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David E. Woodley

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David E Woodley
Born
David Edwin Woodley

Queensland, Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
Years active1986–Present
Notable work

David Edwin Woodley is an Australian theatre, television and film actor, director and writer. He is best known for his roles in the soap operas Echo Point, as Hopper Hadley, and Home and Away, as Joel Nash.

Career

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He began his career as a stage actor in Brisbane, Australia performing under the direction of renown Shakespearean director Bryan Nason AM. Woodley toured with local theatre company Grin and Tonic.[1] before again performing under the direction of Bryan Nason in dual roles as Ea and Utnapishtim, in The Royal Queensland Theatre Company's production of Gilgamesh. Believing the UK produced most exceptional actors, Woodley moved to England to undertake drama studies at St Catherine's Drama Studio in Guildford, Surrey, UK under the direction of June and Adrian Cooper. Whilst living in the UK, he also undertook private voice studies with Alan Woodhouse at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.

Being an avid and competent horseman, on Woodley's return to Australia he trained in stunts with Canadian born stunt co-coordinator Ric Anderson in 'Horses and Heroes' a live western stunt show on the Gold Coast. He relocated to Sydney in 1995 after gaining the role of series regular, Hopper Hadley in the Network 10 television drama Echo Point, along with fellow actors, Rose Byrne (28 Weeks Later) and Martin Henderson (The Ring). Woodley went on to become a series regular with the long running series, Home and Away as Joel Nash from 1998–2000.

Woodley has performed roles in many Australian drama series including the award-winning ABC TV series Rake as well as US productions of Spartacus - Gods of the Arena and Legend of the Seeker

Woodley plays Mike Evans in the first installment of the Science Fiction Trilogy The Three-Body Problem adapted from the novel of the same name written by acclaimed Chinese author and winner of the 2015 Hugo Awards, Liu Cixin. The film is due to be released in July 2017.

Woodley holds a degree in film production from SAE Institute Sydney.

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1992 Over the Hill Barman
1999 Sick Puppy David Short
2001 The Last Espejo Cha Cha David Short
2003 Merry-Go-Round Ricardo Short
2004 Get Rich Quick Valdamir
2004 PictoCrime Jerry Hamilton
2006 Five Moments of Infidelity Shane Segment 5
2006 Body in the Trunk Jerry Short
2006 The New Life Male Cop Short
2007 The Silence is Broken Richard Short
2007 The Tomb Sergeant Colton Short
2013 The Key Prisoner 1 Short
2014 Ties Reece Short
2014 Gayby Dad Short
2015 Women He's Undressed William Kelly
2015 UnIndian Boat Captain
2017 Dance Academy: The Movie Marcus Kane
2017 Event Zero Jim Johnson
2022 Dark Noise Dr. Donovan McFadden
2023 Sons of Summer Scallop
TBA The Three-Body Problem: I Mike Evans Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989 Mission: Impossible Pilot Season 1, episode 18
1995 Tunnel Vision David De Salvo TV movie
1995 Echo Point Hopper Hadley Season 1 (main role, 130 episodes)
1996 Home and Away Barry Season 9, episodes 37 & 38
1997 Big Sky Kerry Taylor Season 1, episode 22
1998–2000 Home and Away Joel Nash Seasons 11–13 (main role, 142 episodes)
2000 Tales of the South Seas Gambler Seasons 1, episodes 4 & 9
2001 Spatch Sparch TV movie
2001–02 Crash Palace Aaron Season 1 (54 episodes)
2003 White Collar Blue Howard Carter Season 2, episode 16
2006 Two Twisted Man Season 1, episode 13
2009 Legend of the Seeker Lord Callum Season 2, episode 4
2010 Cops L.A.C. Austen Chapman Season 1, episode 5
2011 Ice Fenwick Miniseries (2 episodes)
2011 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Petronius Miniseries (2 episodes)
2011 Wild Boys Rope Gang #3 / Butler Gang #7 Season 1, episodes 9, 12 & 13
2013 Dance Academy Marcus Kane Season 3, episodes 3, 5, 12 & 13
2014 Rake David Martin Wimmer Season 3, episode 8
2014 Old School Andy Cavendish Season 1, episode 5
2014 AZIO: The Bogan Spy Agency Detective Thomas 3 episodes
2015 Hiding Hamish Wall Season 1, episodes 3 & 7
2019 The Commons Lou Denillo Season 1, episode 3
2022 Joe vs. Carole Sidney Pierce Miniseries (2 episodes)
2022 Darby and Joan Cameron Season 1, episode 3
Non-acting work
Year Title Credit Notes
1993 Time Trax Stunt double TV series (unknown episodes)
1998 Tales of the South Seas Gambler TV series (unknown episodes)
1998 The Thin Red Line Stunt performer Feature film
2001 The Last Espejo Cha Cha Producer Short
2001 Spatch Producer TV movie
2003 Merry-Go-Round Producer Short film
2003 Kangaroo Jack Stunt driver, stunts Feature film
2006 The Upside Down Show Casting assistant TV series (2 episodes)
2007 Sea Patrol Casting assistant TV series (1 episode)
2007 Prison Break Casting assistant TV series (1 episode)
2008 Out of the Blue Casting assistant TV series (1 episode)
2011 Wild Boys Stunt double, stunt performer TV series (3 episodes)
2013 The Key Producer Short film
2014 Ties Producer Short film
2014 Gayby Stunts Short film

References

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David E. Woodley at IMDb