Nathaniel Dean (born 24 January 1975) is an Australian actor and voiceover artist. His most recent performances include Sergeant Hallett in Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant (2017), as well as colonial Australian settler William Thornhill in The Secret River for the Sydney Theatre Company.
In 2002, he won an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Tony Ayres' acclaimed Walking on Water.
Dean has performed in numerous stage plays, TV series, short films and Australian feature films. He has been the voice of numerous advertising campaigns and productions including Recipe to Riches, the AFL, Victoria Bitter and Holden.
Early life Dean grew up in the Yarra Valley region of Victoria, Australia. During his final year of high school, he resuscitated a woman at his local swimming pool. This event would later become the subject of Dean's first dramatic work.
After performing in numerous productions in Melbourne's independent theatre scene, Dean auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). He was accepted with a scholarship.
Career After graduation, Dean and NIDA classmate Toby Schmitz worked together on Howard Korder's Boys Life. The production was selected to open the Sydney Fringe Festival. The pair appeared together soon after in Schmitz's first play, Dream a Little Dream at Belvoir St Theatre.
In 2002, Dean played Patch in the TV series Always Greener, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award. That same year, he received an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Tony Ayres' film Walking on Water. In 2004, Dean was nominated for the same award for his role in Cate Shortland's Somersault. He also played Jothee in Brian Henson's science fiction film Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.
Dean played alongside Heath Ledger in Candy - Neil Armfield's adaptation of Luke Davies' novel of the same name. Armfield would later direct Dean in the plays Peribanez and Tommy Murphy's Gwen in Purgatory at Belvoir St Theatre and later The Secret River at the Sydney Theatre Company.
In 2008, Dean played a Rugby League star in Matt Nable's Australian film, The Final Winter, which told the story of how big business entered the NRL during the 1980s.
That same year, Dean played Fred Klein in Rain Shadow, a desperate and suicidal farmer whose livelihood is threatened by drought. Dean then played a psychotic serial killer addicted to Crystal Methamphetamine on East West 101.
Dean went on to play Sergeant Mick Scanlon in Channel Seven's period drama Wild Boys and Kraut in Channel Ten's Bikie Wars. He also appeared in the AFI winning series Puberty Blues.
More recently, Dean has spent more time on stage, starring in Belvoir St Theatre's production of Gwen in Purgatory, written by Tommy Murphy, and directed by Neil Armfield.
In 2013, he starred as William Thornhill in the Sydney Theatre Company's landmark adaptation of Kate Grenville's book, The Secret River.
Dean plays Tyson Black in the 2019 crime-thriller film Locusts.
Dean plays Nash Mason in Foxtel/Binge crime drama High Country.
Filmography Film +YearTitleRole Notes2002Walking on WaterSimon2003NedKlan PolicemanThe Rage in Placid LakeLachie2004SomersaultStuart2006CandyPaul Hillman2007The Final WinterTrent2017Alien: CovenantHallett2018The NightingaleStoakes2019LocustsTyson Black
Television YearTitleRole Notes2001Home and AwayScott Phillips3 episodes2001–2003Always GreenerPatch26 episodes2004Farscape: The Peacekeeper WarsJothee2 episodes2005Heartbreak TourNickTelevision film2005–2006All SaintsJames Byrne / Nathan Giles6 episodes2006HeadLandToby Martin14 episodes2007Hammer BayBrad AbbotTelevision filmRain ShadowFred Klein6 episodesEast West 101Warren JohnsEpisode: "Hunt for the Killer"2008UnderbellySidney MartinEpisode: "I Still Pray"2009City HomicideJoel MorrisonEpisode: "Mission Statement"2009–2010RushAndrew Kronin5 episodes2010SatisfactionGus4 episodes2011Killing TimeDetective EastEpisode #1.6Wild BoysMick Scanlon10 episodes2012Bikie Wars: Brothers in ArmsKraut5 episodesPuberty BluesShaneEpisode #1.62014Parer's WarGeorge WarfeTelevision filmOld SchoolJackson2 episodesANZAC GirlsMajor Lionel Quick2 episodes2019Secret CityDunn3 episodesWentworthChoccoEpisode: "Payback"2024Boy Swallows UniverseRaymond Leary2 episodesHigh CountryNash Mason4 episodes
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