Rhys Wakefield is an Australian actor and director, known for his roles in Australian TV series Home and Away, the feature film The Black Balloon and in season 3 of HBO's True Detective in 2019.
13 Facts About Rhys Wakefield
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Rhys Wakefield is the director and co-creator of sci-fi podcast series, From Now, which is being developed into a TV Series with Amazon Studios.
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Rhys Wakefield was born in Cairns, Queensland, to a medical standards officer mother and a father who serves in the navy.
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Rhys Wakefield attended classes at McDonald College of Performing Arts where he won the acting scholarship in 2003, during which time he performed in numerous Shakespeare festivals, working with both Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet.
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Rhys Wakefield's character was the youngest child of the Holden family until his father Tony and stepmother Rachel had his baby brother Harry.
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Rhys Wakefield played his first leading role in a feature film in The Black Balloon as Thomas Mollison which led to a nomination for Best Actor by the Australian Film Institute and the Australian Film Critics Circle.
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Rhys Wakefield's screenplay, entitled Please Close the Gate was a feature finalist at the 2016 Cinequest Film Festival Screenwriting competition and was officially selected for the Beverly Hills Film festival that same year.
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Rhys Wakefield plays Freddy Burns in season 3 of HBO's True Detective.
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Rhys Wakefield's first directed feature film, Berserk, was released in American cinemas on 5 April 2019.
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Rhys Wakefield co-wrote and produced the film with William Day Frank.
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Rhys Wakefield was listed by TVLine as one of their 'Breakout Stars to Watch' for his leading performance as Matty in Reprisal on Hulu.
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Rhys Wakefield was nominated for Best Actor in a Feature Film by the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia for his performance in The Black Balloon.
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Rhys Wakefield was nominated against Guy Pearce, William McInnes and David Roberts.