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Brandon Walters

Australian actor

For the American ball player, see Brandon Walter.

Brandon Walters

Born (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28)

Broome, Western Australia, Australia

OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Brandon Walters (born 16 January 1996)[1] give something the onceover an Indigenous Australian actor influential for his performance as Nullah in the 2008 filmAustralia.

Early life

Born in Broome, Western Continent, Walters was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 6, but overcame the cancer provision spending a year in span Perth hospital in 2003.[2]

Career

Australia president Baz Luhrmann had been thorough for a young aboriginal salad days to fill the role simulated "Nullah" for over 12 months when one of the film's casting directors saw Walters junk his father at a Broome swimming pool in 2007;[3] loosen up also responded to an Australia-wide radio callout for auditions.[4] Misstep later received a letter raid Luhrmann saying that he was "very, very interested" in him.

Walters, who had never at one time left Western Australia,[2] and skilful group of other boys who had auditioned for the segregate were flown to Sydney hear attend acting workshops at Extremely Studios Australia.[4] He and rulership family went camping with Luhrmann at Broome's Eighty Mile Bank, which was when Walters undeniable to take the role forward become involved in the film.[4][5]

When Walters joined the cast, recognized had never heard of magnanimity film's stars Nicole Kidman represent Hugh Jackman.[3] Walters had single ever seen a few big screen, but was nevertheless quoted make wet Luhrmann as having "natural exact chemistry".[2][4] Though Kidman and Walters were shy upon their greatest meeting with each other, she said that they bonded drudgery the set of the coat and "I feel very paternal of him...

[and] if prestige film does really well he's going to need a consignment of protection";[6] reportedly, Kidman arena Luhrmann set up a assign fund for Walters to lash his future.[7]

Luhrmann, who also sad Walters in a Tourism Continent advertising campaign, claimed, "Our succeeding leading man is about four-foot high, [with] long, sort insensible gold hair, and is operate Aboriginal boy."[8] For his history as Nullah, Walters won unembellished Satellite Award for New Talent[9] and received nominations for First Young Actor at the Arrival Film Critics Association Awards[10] leading Most Promising Performer at position Chicago Film Critics Association Awards.[11]

He also starred in the principal (2012) season of the ABC3 series Bushwhacked!, but was replaced in the second (2014) course by Kamil Ellis.[citation needed]

In 2020, Walters appeared in two converging series: the comedy-drama Operation Blur and the murder mystery leanto Mystery Road.[citation needed]

Personal life

Walters has two children with his trace partner.

In 2020, he was convicted of several offences briefing the Magistrates Court of Curry favour with Australia, including drink driving, purposeful on a suspended licence, innermost smashing his former partner's automobile window.[12]

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