Nathaniel Dean

Nathaniel Dean
Born	Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Nathaniel Dean is an Australian actor and voice over artist. His most recent performance was his portrayal of William Thornhill in the Neil Armfield's, The Secret River, based on Kate Grenville's book of the same name and adapted by Andrew Bovell for the Sydney Theatre Company production.

In 2002, he won an AACTA Award, Australia’s highest film award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Tony Ayres’ acclaimed Walking on Water.

Dean has performed in numerous stage plays, TV series, short films and Australian feature films. He has been the voice of numerous advertising campaigns and productions including Recipe to Riches, the AFL, Victoria Bitter and Holden.

Dean grew up in the Yarra Valley in Victoria. During his final year of high school he successfully resuscitated a woman at his local swimming pool. This event would later become the subject of Dean’s first dramatic work.

After performing in numerous productions in Melbourne’s independent theatre scene Dean auditioned for NIDA (The National Institute for Dramatic Art). He was accepted with a scholarship.

His classmates included Toby Schmitz, Damon Gamaeu, Matt Lenevez, and Mark Priestly.

After graduation, Dean and Schmitz worked together on Howard Korder’s ‘Boys Life’. The production was selected to open the Sydney Fringe Festival. The pair appeared together soon after in Schmitz’s first play, Dream a Little Dream at Belvoir St Theatre.

In 2002, Dean played Patch in the TV series Always Greener, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award.That same year, he received an AFI Awards award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Tony Ayres’ "Walking on Water".

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