1. Trevor Jamieson was born on 7 March 1975 and is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actor, playwright, dancer, singer and didgeridoo player.
16 Facts About Trevor Jamieson
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Trevor Jamieson was born on 7 March 1975 in Subiaco, Western Australia.
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Trevor Jamieson grew up in the Western Australian Goldfields region, mostly around Kalgoorlie, Esperance, and Norseman, but his people are mostly of the Central Desert, in particular Nullarbor and Maralinga.
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Trevor Jamieson has links to Pitjantjara, Kukatja, and other groups, including the Noongar peoples of south-western WA.
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Trevor Jamieson's mother was removed from his grandmother by missionaries soon after birth, so as a child he learnt more about his father's side.
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Trevor Jamieson is a cousin of South Australian actress Natasha Wanganeen and an uncle of actor Clarence Ryan, whom he met while filming Lockie Leonard, where they play father and son.
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Trevor Jamieson co-wrote The Career Highlights of the MAMU with Scott Rankin, staged in 2002.
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Trevor Jamieson was co-creator of Ngapartji Ngapartji, with Big hART's creative director Scott Rankin.
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In 2012, the show was revived in Canberra in a condensed version under the name Ngapartji Ngapartji One, but Trevor Jamieson was not in the cast that year as he was touring with another Big hART production, Namatjira.
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In 2014, Trevor Jamieson worked with the Black Arm Band theatre company in a musical theatre production called Dirtsong which closed the 2014 Adelaide Festival on 16 March 2014.
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In 2016, Trevor Jamieson participated in a multicultural dance presentation, along with Indian dancers Isha Shavani and Tao Issaro, other Aboriginal dancers, and Maori dancers.
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In May 2022 Trevor Jamieson played Dugald in a revival of the opera Voss, a co-production by State Opera South Australia and Victorian Opera.
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The topic was one for which Trevor Jamieson could draw on his own life experiences.
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Trevor Jamieson portrayed Fingerbone Bill in the 2019 film Storm Boy, released on 17 January 2019.
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Trevor Jamieson loved the 1976 film and especially idolised David Gulpilil, so playing the character in both the stage version in 2013 and this film was a dream come true for him.
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In 2021, Trevor Jamieson was an ambassador for the Revelation Perth International Film Festival.