Rhys Wakefield Wiki Biography
Rhys Wakefield is an Australian actor. He is best known as Thomas in the 2008 film The Black Balloon, and as Lucas Holden on Home and Away.
| Full Name | Rhys Wakefield |
| Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | November 20, 1988 |
| Place Of Birth | Cairns, Australia |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.77 m) |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | The McDonald College (2003–2006) |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Nicknames | Rhys Wakefields |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm1973422 |
| Nominations | AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent |
| Movies | The Purge, Sanctum, Endless Love, The Black Balloon, The Philosophers, +1, Nobody Walks, Echoes of War, Cardboard Boxer, Broken Hill, Paint It Black, Clearing the Air, Scent |
| TV Shows | Home and Away |
| Quote | |
|---|---|
| 1 | I went on a dive in between the shoot [of Sanctum (2007)] that I didn’t tell the producers about because I don’t think that was really allowed. I was on holiday over New Years so I was in Fiji on this tiny island. I went diving with sharks for my first dive outside of training. I got out on the boat and the guy said “So you’ve dived before?” and I said “Oh yeah, I’ve dived a bunch of times.” Then when I’m down there, I think I went through 60 minutes of air in half an hour. There were sharks surrounding me. It was amazing but I kept that to myself until toward the end of the shoot. |
| 2 | I met the director’s [Elissa Down] brother – whom Charlie is based on – and Luke Ford, who plays Charlie, and I went road-testing in character. We went around the shopping center and to the movies, and it was surprising to see how people reacted to us, how ignorant some people are about autism. Some people assumed he was some kind of axe-murderer out to get them, so they’d freeze up or they’d give us really weird stares like we were the freaks. – On road-testing for The Black Balloon (2008) |
| 3 | We wore massive tracksuits and laid out cushions so we could wrestle, and we played Twister and danced to ’90s music so, by the time those kissing scenes happened, we felt really comfortable with each other. – On how the director of The Black Balloon (2008) helped Rhys and Gemma Ward break the barrier before their kissing scene in the movie |
| 4 | Uh, what can I say… Kissing a supermodel? All in a day’s work! Actually, that was really nerve-wracking. I was more nervous to meet her than I was to meet Toni Collette, because I knew we’d have to get personal. And, you know, she’s a supermodel… and I’m not. – On kissing Gemma Ward in The Black Balloon (2008) |
| 5 | [on the underpants scene in The Black Ballon]: I’m the kind of guy that gets nervous being half-naked in my room, so considering there was a whole crew as well as randoms in their cars watching… yeah, I was pretty freaked out about it. |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Before he started training for Sanctum (2007) he could hold his breath for 45 seconds. After training and filming his record was one minute and twenty seconds. |
| 2 | Jakarta, Indonesia: Filming “The Philosophers” [June 2011] |
| 3 | Los Angeles, CA, USA: Filming “Cardboard Boxer”. [October 2013] |
| 4 | Went to the same school as Sarah Murdoch (O’Hare), Nikki Webster, Josh Quong Tart, Bojana Novakovic and many other prominent Australians in the entertainment industry. The McDonalds College of Performing arts in Sydney. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill | 2009 | Scott Price | |
| Clearing the Air | 2009 | Short | David |
| Home and Away | 2005-2008 | TV Series | Lucas Holden |
| The Black Balloon | 2008 | Thomas Mollison | |
| Don’t Blame the Koalas | 2002 | TV Series | Brad |
| Bootmen | 2000 | Dancing kid (uncredited) | |
| American Pets | 2018 | completed | |
| Untitled Hollywood Hills Project | 2017 | post-production | |
| You Get Me | 2017 | completed | |
| Cardboard Boxer | 2016 | J.J. | |
| Paint It Black | 2016 | Michael | |
| House of Lies | 2016 | TV Series | Conner |
| Echoes of War | 2015 | Marcus McCluskey | |
| Endless Love | 2014 | Keith Butterfield | |
| After the Dark | 2013 | James | |
| The Purge | 2013/I | Polite Leader | |
| +1 | 2013 | David | |
| A Man Walks Into a Bar | 2013 | Short | Man |
| Rita | 2013 | TV Movie | |
| Nobody Walks | 2012 | David | |
| Sanctum | 2011 | Josh | |
| Scent | 2011/I | Short | Dan |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled Hollywood Hills Project | 2017 | post-production | |
| A Man Walks Into a Bar | 2013 | Short |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled Hollywood Hills Project | 2017 | post-production | |
| A Man Walks Into a Bar | 2013 | Short |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled Hollywood Hills Project | 2017 | producer post-production | |
| A Man Walks Into a Bar | 2013 | Short producer |
Editor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Man Walks Into a Bar | 2013 | Short edited by |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack of the Show! | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Habit | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 7PM Project | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lewis Johns | 2009 | Short | Himself |
| The 2007 TV Week Logie Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Sunrise | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today Tonight | 2007 | TV Series | Lucas Holden |
| Home and Away | 2007 | TV Series | Lucas Holden |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Fright Meter Award | Fright Meter Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Purge (2013) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actor | The Black Balloon (2008) |
| 2008 | AFI Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Lead Actor | The Black Balloon (2008) |
| 2008 | IF Award | IF Awards | Best Actor | The Black Balloon (2008) |
| 2006 | Logie | Logie Awards | Most Popular New Male Talent | Home and Away (1988) |