Aaron Pedersen
Biography
Aaron Pedersen is an Aboriginal Australian actor of Arrernte and Arabana descent, born in Alice Springs. He worked as a journalist and presenter after a cadetship with the ABC in Melbourne in the early 1990s, then turned to screen acting. He began acting in 1994 with the miniseries Heartland and gained notice in 1995 as a co-host of Gladiators Australia. In 1997 he played lawyer Vince Cellini in Wildside, followed by roles in Water Rats, The Secret Life of Us, The Circuit and City Homicide. He appeared as Cam Delray in the Jack Irish series from 2012. Pedersen is best known for playing Detective Jay Swan in Ivan Sen's Mystery Road (2013) and its sequel Goldstone (2016), a part he continued in the spin-off television series from 2018 to 2020. For that role he won the international best actor in a series prize at the 2021 AACTA Awards and received a 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nomination for that film.
55years old
Turns 56 on November 24in 42 days
- Born Alice Springs
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 30 years1996 to 2026
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First role
Pedersen began acting in 1994, starring in the miniseries Heartland. In 1997 he took his first major acting role, playing lawyer Vince Cellini in Wildside.
A change of course
Before acting, Pedersen worked as a journalist and presenter, doing a cadetship at the ABC in Melbourne in the early 1990s and hosting the TV series Blackout.
Behind the award
Pedersen won the 2021 AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series for Mystery Road, after years of nominations for AFI and AACTA Awards.
Behind the award
The Bob Maza Fellowship went to Pedersen in 2007. It honors up and coming Indigenous performers and helps them grow in their craft.
Aaron Pedersen movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ivan Sen directed two of these films, Jeffrey Walker two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ivan SenDirector, 2 films, 2013 to 2016
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All films by Jeffrey Walker
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- David GulpililGoldstone (2016) and Dead Heart (1996)
- Shane JacobsonJack Irish: Dead Point (2014) and Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012)
- Damien GarveyJack Irish: Dead Point (2014) and Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012)
- Tess HaubrichRippy (2024) and Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
- Angie MillikenRippy (2024) and Dead Heart (1996)
- Steve RodgersGoldstone (2016) and Dead Heart (1996)
- Jack CharlesBack to the Outback (2021) and Mystery Road (2013)
- Marta DusseldorpJack Irish: Dead Point (2014) and Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012)
- Aaron Fa'aoso1% (2018) and Goldstone (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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