1. Stephen Peacocke was born on 30 October 1981 and is an Australian actor, who appeared in theatre productions and portrayed minor roles in television dramas and films, including Suburban Mayhem and All Saints.
32 Facts About Steve Peacocke
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Steve Peacocke rose to prominence for his portrayal as Darryl Braxton on the television soap opera Home and Away,.
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Steve Peacocke has starred as Detective Josh Levine in the Australia drama series Wanted and of 2023, stars in the Network Ten drama series Five Bedrooms, Seven Network's RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service and the ABC drama series The Newsreader.
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Steve Peacocke was born in Dubbo, New South Wales to Gareth Steve Peacocke, a former accountant, and his wife Sylvia.
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Steve Peacocke has a brother, who encouraged him to pursue acting.
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Steve Peacocke attended schools in South Dubbo before finishing his secondary education at a Bathurst boarding school.
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Steve Peacocke went on to study communications at the University of Newcastle and took a drama class taught by Glenn Hazeldine, who encouraged him to take up acting.
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Steve Peacocke worked numerous labouring jobs in his twenties while trying to start his acting career, including unloading freight trucks and working as a jackaroo for $3 an hour.
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Steve Peacocke played rugby for the Dubbo Kangaroos, but various injuries led him to theatre work instead.
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In 2004, Steve Peacocke won a City of Newcastle Drama Award for playing Ricko in a production of A Property of the Clan.
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Steve Peacocke moved to Sydney in order to pursue his acting career and he lived in a share house in Stanmore, where he struggled to make rent before he was cast in Home and Away.
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Steve Peacocke had a role in Kit Brookman's It Was Raining All Afternoon.
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Steve Peacocke began his on-screen acting career in 2006 when he appeared in a small role in the Australian film Suburban Mayhem.
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Steve Peacocke started appearing on television in 2007, when he played the role of Zeb Hall in the medical drama series All Saints.
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Steve Peacocke appeared in the television film Emerald Falls in 2008, which starred Georgie Parker.
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Steve Peacocke played a role in a parody of Rihanna's "Umbrella" music video called "Drifting in my cappella" with 1BUCK80.
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Steve Peacocke appears in the 2011 feature film Burning Man, with Matthew Goode and Bojana Novakovic.
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In early 2011, Steve Peacocke received the role of Darryl "Brax" Braxton, a local River Boy, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away.
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Steve Peacocke revealed his plans to work in the United States in the future.
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In 2012, Steve Peacocke won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent.
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Steve Peacocke received a nomination for the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
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Steve Peacocke announced his departure from Home and Away in February 2015.
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Steve Peacocke filmed his final scenes in late 2014 and he made his last on-screen appearance 10 June 2015.
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Two months later, Steve Peacocke returned to Home and Away to shoot scenes for a storyline which aired in late 2015.
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Steve Peacocke appears as Nic in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, an adaptation of Kim Barker's memoir The Taliban Shuffle.
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Steve Peacocke appears in the adaptation of Me Before You as Nathan, opposite Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin.
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Steve Peacocke then starred as Detective Josh Levine in the 2016 Australian television series Wanted.
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Steve Peacocke starred in the Nine Network miniseries Informer 3838 as Detective Paul Dale, who heads up the Victorian Police drug squad, until he is wrongfully arrested and imprisoned.
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Steve Peacocke plays flight nurse Pete Emerson in the 2021 drama series RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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Steve Peacocke carried out his own research to prepare for the role, including talking with people who worked with the Flying Doctor Service and training with a nurse.
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In February 2023, it was announced that Steve Peacocke had joined the cast of Nine's crime drama Human Error, alongside Leeanna Walsman and Rahel Romahn.
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Steve Peacocke is a private man and has been dating Bridgette Sneddon since 2005.