Sullivan Stapleton is an Australian film and television actor. He received international recognition after his role in the crime drama "According to the wolf laws." He took part in a number of prestigious and high-budget projects. Now starring in the spy series Blind Spot.
Childhood and career start
Sullivan Stapleton was born on June 14, 1977 in Melbourne. When he was eight years old, his sister at the insistence of their aunt began to try as an actress and model for various projects. Sullivan and his brother Joshua decided to join.
Already at nine years old, Stapleton received a card from a member of the acting union of Australia. At eleven years old, the young actor began acting in commercials, and in 1996 he played a major role in the television movie Baby Bath Massacre.
In 1998, Sullivan Stapleton was invited to a minor role in the popular Australian soap opera Neighbors. The series went on for thirty-four seasons and was known to every Australian. After ten episodes in Neighbors, the actor’s career went uphill.
The actor began to play more leading roles in Australian projects and in 2007 even got a part in the American high-budget action movie Sentenced, where he played along with Vinnie Jones, Steve Austin and Manu Bennett.
Success and Major Roles
The real success came to Sullivan Stapleton after participating in the debut film by director and screenwriter David Michaud's "According to the wolf laws." Based on real events, the crime drama won the main prize at the Sundance Film Festival and attracted the attention of critics and spectators from around the world.
Thanks to this picture, Sullivan Stapleton became known around the world. In 2011, he got the lead role in the British-American TV series "Counter Strike" and performed it for four seasons until he left the project.
Among the films with Sullivan Stapleton, one can note large-budget productions with the participation of Hollywood stars. The actor played the real-life gangster Jack Wallen in the film "Gangster Hunters" in 2013, and a year later he played the main role in the sequel to the film "300 Spartans." Sullivan embodied the image of the Greek military commander Themistocles.
In the same year appeared in the black comedy "Kill Me Three Times" with Simon Pegg. The latest at the moment full-length work by Sullivan Stapleton - the action movie "Daredevil", where he played the main role.
Since 2015, the actor has been involved in the spy series Blind Spot. Sullivan screen FBI agent Kurt Weller. Recently, the project was extended for the fourth season.
Personal life
Many fans are interested in information about the personal life of Sullivan Stapleton. In 2008, he began dating the famous TV presenter Joe Beth Taylor. But then the couple broke up, and many associated it with the novel of Stapleton and Eva Green, but there was no official confirmation of this.
Also, rumors associated Sullivan with a partner in the TV series "Blind Spot" Jamie Alexander, but both denied this information. The actor tries to keep his personal life a secret and often refuses to answer questions about his lover.