Sullivan Stapleton is an Australian actor and producer. He has more than forty roles in film and television. Sullivan became widely known after participating in the crime drama "According to the Wolf's Laws" and in the film "300 Spartans: The Rise of an Empire", where he appeared on the screen in the image of the Greek commander Themistocles.
Stapleton has been nominated twice for Best Supporting Actor and Breakthrough Actor Awards by the Australian Film Institute. He began his creative career in childhood, when, together with his sister Jacinta, who later became an actress, he took part in the filming of commercials and in model shows.
early years
Sullivan was born in Australia in the summer of 1977 to a family of ordinary employees. When the boy was eight and his sister was six, their own aunt took the children to an agency that recruits young actors and models for new television projects. There Stapleton's creative biography began. A year later, Sullivan became a full member of the Australian Actors' Union.
Soon, the boy began to be invited to shoot in advertising and television projects, where one of the directors noticed him, inviting him to star in his short film about schoolchildren. The director liked Sullivan's work very much, so he strongly recommended that the talented boy continue his acting career.
Creativity captivated the young man completely, and after graduating from school, Sullivan was educated at the Australian College Sandringham Secondary College, where he studied acting and theatrical arts. During his student years, Sullivan performed on the stage of St. Martin's Theater in Melbourne, and after receiving his diploma, he went to look for work in the cinema.
Film career
Before Sullivan got the opportunity to act in films, he had to earn money in a pet store as a cleaner and at a construction site. Then he was taken to the studio, where the young man at first helped to expose cameras on the set and was an assistant cameraman.
Stapleton got his first serious roles in the 90s, playing in television projects: "Blue Healers" and "Baby Bath Massacre", as well as in the famous Australian TV series "Neighbors", which aired in the country for many years. It was after "Neighbors" that Sullivan's acting career began to go uphill, he soon began to receive invitations to new projects.
The actor starred in many television series. It was thanks to them that he became famous in the world of cinema and received several awards from the Australian Film Institute. Among his works, roles in the films: "Profile of a Serial Killer", "Witch Hunt", "Our Secret Life", "MacLeod's Daughters", "Darkness Comes", "The Condemned", "Marine Patrol", "Delight", "On edge ".
Success came to Stapleton after he starred in a crime drama based on true events from the young director D. Michaud - "By the Laws of the Wolf." The film was a great success with the audience and attracted the attention of famous film critics. At the Sundance festival, the film received the main prize and recognition of the public around the world. After the release of the film, Sullivan earned fame and fame in cinematic circles.
Two years later, the actor was invited to a joint British-American project called "Strike Back". Sullivan gets one of the main roles in the series and appears on screens in four seasons, until the moment when he himself decides to stop working in the film.
His further work is associated not only with Australian cinema, but also with American cinema. Stapleton in 2013 played in the film "Gangster Hunters" and almost immediately in the famous epic film "300 Spartans: Rise of an Empire", where he got the main role of Themistocles.
Today the actor continues to work in new projects. Since 2015, he has been starring in the TV series The Blind Spot as Agent Kurt Weller.
Personal life
Despite the fact that Sullivan is already 41 years old, he still has not chosen his life partner.
For some time, the actor met with TV presenter Joe Beth Taylor, but it did not come to a serious relationship. The reason for the separation could have been Sullivan's infatuation with actress Eva Green, but whether these rumors were reliable is unknown.
Stapleton's romance with Jamie Alexander was also discussed in the press, but both actors stated that there was never any relationship between them.
