Don Hany
Biography
Don Hany is an Australian actor who works in film, television, and theater. Born in Sydney in 1975 and raised on the Central Coast of New South Wales, he earned a dramatic arts degree from the University of Western Sydney, Nepean. He began his television career in 1998 with Breakers. He became best known in Australia for playing Zane Malik in the SBS series East West 101, a role that won him a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor and brought three AACTA Award nominations. He later played Dr. Jesse Shane in the NBC medical comedy-drama Heartbeat (2016). His film credits include Lucky Miles (2007), Healing (2014), and Ali's Wedding (2017), the last earning him an AACTA supporting actor nomination. On television he has also appeared in White Collar Blue, Offspring, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Secret City.
51years old
Turns 52 on September 18in 311 days
- Born Sydney
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 10 years2007 to 2017
Every film, newest first
- 2017Ali's WeddingIMDb rating 6.9
- 2009The DiplomatIMDb rating 5.5
- 2007Lucky MilesIMDb rating 7.1
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Behind the award
Hany won the Best Actor award at Method Fest in 2005 for the short film Winning the Peace, in which he played an Iraqi-American Marine deployed to Baghdad.
Early training
Hany spent a year as an exchange student at a high school in the Netherlands. He went on to earn a dramatic arts degree from the University of Western Sydney, Nepean.
First role
Hany began his television career in 1998 starring in the soapie Breakers, before a small role in Water Rats in 2000.
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