Jared Daperis

Jared Daperis (born 18 August 1990) is an Australian actor. He has received a Young Artist Award nomination. Daperis' recent film work has been compared with that of a "young Mel Gibson",[1] whilst co-stars have likened him to Heath Ledger.[2]

Jared Daperis
Jared Daperis on the red carpet 2013.
Born (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationActor
Years activeSince 1993

Early life

Of Greek descent, Daperis was born in Melbourne in 1990, the middle child of three. He is the brother of actor and director Daniel Daperis and a younger sister, Stephanie Daperis.

Daperis attended Mentone Grammar School in the suburbs of Melbourne for his secondary education before graduating and moving to New York to study at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Career

He began acting at an early age appearing in the AFI award-winning short film The Order (1999), directed by Aden Young, and in television series such as Lift Off, Carla Cametti PD, Ocean Star, Holly's Heroes, Stingers, Halifax f.p.[3] and as Little Joe Cartwright in the US series Ponderosa, the prequel to the hit TV series Bonanza. He also appeared in the Foxtel series Small Time Gangster alongside Gary Sweet. However, Daperis is best known for his leading role as the eponymous Squizzy Taylor, in Underbelly: Squizzy.

Film work includes the lead role in the Australian feature Playing For Charlie, composed by Academy Award winner Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator (2000) and Whale Rider in 2002 for which he received critical praise[4] and the Italian jockey Frankie Dettori in The Cup (2011), based on the 2002 Melbourne Cup. He lent his voice to the sheep ensemble in the animated Paramount movie Charlotte's Web (2006).

Daperis' performances on stage include the Melbourne and Singapore seasons of Cameron Mackintosh's Oliver!, in which he played the Artful Dodger, and IMG's The Full Monty at Melbourne's Art Centre.

Appearances
Daperis (right) on the set of Small Time Gangster with director Jeffrey Walker
YearTitleTypeEpisodesRole
2015-2017House HusbandsTV SeriesJoshua Naylor
2013Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesTV SeriesCharlie Street
2013Underbelly: SquizzyTV Mini-SeriesSquizzy Taylor
2011Small Time GangsterTV Mini-SeriesCharlie
2011The CupFilmFrankie Dettori
2009Carla Cametti PDTV SeriesJohnno Carroll
2008Playing For CharlieFilmTony Hobbs
2006Hotel SorrentoTheatreTroy Moynihan
2006Charlotte's WebFilmSheep V/O
2005Holly's HeroesTV seriesRalph Owen
2005 Blue HeelersTV seriesJamie Hunter
2004The Full MontyMusical TheatreNathan
2003Oliver!Musical TheatreArtful Dodger
2002Ocean StarTV SeriesTrent Steadman
2002Round The TwistTV SeriesBarnaby Von Clapp
2001PonderosaTV SeriesLittle Joe Cartwright
2001Like Mother Like SonFilmKenny Kimes
1999The OrderFilmJack
1995Lift OffTV SeriesRaph Ponti

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Jared Daperis at IMDb
  4. "Movie: Playing for Charlie". SBS.com.au.

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