Kyle Braxton
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Nic Westaway | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2012–2016 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 8 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 21 April 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Lucy Addario | ||||||||||||
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Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye (2015) Home and Away: Revenge (2016) Home and Away: All or Nothing (2017) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
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| Other names | Kyle Bennett | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Restaurant co-owner Gym co-owner |
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| Home | Prison | ||||||||||||
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| Father | Danny Braxton |
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| Stepmother | Cheryl Braxton |
| Brothers | Casey Braxton (step) |
| Half-brothers |
Darryl Braxton Heath Braxton |
| Nephews |
Rocco Scott-Braxton Harley Braxton Casey Braxton |
| Nieces | Darcy Callahan |
Kyle Braxton (also Bennett) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Nic Westaway. Kyle debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 8 August 2012. The actor was nervous about joining the established Braxton family because of their popularity with viewers. Kyle is a "damaged individual" who grew up without much love. His father, Danny Braxton (Andy McPhee) walked out on him and his mother died. He was placed into foster care. Kyle developed a vendetta against his half-brothers and when Casey Braxton (Lincoln Younes) kills Danny, Kyle kidnaps Casey and leaves him for dead in the Australian desert. Kyle moves to Summer Bay to begin a new life and seeks his brother's acceptance. But he falls in love with Casey's girlfriend Tamara Kingsley (Kelly Paterniti). Westaway has revealed that he developed a unique "death stare" for Kyle to give other characters.
Critics of the show have reacted positively to the character. The Daily Telegraph's Amy Harris branded him a "popular addition to the cast". The actor has been long-listed for a Logie Award and TV Week said that the role had made Westaway one of the "rising stars of 2013". Laura Morgan of All About Soap has labelled Kyle the show's "crazy bad boy". Westaway decided to leave the show after almost four years and Kyle was sent to prison for armed robbery. His exit scenes aired on 21 April 2016. Kyle was the last of the Braxton brothers to leave Home and Away.
The character and casting was announced on 28 June 2012.Digital Spy's Daniel Kilkelly reported that Lincoln Younes had been tweeting about Westaway joining the cast and revealed that he had been listed as a Home and Away series regular on his agency profile. He added "the page names his character as Kyle Braxton, so it seems that recent arrival Danny won't be the last addition to the family!" Westaway was nervous joining the established Braxton family, who he believed to be "loved" by viewers. His first scene was with Andy McPhee (Danny Braxton) in the Summer Bay caravan park.
Kyle's mother had an affair with married man Danny Braxton. He grew being Danny's secret child and never met his three half-brothers. Kyle's early life was difficult because of his mother's alcohol addiction. He enjoyed occasional visits from Danny and resented him leaving because he did not like sharing a father. Danny was sent to prison for committing an armed robbery and his mother's alcoholism worsened. She died while Kyle was eleven and he was put in foster care. They provided him with an education and tried to give him a good life. But Kyle later made contact with Danny and had him all to himself because his brothers wanted nothing to do with him. Kyle was happy to accommodate his father's requests and smuggled weapons into prison and ran violent errands for him. Kyle was sent to juvenile detention for breaking and entering and spent time in prison for assault and the theft of a vehicle. He committed endless crimes to impress his father. But then his half-brothers made contact and Danny gave all of his attention to them.
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