean O'Gorman's younger brother, Brett, is an actor as well as a comedian.

Dean O'Gorman has Irish and English ancestry; his maternal grandfather was a British paratrooper in the Second World War.

Dean O'Gorman earned a black belt in karate by the age of ten, and attended Rangitoto College in Auckland.

At 12 years old Dean O'Gorman was discovered by a casting agent during a school speech competition.

Dean O'Gorman later made a cameo appearance in an advertisement for Air New Zealand.

In Jay Roach's 2015 film Trumbo Dean O'Gorman plays the part of Kirk Douglas, including a re-creation of filming the movie Spartacus.

Dean O'Gorman plays a demoralized writer in the 2017 film Pork Pie, winning praise at Cannes.

Dean O'Gorman's career took off in the middle of the decade, when he won the role of Harry Martin in popular New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and appeared in locally-shot shows Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess multiple times.

Dean O'Gorman held a regular role as Iolaus in the short-lived Young Hercules opposite Ryan Gosling, and in Australian hit McLeod's Daughters, as Luke Morgan, a love interest of Jodi Fountain McLeod.

Dean O'Gorman has made multiple guest appearances on several television shows including The Cult, Go Girls and Legend of the Seeker.

From 2011 to 2013, Dean O'Gorman played the role of Anders Johnson in New Zealand fantasy series The Almighty Johnsons.

Dean O'Gorman played mountaineer George Lowe in 2016 mini-series Hillary.

Dean O'Gorman was almost broke, but was discovered by his friend's agent and thus began to receive more work, dividing his time among painting, photography and acting.

Dean O'Gorman's photographs were displayed at the 2015 Berlin B3 Biennial.

Dean O'Gorman married his long-time girlfriend Sarah Wilson in January 2016.