Dustin Clare

Dustin Clare is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned, and as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.

Personal life

Clare is from Australia. Born in Grafton, he grew up in both Ballina, NSW and Maclean, NSW.[1] Clare studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, he graduated in 2004.[2]

He served as a 2012 ambassador for the Warrambeen Film Festival.[3] He is also an ambassador for the White Ribbon Foundation.[4]

From 2006–2007, he starred as Riley Ward in 48 episodes of the series McLeod's Daughters.[5][6] In 2009, he played Sydney hit-man and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities[7] and also as Sean in the Showtime Network (Australia) series Satisfaction.[8]

His global fame occurred when he starred as Gannicus, the champion gladiator of the House of Batiatus, in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.[9] This is the prequel to the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the second season chronologically of release. He returned to his role as Gannicus in the two sequel seasons to Spartacus: Blood and Sand entitled Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned.[10]

He received a Logie Award for McLeods Daughters,[11] and an Equity Ensemble award for ANZAC Girls.[12]

Film roles
Year	Title	Role
2011	The Eye of the Storm	Col
2013	Goddess	Rory
2014	Sunday	Charlie
2018	Pacific Rim Uprising	Joseph Burke

Television roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Headland	Gareth Williams	Episodes: #1.2, #1.3
2005	All Saints	Rick Fallon	Episode: "New Beginnings"
2006–2007	McLeod's Daughters	Riley Ward	Main role (seasons 6–7) Won, Silver Logie award for Most Popular New Male Talent (2007)
2007	Air Australia	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith	TV miniseries
2008–2010	Satisfaction	Sean	Main role (seasons 2–3) Nominated, Silver Logie award for Best Actor
2009	Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities	Christopher Dale Flannery	Recurring role (season 2), 8 episodes
2011	Spartacus: Gods of the Arena	Gannicus	Main role
2012	Spartacus: Vengeance
2013	Spartacus: War of the Damned
2014	ANZAC Girls	Lieutenant Harry Moffitt	Main role
2015	Strike Back: Legacy	Faber	Recurring role (season 5)
2016	Wolf Creek	Sullivan Hill	Main role (season 1)
2018	Tidelands	Pat McTeer	Recurring role
2019	Rosehaven	Farmer Dan	3 episodes (season 3)
2019	Reef Break	Richard Stuyler	5 Episodes
2019	Doctor Doctor	Jarrod	Season 4
2019	Glitch	Mark Clayton-Stone	Recurring role (season 3)

"Q&A with Dustin Clare". NineMSN. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
"Dustin Clare Makes His Mark" (PDF). WAAPA Alumni Newsletter. WAAPA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
"Dustin Clare Warrambeen Film Festival Ambassador". Warrambeen Film Festival. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
"Dustin Clare". White Ribbon New Zealand. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
"Riley Ward (Dustin Clare)". NineMSN. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
"Episode List - McLeod's Daughters". IMDB. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
"Channel Nine - Underbelly". Channel Nine Australia. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
"The Cast of Satisfaction - Sean". Showtime Networks AU. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
Reynolds, Mike. "Australian Actor Dustin Clare To Play Lead Role In Starz's 'Spartacus' Prequel". Multichannel. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
"'Wolf Creek' star Dustin Clare joins newly re-titled 'Pacific Rim: Uprising'". IF Magazine. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
"Dustin Clare gets Satisfaction". TV Tonight. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
"Equity Ensemble Awards winners". IF Magazine. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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